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Buođđu

Buođđu

2025•11m
Documentary

The traditional salmon weir of the River Sámi of Deatnu represents the symbiotic architecture of humans and ecosystems that also bears deeply on the international politics, global interests and changes of dynamics. As an architect, the director is also interested in the archetypal form of the weirs that also has things in common with other places and indigenous nations worldwide.

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