Of Kayaks and Caribou Parkas: Recovering Traditional Knowledge and Exhibition Outreach

皮划艇和驯鹿派克大衣：恢复传统知识和展览推广

• 批准号: 1027206
• 负责人: William Fitzhugh
• 金额: $ 5.55万
• 依托单位: Smithsonian Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-03-15 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1027206&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Kayaks; Caribou; Parkas; Recovering; Traditional

The opening of the exhibition, Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in April, 2010, offers unprecedented opportunity for public education, museum collection documentation, and community engagement in science, anthropology, language revitalization, and cultural heritage. The exhibit presents remarkable 19th and early 20th century tools, containers, weapons, watercraft and clothing whose design reveals intimate understanding of the scientific principles and processes that helped Yup'ik people survive for thousands of years along Alaska's Bering Sea coast, one of the most rigorous environments on earth. The Washington venue brings hundreds of Yup'ik objects from museums around the world to the Smithsonian, where Edward W. Nelson pioneered Yup'ik studies through his 1877-81 Alaskan fieldwork and his classic publication, The Eskimos About Bering Strait (Nelson 1899).The project utilizes workshop sessions to combine information obtained from Yup'ik elders, data from Nelson's recently discovered Alaskan diaries, and Smithsonian curatorial and conservation expertise. Participants will utilize reference collections and analytical facilities to shed light on aspects of Yup'ik science such as the selection of raw materials for strength, resilience, hardness, insulation, wind or water permeability, lightness and mechanical properties, as well as aesthetics and spiritual compatibility. In collaboration with conservators, curators and scientists, Yup'ik consultants will develop protocols for object documentation and long-term preservation and care that are both scientifically sound and culturally appropriate for the storage and educational use of museum collections. In addition to developing new research methods and standards, the project educates visitors about the importance of museum collections and Native knowledge by presenting gallery demonstrations, film programs, and children's activities.

2010年4月，在史密森国家自然历史博物馆举行的展览《我们真正生活的方式：尤普尼克科学和生存的杰作》的开幕，为公众教育、博物馆收藏文献以及社区参与科学、人类学、语言复兴和文化遗产提供了前所未有的机会。展览展示了19世纪和20世纪初令人惊叹的工具、容器、武器、船只和服装，它们的设计揭示了帮助尤普伊克人在阿拉斯加白令海海岸生存了数千年的科学原理和过程，那里是地球上最严酷的环境之一。华盛顿会场将世界各地博物馆的数百件尤皮克文物带到史密森尼博物馆，爱德华·W·纳尔逊在那里通过他1877-81年的阿拉斯加田野工作和他的经典出版物《爱斯基摩人关于白令海峡》(纳尔逊1899)，开创了尤普尼克研究的先河。该项目利用研讨会会议将从尤普尼克长老那里获得的信息、纳尔逊最近发现的阿拉斯加日记中的数据以及史密森博物馆的策展和保护专业知识结合在一起。与会者将利用参考资料和分析设施，阐明Yupik科学的各个方面，如强度、弹性、硬度、绝缘、透风或透水、轻量化和机械性能的原材料选择，以及美学和精神兼容性。在与文物保护人员、馆长和科学家的合作下，Yup‘ik顾问将制定文物记录和长期保存和护理的协议，这些协议既具有科学合理性，也适合于博物馆收藏品的存储和教育用途。除了开发新的研究方法和标准外，该项目还通过展示画廊演示、电影节目和儿童活动来教育参观者博物馆收藏和土著知识的重要性。