Drawing Sovereignty: The Museum Work of Sámi Artist Ánddir Ivvár Ivvár/Iver Jåks.

From the first part of the 1950s until the mid-1980s, the Sámi artist Ánddir Ivvár Ivvár/Iver Jåks (1932–2007) played an influential role in the making of exhibitions displaying Sámi culture and art, both in a Norwegian and Sámi museum context. This article examines Jåks museum work with a specific...

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Published in:Critical Arts: A South-North Journal of Cultural & Media Studies Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 119 - 142
Main Author: Stien, Hanne Hammer
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2025
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