RÄTTIGHETER OCH SKYDD INOM SLÖJDEN I SVERIGE En studie i slöjdares förhållande till inspiration, identitet och kulturell appropriering
Rights and protection within the sloyd and handicraft field in Sweden – An analysis of craftsmen/women´s relation to inspiration, identity and cultural appropriation
Abstract
This thesis is an analysis of the field of cultural appropriation, within the practice of working
with sloyd and handicraft in Sweden. Though the subject of cultural appropriation is widely
discussed in society today, the author of this thesis can see a huge lack of discourse on the
matter in the sloyd and craft context. By studying the manufacturing of tin wire bracelets
within the Sami culture as well as amongst other non-Sami craftsmen/women, the level of
cultural appropriation will be over looked and in the end discussed. Complementing this
analysis, the thesis investigates what it is that craftsmen/women find most important in their
working process, and where they would draw the line between inspiration and theft when it
comes to craft. This is achieved by studies of research within the field of cultural
appropriation, Sami culture, as well as laws and legislation within the craft field. In addition
to this, four qualitative interviews are made as well as limited archive studies. This is all
analysed through hermeneutic methods of interpretation. The results show that there are
several ways to claim ownership of a specific expression of craft, which can be both legal
and/or moral. The legal ways are mostly provided by Patent- och Registreringsverket (The
Patent and Registry Office) as well as certain protections for Sami craftsmen/women called
Duodji, while the moral ones are sprung out of human beings and active discussions. The
answers of the four interviews indicates that there are differences between the Sami and the
non-Sami participants when it comes to what they mark as important in their craft process.
The results of this thesis implicate that there are in fact signs of cultural appropriation being
made upon the Sami craft culture, and that this may be evaded by stronger and better
legislation on both craft objects as well as rights for minority groups in Sweden.
Degree
Student essay
Other description
Uppsats för avläggande av filosofie kandidatexamen
med huvudområdet kulturvård med inriktning mot ledarskap och slöjd
2017, 180 hp
Grundnivå
2017:18
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Date
2017-06-28Author
Holmdahl, Annika
Keywords
Cultural appropriation
handicraft
tin bracelets
sami craft and sami culture
Series/Report no.
ISSN 1101-3303
ISRN GU/KUV—17/18—SE
Language
swe