Dr. Eeva-Kristiina Nylander studies the ládjogahpir as a historical and re-remembered, re-made, and re-used object. In her talk "Ládjogahpir a rematriašuvdna – Máttaráhkuid gábagahpir/The rematriation of Ládjogahpir – The Foremothers' Hat of Pride", she will bring new angles to the discussion of repatriation and revitalisation and suggest a decolonizing method of carrying out Sámi object studies. She uses the concept of rematriation to describe the process by which new Sámi ontologies are built through the ládjogahpir.
Dr. Eeva-Kristiina Nylander has a background in archaeology, osteoarchaeology, and Sámi studies. She holds a research post at Museum Europäischer Kulturen in Berlin. Dr. Nylander specialises in Sámi collections in European and Nordic museums and repatriation politics related to the tangible heritage of the Sámi. She has published several articles and book chapters on the repatriation policies of the Sámi.
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