Giellagas Institute

Giellagas has a nation-wide responsibility to organize, introduce and provide Saami language and cultural studies and research at the academic level. The collections of Saami Culture Archive are located in Giellagas.

 

 

Saami Culture Archive collections located in Giellagas form a significant “bank of resources” for academic research in Saami language, cultural and sociological studies as well as teaching and Saami cultural work. The collection of the Saami Culture Archive consists of notable amount of sound, video and photograph material as well as digitalised documents of the Saami traditional culture and various Saami cultural activities.

Institution University of Oulu
Country Finland
Infrastructure type Research centre/institute
Disciplines Language and literature
Language of operation Finnish
English
Keywords Saami culture archiveSaami languageSaami culture

Availability

Please contact:

The head of the The Saami Culture Archive of University of Oulu:
Ph.D. Anni-Siiri Länsman, Head of the Giellagas Institute, University of Oulu. Email: anni-siiri.lansman (at) oulu.fi

Contact information

The head of the The Saami Culture Archive of University of Oulu:
Ph.D. Anni-Siiri Länsman, Head of the Giellagas Institute, University of Oulu. Email: anni-siiri.lansman (at) oulu.fi

The archive researcher:
Ph.D. Marko Jouste, University of Oulu, Giellagas Institute
Email: marko.jouste (at) oulu.fi
Tel: +3582 94 483 491 (Marko Jouste)

University of Oulu, Central Archive:
Development Manager Katariina Alha

Address:

The Saami Culture Archive of University of Oulu
Giellagas Institute, Department of Saami Studies

P.O. Box 1000
FI-90014 University of Oulu
Finland

Street address:
Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, 90570 OULU
(University of Oulu, Linnanmaa, Faculty of Humanities, 3rd floor, room: HU324)

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