Arla Magga

I work as a doctoral researcher as part of a transdisciplinary Frontiers of Arctic and Global Resilience (FRONT) research program (2023–2028) focusing on community aspects of Indigenous Saami people. In my research I am interested in the personal, intergenerational and political meanings of Saami crafts (duodji in Northern Saami). More specifically I am interested in what Saami crafters consider valuable and worthy in duodji, in which situations and why. In other words, what kind of bonds and boundaries do the Saami form through duodji. I collect data by participant observation and interviews with crafters participating in craft courses.