Taking place - moving borders in Nordic literatures

During the last decades, the Nordic countries as well as Nordic literature have gone through essential changes. Due to the increasing globalization and side by side with the changing developments in the politics of language and minorities, what were once relatively fixed and definable concepts such as Sami, Finnish, Norwegian and Nordic literature have - expanded and acquired new meanings. The multicultural and multilingual society, with its changed attitudes, transcends former boundaries and concepts of the self. As the ideas of culture, history, language and nation are in a process of transformation in the Nordic countries, the concepts of identity and belonging, place and displacement, are changing. The conference - Taking place - moving borders in N ordic literatures - will focus on topics related to indigenous literature, critique concerning national canons, concepts of borders and transgression of borders, themes of place, space and relocation in literature. The conference is carried out as coopera tion between Sámi University College and the network Diversity in Nordic Literature DINO. This cooperation unites highly qualified scholars from many countries in an interdisciplinary field of study. The conference will be located in Kautokeino, Norway, a nd hosted by Sámi University College. The University College is situated in what is called the capital of the Sámi people, Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino), and it is one of the few existing indigenous university colleges in the world. The place will offer uniq ue surroundings for the conference and a inspire dialogues between researchers and Sámi writers representing different disciplines, research traditions and indigenous writing.