{"id":24,"date":"2025-03-18T12:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/samla\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:18:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/samla\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Small Saami languages have related histories and face similar (yet unique) challenges, some of which are different from the ones faced by larger minority languages. The NordForsk-funded SAMLA network gathers researchers from Finland, Sweden and Norway within the fields of South Saami, Lule Saami, Skolt Saami and Inari Saami. Through workshops, seminars and guest lectures SAMLA supports and advances cross-border and cross-disciplinary research, and contributes to building more robust research communities within these fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAMLA further supports professional development for teachers and emerging teachers of small Saami languages, as we believe the education and support of language teachers is crucial to revitalization. We provide a space for working and emerging teachers for meeting, storying, and sharing of experiences. We hold designated workshops for teachers to voice and compare institutional needs and concerns, and discuss possible solutions. Further, SAMLA supports professional learning through seminars and panel discussions with researchers both from the Nordics and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of SAMLA\u2019s activities will be presented in numerous ways for different audiences: from blog posts to academic articles, from policy briefs to conference presentations, the work of SAMLA will have a wide reach not only among a global community of minority language researchers and educators \u2013 but also decisionmakers, policymakers, the wider academic community and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unique strength and ethical commitment of SAMLA is its close engagement with stakeholders: learners of South Saami, Lule Saami, Skolt Saami and Inari Saami. The ultimate goal for all SAMLAs activities is the benefit of language learners of these critically endangered indigenous languages in our Nordic region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Network participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Associate professor
Ingvill Bj\u00f8rnstad \u00c5berg<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Associate professor
Minerva Maaria Piha<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Associate professor
David Kroik<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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South Saami coordinator
Inger Johansen<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Associate professor
Hanna Danbolt Ajer<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Associate professor
Bruce Timothy Mor\u00e9n-Duollja<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PhD candidate
Sandra Maria Nyst\u00f8 R\u00e1hka<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PhD candidate
Siri Ellen Nyst\u00f8 R\u00e1hka<\/a>
Nord University, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adm. officer for Saami
Camilla Olofsson B\u00e5atas<\/a>
Mid University, Sweden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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University teacher
Miika Lehtinen<\/a>
University of Oulu, Finland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Senior university lecturer
Marja-Liisa Olthuis<\/a>
University of Oulu, Finland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PhD candidate
Michelle Francett-Hermes<\/a>
University of Oulu, Finland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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University lecturer
Markus Juutinen<\/a>
University of Oulu, Finland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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