Malin Brännström

“Rivttes vuohki, Olmâ vyehi, Õlmmvueʹǩǩ – The Right Way: Ethical Guidelines based on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity for negotiations and cooperation with reindeer herders in Sámi reindeer herding cooperatives” offers practical guidance for collaboration with Sámi reindeer herders. The guidelines have been developed as part of the project MÁHTUT – Sámi Knowledge and […]

A broader international shift is emerging at the same moment: Finland’s new national media literacy education policy strengthens Sámi visibility and participation, while Canada’s newly drafted national AI strategy highlights the role of Indigenous peoples in AI governance, Indigenous data sovereignty, and culturally grounded knowledge systems. Indigenous perspectives are no longer treated as an “add-on” […]

Our research team member, Victoria Peemot (University of Helsinki), completed her EDGES secondment at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina (23 February–27 March 2026), combined with fieldwork in San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro Province. During this research visit, Victoria focused on two interconnected themes: tourism in Indigenous territories and community-based […]