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Tiina Seppälä

@tiinaseppala.bsky.social
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Senior specialist, Centre of Excellence for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies, www.multibeingjustice.org, University of Lapland | Visiting researcher in Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki | Docent, University of Jyväskylä

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Helsinki University Press @helsinkiupress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ilmoittautuminen Tiedejulkaisemisen päiville päättyy ensi viikon perjantaina! Tapahtumaan on mahdollista osallistua sekä paikan päällä että etänä. #tiedejulkaiseminen
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
See the updated programme on our website: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/sy...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Welcome to the MultiBEING kick-off symposium at the University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi on 28.9! Explore Indigenous understandings of time, temporalities, seasonalities, ancestralities and more with scholars, artists & knowledge holders. Register and read more: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/sy...
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MultiBEING symposium: Indigenous relationships with time – MultiBEING
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How can universities create space for Indigenous knowledge? Our researchers @pirjokris.bsky.social, @outi.bsky.social, Sini Korja and our visiting prof. Carl Mika will explore this question at Beyond the Western Lens: Pathways to Decolonising Higher Education Conference @helsinki.fi on 25 September.
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Exploring epistemic plurality at Beyond the Western Lens Conference – MultiBEING
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hienoja uutisia! Tutkijamme Anne-Maria Magga (Lapin yliopisto) on valittu Saamelaispaliskunnat ry:n puheenjohtajaksi. –Tässä tehtävässä pääsen käytännön tasolla vahvistamaan saamelaisten omia oikeusjärjestelmiä sekä edistämään saamelaisten itsemääräämisoikeutta poronhoidossa, hän kertoo. Onnittelut!
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Saamelaispaliskunnat ry:n uusi puheenjohtaja Anne-Maria Magga: "Saamelainen poronhoito on haasteiden edessä"
Anne-Maria Magga valittiin Saamelaispaliskunnat ry:n uudeksi puheenjohtajaksi. Magga kertoo yhdistyksen tiedotteessa, että haluaa puheenjohtajana edistää jäsenpaliskuntien oikeuksia ja asemaa.
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tutkimusyhteisömme jäsen, professori Jarno Valkonen esittelee MultiBEING-yksikköä 24.9. Lapin yliopistolla Deatnu-hankkeen tulosten kautta. Puheenvuoro avaa näkökulmia Tenojoen kalastussäätelyyn kietoutuviin valta- ja maailmasuhteisiin. 📷 Santeri Happonen. Tervetuloa! ulapland.fi/tapahtuma/ti...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great discussions at a workshop with the GRIP-Bear project at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, on Sámi rights, FPIC, Indigenous legal traditions, legal pluralism & EU climate policy impacts. Thanks to all participants! 📷: Asa-Marie Kultima. Read more: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/wo...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Miten tukea alkuperäiskansojen kielillä julkaisemista ja monikielisyyttä? Osallistu paneelikeskusteluumme 8.10. osana Tiedejulkaisemisen päiviä Lapin yliopistolla tai verkossa. Panelistit: Petter Morottaja, Kristiina Ojala & Jarno Valkonen. Ilmoittaudu 2.10. mennessä: www.tiedejulki.fi/ohjelma
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Panel discussion on publishing research in Indigenous languages – MultiBEING
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Global Issues @globalissues.org · 11/09/2026
2 weeks after Nepal's devastating floods, communities are still struggling to meet basic needs as humanitarian efforts continue UN's $49.6M appeal is less than half funded Seems like climate-vulnerable countries are on their own #NepalFloods #ClimateJustice #HumanitarianAid
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Humanitarian Needs Grow as Nepal Recovers from Catastrophic Floods
UNITED NATIONS, September 11 (IPS) - Two weeks after devastating floods struck Nepal, communities across the country are still struggling to meet basic needs as humanitarian efforts continue. The disaster, triggered by a glacial collapse, has become one of Nepal’s deadliest in recent years, leaving widespread destruction in its wake.
