Afanasyeva, A. Forced relocations of the Kola Sámi people: background and consequences / by Anna Afanasyeva. - Tromsø: University of Tromsø, 2013. - 82 p.: ill., map, portr.

6 Another major work on Kola Sámi relocations was produced by Natalia Gutsol, Vinogradova S. and Samorukova A., researches of the Kola Science Centre in Apatity, Murmansk region. The book Kola Saami relocated groups was published in 2007 and represents good information. This work is devoted to the study of relocations of the Sámi people specifically on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. It is valuable to regard it in the course of following thesis as The Kola Saami relocated groups gives quite good statistical and historical data. The work represents more of the ethnographic descriptive data, which allows using information for deepening the line of analysis during the current study, however, it does not provide a full overview of all relocations and analytical approaches to the data. The mentioned work will be partially covered by the current work. This Master’s study is different from the other works published on the forced relocations of the Kola Sámi people by taking the insider approach in the analysis of situation. I focus on the experiences of the community and on my vision as the community insider. The analysis provided in this thesis is thus represented from the point of view of the community insider. 1.4 Research materials and methodology This thesis analyzes qualitative data within the disciplines of history and anthropology. Thus, the first part of the work to a greater extent addresses historiographical analysis of the Kola Sámi people relocation policy from the 1930’s – 1970’s. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of anthropological investigations on the project. Different approaches in the course of data collection were used, such as individual interviews, informal conversation and participant observation. 14 Empirical data was collected as a result of recorded interviews and archival work, informal discussions, and personal observation as additional sources. Basically the fieldwork can be represented with two types of data collection – written and oral sources. The first part of the fieldwork was devoted to the collection of written sources, necessary statistical and archival data. Analyzed written sources, taken into consideration are maps, archived materials, official documents, and scientific papers. Correspondingly, this part of the fieldwork addressed the analysis of written sources and historiographical descriptions, which were necessary for building up relevant implications and providing a basis for immediate critical analysis in the process of oral sources collection. 14 Berreman 2007:147.