As part of the bigger Rural Radicalism program, this project is looking at Swedish Sapmí. Focusing on human rights activists, farmers, hunters as well as environmental movements, the study examines how competing forms of rural radicalism are articulated, contested and, occasionally, aligned within shared political space in Northern Sweden. It explores how these actors frame radical change, mobilise resistance and negotiate their relationship with the Swedish state (which acts both as a human-rights–oriented authority and as a focal point of political antagonism). Using qualitative methods, it analyses the formation of rural counter-publics and the conditions under which agonistic spaces emerge, endure, or collapse, hoping to contribute to broader debates on conflict and coexistence in contested rural regions.
Funded by: BOF
Time Period: 2025-2029
People involved: Ina Sandin, Koen Vlassenroot