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Call for papers! MultiBEING sessions at the International Symposium on Arctic Research in Japan, April 2027 by @vicsoyanpeemot.bsky.social, @nicolarenzi.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) & Mikko Äijälä (Uni. Lapland). Submission details (DL 16 Oct): multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/ca... 📷: Victoria Peemot
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Who will carry the voices of the land into a court that rules them silent?” Watch the trailer for Advocate of Yoik, a new film by our researcher Nicola Renzi @nicolarenzi.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi), co-produced with Ánde Somby. 🎬 Premieres in Venice on 3 Dec 2026. nicolarenzi.com/advocate-of-...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Welcome to the MultiBEING kick-off symposium at the University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi on 28.9! Explore Indigenous understandings of time, temporalities, seasonalities, ancestralities and more with scholars, artists & knowledge holders. Register and read more: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/sy...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Yle Sápmi: Tääl láá vuot uđđâ sämispeelah – ärbivuáválâš Sáhkku-lyevdispeelâst rahtui digitaallâš versio #SiidaGameJam2026 #SámiMuseaSiida Outi Laiti @outi.bsky.social University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi #SiiriPaananen #UniversityOfLapland #FinnishGameJam #IGDARovaniemi #ResearchCouncilOfFinland
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Tääl láá vuot uđđâ sämispeelah – ärbivuáválâš Sáhkku-lyevdispeelâst rahtui digitaallâš versio
Siida Game Jam -tábáhtusâst uásálisteeh rahtii uđđâ sämikulttuurân lahtoseijee speelâid uánihis ääigist.
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Our researcher Outi Laiti @outi.bsky.social thanks all partners & participants who made #SiidaGameJam2026 possible! Around 30 participants from across the globe created 8 original games in 48 hours: itch.io/jam/siida-ga... 🎮 Watch also the playtest with commentary www.youtube.com/live/j8KRtLP...
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Submissions to Siida Game Jam
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Our seminar and public lectures at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi attracted a wonderful audience, both in person and online, last week. Thank you to all the speakers and participants for an inspiring event and excellent discussions! multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/mu... 📸: Marko Junttila
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Welcome to the MultiBEING opening seminar & public lectures on 1.9. in Rovaniemi or online! Meet our researchers & hear from guest speakers: Professors Carl Mika, Tim Ingold, Alexandra Xanthaki, Jérémie Gilbert. Program + livestream link: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/mu... 📸: Victoria Peemot
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Join today the online launch & discussion of the special issue "(Un)relating and (Un)learning with More-Than-Humans during Ethnographic Practice", guest edited by Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen @pirjokris.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) and Minna Opas. Program + Zoom link: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/sp...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Prof. Pirjo Kris Virtanen @pirjokris.bsky.social receives EDUFI's TFK funding for the "Verbal Art and Biocultural Heritage" project, advancing collaboration between the @helsinki.fi, @ufpa.bsky.social (BR) & Universidad Nacional de San Martín (AR). Read more: multibeingjustice.org/ajankohtaist...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We're delighted to share a new publication in Nature to which MultiBEING researchers Martti Pärssinen, Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen @pirjokris.bsky.social & Francisco Apurinã from @helsinki.fi contributed. Open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Read more: multibeingjustice.org/ajankohtaist...
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Over 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia - Nature
Using canopy-penetrating LiDAR data, the northern part of southwestern Amazonia appears to contain as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia.
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Tiina Seppälä @tiinaseppala.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tomorrow, I have the great honor of serving as the Opponent for Saroj Koirala's PhD dissertation "Aspiration, Emotion, and Imagination in the Culture of Migration" at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä. Looking forward to the discussion! www.jyu.fi/en/events/21...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
MultiBEING researcher Maria Fedina (@helsinki.fi) takes part in the CoCoLaC workshop on 27 August, discussing how native language as a legal and ideological category influences linguistic hierarchies, self-identification and group belonging. Read more: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/be...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Register for the first-ever Siida Game Jam! Join MultiBEING researcher @outi.bsky.social and fellow game creators at the Siida Sámi Museum in Inari. Best ideas may become part of an exhibition! Registration for on-site participation closes 20.8. at 9 am. More info: saamigamejam.com/siidagamejam...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Welcome to the MultiBEING opening seminar & public lectures on 1.9. in Rovaniemi or online! Meet our researchers & hear from guest speakers: Professors Carl Mika, Tim Ingold, Alexandra Xanthaki, Jérémie Gilbert. Program + livestream link: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/mu... 📸: Victoria Peemot
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Jonna Tolonen @jonnatolonen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Still time to apply for Associate Professor (Tenure Track, level 2) of Sustainable Naturecultures at the Uni of Lapland. #academicsky #openpositions #academicjobs #jobsinfinland ats.talentadore.com/apply/associ...
