Liisa-Rávná Finbog in a conversation with Maria Karlsen on duodji - saami subtitles
Channel: Wikimedia Norge
Date: 2021-10-22

What do you do when you as an adult discover that you really are sámi, and that you have grown up deprived from your cultural heritage? How can you find your way back into your roots? Maria Karlsen discovered she was Sámi after moving out from her family home. She started learning the language and the practices as an adult. In this video she shares a part of this journey with us.

This conversation is recorded as a part of Arctic Art+Feminism. A project where we want to make women artists with sámi/indigenous background more visible. We found that to make the artists more visible, we first have to understand what the art really is. What information does the traditional indigenus practices carry? 

After listening to Liisa-Rávná and Maria we hope you will look at all sorts of Indigenous items in a more respectful and curious way. 

We hpe you have enjoyed this conversation, and we recommend to follow Liisa-Rávná and Maria on instagram. https://www.instagram.com/liisaravna/
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