Stina Aletta Aikio (Roos)

Stina Aletta Aikio (Roos) is a Deatnu Sámi experimental artist and a PhD researcher in Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland. Their research focuses on how colonialism not only affects the past and the present of the Sámi people, but also the possible futures. They are also interested in the tensions in societies and questions of justice, as well as relationship between the local environment and looming global threats – including climate change, pollution and consumer culture. They have also worked actively in the Nordic Queer Sámi movement – and the positions of minorities within minorities are close to their heart.