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Associate Professor (Tenure Track, level 2) of Sustainable Naturecultures
The University of Lapland invites applications for a Tenure Track (Level 2) Associate Professor position in Sustainable Naturecultures, located in the Faculty of Social Sciences. We are seeking for an...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🌿The LAIC project, Learning Across Indigenous Contexts: Advancing Community Participation in Public Policy, Chile–Finland, led by MultiBEING scholar Saara Alakorva (University of Lapland) receives EDUFI's TFK funding 📷: Universidad Católica de Temuco. Read more: multibeingjustice.org/ajankohtaist...
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Connecting Sápmi and La Araucanía through learning, research and Indigenous participation – MultiBEING
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Finnish University Partnership for International Development @unipid.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🏆 Master's Award in Development Studies 2026 Finished an exceptional Master's thesis on global development? 🥇 Win €1,000 🌍 Showcase your research 📅 Deadline: 14 August 2026 Eligible theses: completed between 1 Aug 2025 and 31 Jul 2026. Apply now 👇 🔗 www.unipid.fi/unipid-calls...
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Suomen Tiedeakatemiat - Council of Finnish Academies @finacademies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hae mentoriksi! MIDA-aloitteen tavoitteena on tukea konfliktien ja vainojen vuoksi paenneiden tutkijoiden akateemista kotoutumista ja ammatillista kehitystä pitkällä aikavälillä. Haku päättyy 14.8.2026. @sciencecouncil.bsky.social academies.fi/uutiset/uusi...
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Uusi mentorointiohjelma tukemaan konfliktien ja vainojen vuoksi paenneita tutkijoita - haku mentoriksi päättyy 14.8.2026 - Suomen Tiedeakatemiat
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🌿 Professor @pirjokris.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) visited the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) in Belém, Brazil, as part of the EDGES program, strengthening collaboration on Amazonian Indigenous languages, biocultural heritage & multispecies justice. Read more: multibeingjustice.org/ajankohtaist...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
How can Indigenous understandings of food, responsibility, and relationality contribute to more just food governance? In June, Cintia Cruz (@helsinki.fi) presented early findings from her PhD research at the Ecologies of Food Conference in Perugia, Italy 📸: Caroline Boules. Read more on our website!
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Indigenous knowledge and food governance: Reflections from the Ecologies of Food Conference – MultiBEING
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🌿 Our researchers Jimena Bigá & @vicsoyanpeemot.bsky.social @helsinki.fi explored ritual practice, material culture and more-than-human relationships at #ISARS2026 in Seoul, South Korea, in June 📸: Chuluu Oyunbadam, Victoria Peemot, Artysh Mongush. Read more: multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/me...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🌿Our scholars Leena Hansen, Anne-Maria Magga & Kamrul Hossain #UniversityOfLapland presented at the NORSIL seminar in Tromsø, also on behalf of @maarfaz.bsky.social, on siida governance, legal recognition, árbediehtu and green transition 📸: UiT, Anne-Maria Magga multibeingjustice.org/tapahtuma/gr...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🌿Welcome to our new website – www.multibeingjustice.org 🌿 Explore our research & activities, and get to know our team & publications on advancing justice in more-than-human relations and Indigenous contexts #UniversityOfLapland & @helsinki.fi & #ResearchCouncilOfFinland 📸 Ville-Riiko Fofonoff
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Congratulations to the Saami Council on its 70th anniversary 🎉 Our researcher Dr Saara Alakorva (University of Lapland) is an invited lecturer at the 23rd Saami Conference in Utsjoki, 18–21 June, sharing findings from her PhD on Saami Council history & archives. www.saamicouncil.net/en/23rd-saam...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Our researcher @nicolarenzi.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) co-organises a Mosquito Workshop in Guhkesjávri, Kautokeino on 18 June. Explore the ecological & cultural role of mosquitoes in Sápmi – tiny but powerful. Learn, share stories, walk together to Guhkesjávri. Open to all. North Sámi + English.
