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Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area, North Slave Region

étiquettes: heritage, social sciences, policy development, cultural relevance

Objectif(s): To explore the effects of repatriation from the perspective of receiving communities and, more generally, consider the roles of repatriation for reconciliation efforts in Canada.

Description du projet: The dissertation project seeks to explore the effects of repatriation from the perspective of receiving communities and, more generally, consider the roles of repatriation for reconciliation efforts in Canada. I have four main objectives for this project: 1) to understand how the meaning and processes of repatriation change across different jurisdictions; 2) to identify any social, cultural, economic, and political effects on recipient communities; 3) to assess how and why identified effects may be similar or different among and within partner communities; and 4) to note any community-identified factors that contributed to satisfying repatriation processes and results. For this project, the Principle Investigator (PI) is working with several First Nations in Canada that have been involved in repatriation work, using a comparative case study approach to explore experiences and identify any effects. The PI will use in person, semi-structured interviews and informal discussions to gather personal and professional experiences with repatriation. The hope is to complete a minimum of 5–10 interviews in each community, initially speaking with those that have been directly involved in repatriation work, then the PI will follow community direction to select other participants. Collaborating with communities generally results in reciprocal benefits, including things like training/employment opportunities and capacity-building activities. This may include arranging talking circles on repatriation and other critical heritage issues. During all phases of research, preference in training opportunities (e.g., interpreters) will be given to qualified members of each partner community. The project will document internal knowledge and community experiences with repatriation work and compile a resource kit on repatriation for each partner community, including relevant publicly available policies, guidelines, case studies, and examples of scholarly research on repatriation from around the world. The hope is for this work to contribute to a better understanding of repatriation. This will have the potential to inform the development of culturally sensitive heritage policy and repatriation guidelines in the future. After completing dissertation, the PI will seek funding to return to each partner community to give a public presentation on the research results. The PI plans to publish the results in both academic journals and more accessible public forums, co-authoring with community members and participants. Any publications will follow the rules established by each partner community. The PI will also provide each partner community with hardcopies of the dissertation, any subsequent publications, and an executive summary of the research, written in plain language so that it can be adapted for local publications as desired. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from May 15, 2019 to July 12, 2019.