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Underfoot (Paperback)
Nillas Holmberg; Translated by Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Johanna Domokos; Illustrated by Inga-Wiktoria Pave
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In Underfoot, Holmberg asks what prevents an industrialized
nation-state from achieving its desire to extract maximum
resources. His answers are people and their connection with land.
Writing in Northern Sami, he creates a world of symbols to enact
the challenges of maintaining an immediate relationship with land
in the midst of ongoing settler colonialism and displacement.
Specifically, Underfoot summons readers to return to their feet
because that's where we're constantly in contact with the ground.
The book's antagonist, the shoemaker, markets comfort and warmth.
The moment that we put on the shoe is when we offer ourselves to
capitalism and mechanization. That's when we replace our values of
sustainability and communality with egoism and individuality. The
poetry is interwoven with illustrations by Sami artist,
Inga-Wiktoria Pave.
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