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Political science. Political theory, deliberative democracy, northern governance.
The relationship between indigenous rights and citizenship rights.
Political procedures in the relationship between minorities and majorities, consultations.
Governance arrangements - differences and similarities in the Circumpolar North. Resource management, Indigenous Peoples - state - industry interactions and conflicts.
Gross, Lena
Centre for Sami Studies- Resource Extraction, Land use, Knowledge systems
- Political Ecology and Environmental Anthropology
- Gender and Queer Theory
- Indigenous Methodology and Theory
- Settler Colonialism
- Psychological Anthropology
Canada, Norway, Arctic
- Political Economy
Sami and indigenous issues in school and education
Gender, power, and positions in indigenous studies
The history of religions in Sápmi and Northern Norway
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I am a social anthropologist, who has worked with indigenous communities in Namibia and Botswana since 2008. My research has focused on Indigenous peoples - state relations and on the ways in which Indigenous peoples have responded to and resisted top-down development initiatives, such as land resettlement and education.
Currently, I am part of the research project Indigenous Citizenship and Education. As part of the project, I am researching the educational challenges and opportunities for an indigenous group in east central Namibia, the Ju|'hoansi. In my most recent research, I ha...