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Summer School “Climate Change, Indigenous Perspectives and Artistic Utopias” in Bologna, 8–12 June: @nicolarenzi.bsky.social & @outi.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) explore how cultural practices offer creative, communal responses to climate crises beyond Western paradigms. 📸: Nicola Renzi, Elena Brianzi
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Our team member @vicsoyanpeemot.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) completed her EDGES secondment in Argentina: UNSAM (Buenos Aires) + fieldwork in Bariloche. Her research examined tourism in Indigenous territories and community-based conservation, linked to her work with Dukha reindeer herders in Mongolia.
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our researcher @outi.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) contributed to Finland’s national media literacy education policy, strengthening Sámi recognition. The Sámi Parliament is now acknowledged as both an implementer and partner, highlighting cultural sustainability and Indigenous agency in digital spaces.
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
MultiBEING researchers Saara Alakorva (with Pauliina Feodoroff), Mikko Äijälä & Jarno Valkonen will discuss epistemic justice and Indigenous knowledge systems at the Inari Symposium on Research Ethics in Nature, Environment and Indigenous Research, 10–11 June. 📸: Mikko Äijälä tenk.fi/en/events/in...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Join us to hear MultiBEING researcher @vicsoyanpeemot.bsky.social (@helsinki.fi) present her work on human–nature relations: ”More-than-Human Homelands: Human–Livestock Communities and Wildlife Relationships in Inner Asia” 🌿 Tue 9 June, 13.00–14.00 at the Kumpula Campus, Helsinki (also via Zoom) 🌿
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Yle Sápmi: Sámedikki muitalus lasiha riikkabeivviid dieđu sámiin, jáhkkiba sámedikki ságadoalli Pirita Näkkäläjärvi ja dutki Saara Alakorva yle.fi/a/74-20229736
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Sámedikki muitalus lasiha riikkabeivviid dieđu sámiin, jáhkkiba sámedikki ságadoalli Pirita Näkkäläjärvi ja dutki Saara Alakorva
Sámediggi doalai diehtojuohkindilálašvuođa Sámedikki čilgehusas riikkabeivviide duorastaga Anáris.
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Uudistettu saamelaiskäräjälaki tuo vuosittaisen kertomuksen eduskunnalle. Saamelaiskäräjät esittelee sitä 4.6. Sajoksessa ja verkossa. Kertomuksen merkitystä kommentoi tilaisuudessa yhteisömme jäsen, tutkijatohtori Saara Alakorva. Lisätietoa ja verkkolähetyksen linkki: samediggi.fi/ajankohtaist...
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Saamelaiskäräjät antaa ensimmäistä kertaa kertomuksen eduskunnalle – ”Kertomus on esimerkki uudistetun saamelaiskäräjälain edistysaskelista” | Saamelaiskäräjät
Uudistetun saamelaiskäräjälain mukaisesti Saamelaiskäräjät toimittaa vuosittain kertomuksen eduskunnalle. Aikaisemmin kertomus annettiin valtioneuvostolle eikä se sisältänyt lakisääteisesti ehdotuksia...
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CoE for Multibeing Justice in Indigenous Societies @multibeing-justice.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Prof. @pirjokris.bsky.social presenting on Indigenous normative knowledge and environmental issues in Amazonia at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference in Paris, and the EDGES Conference at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. 📸 Rosijane Moura Tukano, Daniel Duhart, Barbara Tuffin
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Tiina Seppälä @tiinaseppala.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I will be a discussant at the launch of "Times of Global Injustice: Temporalities of Power and Community Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries", edited by Paolo Amorosa, Ville Erkkilä & Karolina Stenlund. The book offers a wonderful exploration of how temporalities and global inequalities are intertwined.
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