Documenting and Archiving the Music of St. Lawrence Island: An Endangered Record of History and Change

圣劳伦斯岛尤皮克岛的歌舞记录了该岛及其社区历史上的事件、庆祝活动、活动、环境状况等。现有的录音是在过时的媒体上进行的，而且已经老化，很容易丢失和损坏，这将对该地区和国家的文化遗产造成不可弥补的损害。该项目将编制阿拉斯加州萨沃加圣劳伦斯岛尤皮克地区歌曲和舞蹈录音的数字档案，以便今后研究这一北极土著社区的社会文化和民族音乐学历史。此外，将成果分享在一本书中，将让更多的人意识到这一丰富的遗产，并有助于圣劳伦斯岛的人民更好地欣赏自己的历史和音乐。这也将鼓励他们保持这些做法及其意义，即使他们的社会在当今世界继续调整和适应。录音面临着因损坏或意外处置而物理丢失的危险，目前关于录音的信息只存在于一位长老的记忆中。将这一记录提供给未来，为文化传承和学术研究打开了无数的可能性。这些录音目前在各种媒体上，将被转换为数字音频或视频文件。档案将按照尊重土著人民知识产权的最高数据管理标准加以充分注释和整理。档案将向公众开放，但对敏感信息和数据所有权有一些限制。此外，该项目的调查结果将导致出版一本关于录音、音乐和舞蹈对圣劳伦斯岛尤皮克的意义以及为萨沃加人民和整个国家创建永久档案所涉及的程序的书。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The songs and dances of the St. Lawrence Island Yupik record events, celebrations, activities, environmental conditions, and more in the history of the island and its communities. Available recordings are on obsolete media and are aging and susceptible to loss and damage, which would be an irreparable harm to the region's and the nation's cultural heritage. This project will prepare a digital archive of recordings of songs and dances of the St. Lawrence Island Yupik of Savoonga, Alaska, allowing for future research on the sociocultural and ethnomusicological history of this Arctic Indigenous community. In addition, sharing the results in a book will make more people aware of this rich heritage and will help the people of St. Lawrence Island better appreciate their own history and music. This will also encourage them to sustain these practices and their meaning even as their society continues to adjust and adapt in today's world.The recordings are in danger of being physically lost though damage or accidental disposal, and the information about the recordings exists at present only in the memory of one Elder. Having this record available for the future opens countless possibilities for cultural perpetuation and scholarly research. The recordings, currently on a variety of media, will be converted to digital audio or video files. The archive will be fully annotated and curated to the highest standards of data management, respecting the intellectual property of Indigenous peoples. The archive will be available publicly, with some restrictions for sensitive information and data ownership. In addition, the findings of this project will lead to a book about the recordings, the significance of music and dance for the St. Lawrence Island Yupik, and the procedures involved in creating a permanent archive for the benefit of the people of Savoonga and the nation as a whole.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.