Weaving Culture: Aesthetic Ethnohistory of Yup'ik Eskimo Grass Baskets

这项研究将调查阿拉斯加西南部中部尤皮克文化的变化与编织篮子设计、构图和风格之间的对应关系。在过去的一个世纪里，这种文化受到了与西方文化联系的戏剧性影响。文化影响在多大程度上改变了基本的生活方式，本研究将对此进行调查。这一群体最突出的文化活动之一是制作编织篮子，几家博物馆收藏了过去100年的藏品。该项目将对这段时间收集的编织篮子的设计、结构和风格进行审查、分类和统计分析。调查员将对篮筐制造者进行深入访谈，以开发篮筐制作和文化变化之间的联系的数据。由于很少有文字记录记录这个民族的文化变迁，这部作品可能会导致对文化适应的洞察，以回应变化和突出的西方影响。

This research would investigate the correspondence between change in the Central Yup'ik culture of southwestern Alaska and woven basket design, composition, and style. Over the last century, this culture has been dramatically impacted by association with western culture. The extent to which cultural impact alters basic life patterns will be investigated in this research. One of the prominent cultural activities of this group has been the production of woven baskets, and several museums have collections covering the last 100 years. The project will examine, categorize, and statistically analyze the design, construction and style of woven baskets collected over this time period. The investigator will conduct in-depth interviews with basket makers to develop data on the linkage between basket making and cultural change. As few written records document cultural change in this ethnic group, this work may lead to insight into cultural adaptation in response to changing and prominent western influences.