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Bodies in transition : Somatechnics and the experimental art of Liselotte Wajstedt's Sámi Nieida Jojk (Sámi Daughter Yoik, 2007)
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Moffat, Kate (2018) Bodies in transition : Somatechnics and the experimental art of Liselotte Wajstedt's Sámi Nieida Jojk (Sámi Daughter Yoik, 2007). Somatechnics, 8 (1). pp. 48-63. doi:10.3366/soma.2018.0236 ISSN 2044-0138.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/soma.2018.0236
Abstract
Swedish-Sámi filmmaker and artist Liselotte Wajstedt and her experimental road movie documentary Sámi Nieida Jojk (Sámi Daughter Yoik, 2007) provide unique insight into displaced Indigenous identity. To explore her mother’s repressed Sámi ancestry, Wajstedt uses an eclectic mix of techniques, including animation, collage illustrations, photographs, and superimposition. Throughout the film, Wajstedt uses her body as a physical canvas, projecting images of her autobiographical journey onto herself. These methods contribute to a sense of metamorphosis, where the filmmaker plays with and challenges conventional Sámi representations through film form. I propose that somatechnics, a concept that describes a reciprocal relationship between the body and technology, provides a helpful way of understanding Wajstedt’s work. I argue that cinema can work as a somatechnic tool that can help unpack the Indigenous body as a symbol of cultural, geopolitical, and ethnic identity politics. I also explore Sámi Daughter Yoik as a nomadic film, arguing that the somatechnic potential of cinema is most evident when themes of space, transition, and the body converge to create a more fluid understanding of Sámi identity onscreen.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sami (European people) , Sami (European people) in motion pictures, Indigenous films , Sami (European people) -- Ethnic identity, Human body -- Social aspects | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Somatechnics | ||||||
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2044-0138 | ||||||
| Official Date: | March 2018 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 8 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 48-63 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3366/soma.2018.0236 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | 'This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Edinburgh University Press in Somatechnics. The Version of Record is available online at: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/soma.2018.0236 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 March 2020 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 March 2020 | ||||||
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