TY - JOUR
AU - Xinjie Chen
AU - Klisala Harrison
AB - The number of CDs starring S \& aacute;mi Indigenous musicians from northern Europe peaked from 2000-2010 due to heavy funding from Norway, Finland and Sweden. Government reports argued that funding such S \& aacute;mi cultural activities fulfilled the Nordic nations  cultural heritage obligations under several international conventions, including UNSECO s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Analysed here as expressions of soft power, the CDs successfully sustained the S \& aacute;mi historical vocal expression yoik or joik, its creative prac tices and S \& aacute;mi languages via a rooted cosmopolitan aesthetic of indigeneity. Through some song lyrics and visually, many CDs-distributed via international music industry channels-also resisted and subverted colonialism-derived relationships that made their funding possible. The article questions whether and how the CDs ultimately worked as an exertion of soft power for the nation states that funded them, and whether said lyrics and visuals fed into geopolitical decolonization or destabilization.
DO - 10.1558/jwpm.23787
M1 - 2
N2 - The number of CDs starring S \& aacute;mi Indigenous musicians from northern Europe peaked from 2000-2010 due to heavy funding from Norway, Finland and Sweden. Government reports argued that funding such S \& aacute;mi cultural activities fulfilled the Nordic nations  cultural heritage obligations under several international conventions, including UNSECO s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Analysed here as expressions of soft power, the CDs successfully sustained the S \& aacute;mi historical vocal expression yoik or joik, its creative prac tices and S \& aacute;mi languages via a rooted cosmopolitan aesthetic of indigeneity. Through some song lyrics and visually, many CDs-distributed via international music industry channels-also resisted and subverted colonialism-derived relationships that made their funding possible. The article questions whether and how the CDs ultimately worked as an exertion of soft power for the nation states that funded them, and whether said lyrics and visuals fed into geopolitical decolonization or destabilization.
SP - 103
EP - 123
TI - Sámi CD Productions as Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage: Soft Power of Rooted, Cosmopolitan Indigeneity in the Music Industry
VL - 11
SN - 2052-4900
ER -