Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
étiquettes: museum, social sciences, traditional knowledge, culture, history, artifacts
| chercheur principal: | Balanoff, Helen (5) |
| Nᵒ de permis: | 14255 |
| Organisation: | NWT Literacy Council |
| Année(s) de permis: |
2012
2007
2007
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| Délivré: | sept. 21, 2007 |
| Équipe de projet: | Helen Balanoff (Principal investigator, NWT Literacy Council), Dr. Cynthia Chambers (Academic advisor, University of Lethbridge), Emily Kudlak (Community-based researcher, Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre), Alice Kaodloak (Community research assistant), Emily Angulalik (Nunavut community-based researcher, Kitikmeot Heritage Society), Darren Keith (Nunavut coordinator, Kitikmeot Heritage Society), Joanne Bird (Collections advisor, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre), Dr. Jonathan King (British Museum liaison, British Museum) |
Objectif(s): Through a partnership of Inuinnait communities and the British Museum, this project aims to repatriate traditional knowledge (language, literacies, narratives, values & beliefs) through viewing and visiting "things that talk" (historical photographs and objects) currently in the British Museum in London England.
Description du projet: Through a partnership of Inuinnait communities and the British Museum, this project aims to repatriate traditional knowledge (language, literacies, narratives, values & beliefs) through viewing and visiting "things that talk" (historical photographs and objects) currently in the British Museum in London England. This is a continuation of the Ulukhaktok Literacies Project, where the researchers look at the historical context of literacy development. This project is important because it will preserve Inuinnait language, culture and literacies and address issues of intellectual and cultural property, such as access to and interpretation of materials that source communities have never seen or are unaware exist. The objectives of the project are: • To repatriate and document Inuinnait knowledge (social memory and stories) through reengagement with and virtual repossession of Inuinnait objects and photographs • To document Inuinnaqtun language (terminology and literacies) embedded in the objects and photos • To negotiate and articulate appropriate means for knowledge formation, circulation, transmission and representation across generations within and among Inuinnait communities • To make available to Inuinnait the extensive historical, archival, photographic and social science research materials to assist in their analysis and interpretation of (making sense and remembering) these objects and photographs • To repossess the agency and power to interpret Inuinnait identity to non-Inuinnait Data collection includes: - interviews with elders and transcription and translation of interviews - development of database to enable cross-community sharing and analysis of data - construction of biographies of cultural materials - reproduction of selected cultural materials through elder mentor/apprenticeship process - community gatherings to share and add to knowledge - visit to British Museum (recorded in audio and video formats) Shared database will enable people in all Inuinnait communities to share knowledge. In Ulukhaktok, after initial interviews with elders have been conducted, photographs will be displayed in the community and people invited to add to the knowledge. Photographs and stories will be the property of the community and will be displayed in the community. Materials reproduced in the community will be the property of the community and displayed in the community. Community based researchers will attend community meetings on a regular basis to report on progress. They will also deliver presentations on the project. Fieldwork will be conducted from September 21 to December 31, 2007 in the Community of Ulukhaktok (Holman).
