8.30-12.00, STORA SCENEN

SÁMI CULTURAL MEETING DAY AND THE 4TH SAMI CULTURAL POLICY SUMMIT 2022

During this day we gather the professional cultural sector. Viermie K invites cultural actors in Sapmi and the Nordic region, international and indigenous experts, Sami cultural organisations and artists, government agencies, politicians, civil servants, researchers and professionals in the Sami community. In the evening concert with Mari Boine.

8.00-8.30, mosebacke etb

INSPIRATIONAL BREAKFAST

How to reach out and sell more in your artistic business.

BREAKFAST SEMINAR IN SWEDISH: Bianca Brandon Cox, theme specialist Culture & Food Travel, Visit Sweden, shares target group and factual analyzes on how Sami activities attract global travelers. Participate in a conversation about how to reach out and sell more in your cultural and artistic activities. Have breakfast with us and start the day with industry-leading tips along the way. We offer a limited number, secure your place by signing up. Moderator Victoria Harnesk.

8.30-12.00, Stora scenen

THE 4TH SAMI CULTURAL POLICY SUMMIT 2022

Horizons of action – the fire is still burning. Indigenous cultural rights – artistic, legal, political and philosophical aspects. Indigenous experts, Swedish and international participants contribute with their perspectives on cultural rights, discuss and point out the direction forward.

Download program (PDF).

LIVE/DIGITAL CONFERENCE IN ENGLISH. MODERATOR: PER JONAS PARTAPUOLI.

Viermie K invites cultural actors in Sápmi and Nordic countries, international and indigenous experts, Sami culture organizations and artists, government agencies, politicians, civil servants, researchers and professionals as well as citizens with an interest in the Sami community. This meeting continues to contribute to the future of Sámi cultural rights.

08.30 Welcoming ceremony at Stora scenen. Yoik by Sara Ajnnak. Welcoming words by Jerker Bexelius, chair Viermie K and inauguration with Amanda Lind, chair of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Swedish Parliament.

08.40-09.45 Perspectives by invited indigenous and international experts DIGITAL. Historical and contemporary aspects on indigenous cultural rights. Listening to Indigenous peoples ‘in and on their own terms’: lessons from Canada by Dale Turner, Associate Professor of Political Science and the Centre for Indigenous Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. Ownership of the narrative - the importance of Sami self-governance in cultural management and funding by Maria Utsi, Sámi cultural worker and -leader from Deatnu (Tana), Norway. A reflection on Sámi performance, higher education and cultural rights by Dirk Gindt, Professor Theatre Studies, Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University.

09.45-10.15  Coffee break with performances in live-corner at Kristallen.

10.15-11.15  Perspectives on cultural rights - the Swedish example by Sami and domestic expertsSweden’s new national human rights institution and indigenous peoples’ rights by Brittis Edman, Senior advisor at Sweden’s National Human Rights Institution.
Why do others misuse Sami intellectual property, and what can we do about it? by Rebecka Forsgren, Consultant within national and international laws regarding indigenous rights.
Kultur i Norr [Culture in the north of Sweden] - regional work to strengthen Sámi culture by Karin Thomasson, Regional councillor, president of the Swedish National Touring Theatre and spokesperson for the four northern regions in Sweden.
Five proposals to action balancing inequity by Tomas Bokstad, Senior advisor, Viermie K.

11.15-12.00 Panel discussion departing from the five proposals in the report Conditions for Sami culture. How strengthening Sami cultural rights? With politicians, senior officials, experts and Sami actors in the cultural sector: Karin Thomasson, Regional councillor, president of the Swedish National Touring Theatre and spokesperson for the four northern regions in Sweden. Rebecka Forsgren, Consultant within national and international laws regarding indigenous rights. Åsa Simma, Head of Giron Sámi Teáhter, Sweden. Active in the global indigenous peoples movements. Amanda Lind, Chair of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Swedish Parliament. Member of the Parliament and spokesperson for national minorities and media issues for the Swedish Green Party. Lotta Brilioth Biörnstad, Director of literature and libraries unit at the Swedish Arts Council. Marie B. Hagsgård, Expert of Sami and Minority Law. Member of the Swedish Governments Truth Commission for the Sami people. Tomas Colbengtson, Sami artist, investigating cultural identity, history and indigenous peoples contemporary situation. Daniel Holst Vinka, President of the Sami Parliament Plenary Assembly.

Concluding remarks for Summit 2022. Next step with Per Jonas Partapuoli and Jerker Bexelius.

IN CONCLUSION, the report Conditions for Sami Culture proposes five measures:
Strengthen the entire Sami cultural life
Create a Sami competency centre
Create a resource centre for Sami languages
Make information about activities more widely available and strengthen organizers
Establish a nomadic meeting place for Sami culture and Sami artists.
Read the Report: Conditions for Sami Culture (PDF)

13.00-17.00, STORA SCENEN & kristallen

CULTURE OFFER DAY

THEME: BUSINESS. Exhibitor mingling, conversation on stage and live corner.
Artists and organizers get to know each other and do business.

Show off your skills, hear how the organizers work and create teams that will take you further! We create meetings between professional cultural practitioners, organizers, politicians and other enablers. Theme on the Big Stage: Ready for sale. Exhibitor mingling and a live corner are held in Kristallen. Contact us and find out how you can get your own standing desk that creates business.

19.00-20.30, stora scenen

CONCERT MARI BOINE

Mari Boine with band playing on Stora scenen.

After a long day of culture, we end with mingling in Kristallen and an unforgettable concert with the iconic artist Mari Boine. Buy your ticket.

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We do our utmost to ensure that you get the most out of the event. Ask lots of questions.

Information about the venue and how to get there is available at Södra teaterns homepage.

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