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

圣劳伦斯岛尤皮克的歌曲和舞蹈记录了岛上及其社区历史上的事件，庆祝活动，活动，环境条件等。现有的录音是在过时的媒体上，已经老化，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。该项目将为阿拉斯加萨沃翁加的圣劳伦斯岛尤皮克的歌曲和舞蹈录音制作一个数字档案，以便将来研究这个北极土著社区的社会文化和民族音乐学历史。此外，在一本书中分享成果将使更多的人了解这一丰富的遗产，并将帮助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实践和它们的意义，即使他们的社会在当今世界继续调整和适应。这些录音有可能因损坏或意外处置而实际丢失，关于这些录音的信息目前只存在于一位长老的记忆中。有了这些记录，为未来的文化传承和学术研究开辟了无数的可能性。目前存在于各种媒体上的录音将被转换为数字音频或视频文件。档案将得到充分注释，并按照最高标准的数据管理进行管理，尊重土著人民的知识产权。该档案将公开提供，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一本书的录音，音乐和舞蹈的意义，为圣劳伦斯岛尤皮克，以及为萨沃翁加人民和整个国家的利益创建永久档案所涉及的程序。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过利用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的知识价值进行评估，被认为值得支持影响审查标准。

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.