Lars Hætta’s miniature world: Sámi prison op-art autoethnography

This article examines a collection of miniature objects, now held in museum collections, which were originally made by a Sámi political prisoner in Norway during the mid-19th century as part of an educational programme. The author draws on recent developments in the theory of miniaturization to cons...

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Auteur principal: Davy, Jack (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [2018]
Dans: Journal of material culture
Année: 2018, Volume: 23, Numéro: 3, Pages: 280-294
RelBib Classification:AG Vie religieuse
BB Religions traditionnelles ou tribales
KBE Scandinavie
TJ Époque moderne
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Résumé:This article examines a collection of miniature objects, now held in museum collections, which were originally made by a Sámi political prisoner in Norway during the mid-19th century as part of an educational programme. The author draws on recent developments in the theory of miniaturization to consider these miniatures as examples of prison op-art autoethnography: communicative devices which seek to address broad and complex social issues through the process of the creation and distribution of semiophorically functionless mimetic objects of reduced scale and complexity, and which reflect the restrictions of incarcerated artistic expression and the questions this raises regarding authenticity and hybridity.
ISSN:1460-3586
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of material culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1359183517745716