Kukka Ranta
I research Finnish Colonialism in the Sámi Homeland as a doctoral candidate at the University of Lapland under the supervision of the research professor of Arctic Indigenous Studies Rauna Kuokkanen at the Faculty of Social Sciences. My work is funded by the Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation during the years 2020–2023.
The biggest environmental disaster of our era, climate change, is causing rapid changes in the northern regions. My doctoral dissertation examines Finnish colonialism in the Sámi homeland and colonialist actions of the Finnish state in the crossfire of various business interests with an example of the Arctic Railway, as well as Sámi Indigenous people's environmental awareness and activity as protectors of the Northern nature. I aim to make assimilating social structures visible and promote the realization of indigenous peoples' rights and the Sámi people's right to self-determination in Finland.
My doctoral dissertation is based on indigenous research and decolonial methods. The research is guided by the theoretical concept of colonialism, especially settler colonialism. I examine the results by using interpretive policy analysis and content analysis methods.
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Supervisors: Rauna Kuokkanen, Juha Karhu, and Teivo Teivainen
Address: Nessling Nest / Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation
Fredrikinkatu 20 A, 00120 Helsinki, Finland
The biggest environmental disaster of our era, climate change, is causing rapid changes in the northern regions. My doctoral dissertation examines Finnish colonialism in the Sámi homeland and colonialist actions of the Finnish state in the crossfire of various business interests with an example of the Arctic Railway, as well as Sámi Indigenous people's environmental awareness and activity as protectors of the Northern nature. I aim to make assimilating social structures visible and promote the realization of indigenous peoples' rights and the Sámi people's right to self-determination in Finland.
My doctoral dissertation is based on indigenous research and decolonial methods. The research is guided by the theoretical concept of colonialism, especially settler colonialism. I examine the results by using interpretive policy analysis and content analysis methods.
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Supervisors: Rauna Kuokkanen, Juha Karhu, and Teivo Teivainen
Address: Nessling Nest / Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation
Fredrikinkatu 20 A, 00120 Helsinki, Finland
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Nonfiction Books by Kukka Ranta
Kukka Ranta & Jaana Kanninen
Kustantamo S&S 10/2019
A non-fiction book & research project about the assimilation of the Sámi Indigenous people in Finland and the ownership of the Sámi Homeland.
More information:
https://kustantamo.sets.fi/kirja/vastatuuleen
Availability, media coverage, events:
https://saamelaiskirja.wordpress.com
Cover photo: Lada Suomenrinne
The book and research project was funded by the Kone Foundation, the Association of Finnish Non-fiction Writers, the Committee for Public Information (TJNK) and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
by Emma Kari & Kukka Ranta,
Into kustannus, 10/2012
‘Fish tales – Emptying oceans and people left ashore‘, pictorial non-fiction book about social and environmental consequences of overfishing in Finland, EU, West Africa and rest of the world.
by Mikael Brunila, Kukka Ranta & Eetu Viren, Into kustannus 10/2011
‘For a Few Graffitis More’ book is about social and spatial consequences of zero tolerance against graffiti and growth of violent private security in the City of Helsinki paid by the public money of the citizens.
Papers by Kukka Ranta
Caldwell, Hillary, John Krinsky, Mikael Brunila, and Kukka Ranta. 2019. “Learning to Common, Commoning As Learning”. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies 18 (6), 1207-33. https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1763.