ABSTRACT This article critically examines recent changes in the social terrain of Sámi research in Finland, where the research field is subject to a new wave of academic institutionalization, and where questions regarding “Sáminess” have become particularly prominent. The article argues that in this conjuncture of institutionalization and neo-politicization, definitions of Sámi research which emphasize its political and ethical qualities (“Sámi research” as research done from a “Sámi perspective” or “taking it into account”) appear increasingly problematic and can actually end up doing the opposite of what was originally intended. Instead of bringing questions regarding the politics of perspective, location, representation and power/knowledge to the fore, presenting the research field in these terms might turn attention away from a variety of interests and political desires that currently are projected onto Sámi research, and hence depoliticize understandings of Sámi research and its complex interdependence with the state and society.

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制度化、新政治化和定义萨米研究的政治

摘要 本文批判性地考察了芬兰萨米研究社会领域的近期变化，该领域的研究领域受到新一波学术制度化的影响，关于“萨米”的问题变得尤为突出。文章认为，在这种制度化和新政治化的结合中，强调其政治和伦理品质的萨米研究定义（“萨米研究”是从“萨米视角”或“考虑到它”进行的研究）似乎越来越成问题并且实际上最终可能会做与最初打算相反的事情。与其将有关视角、地点、代表性和权力/知识的政治问题摆在首位，