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News and notes on
Newfoundland and Labrador’s
Intangible Cultural
Heritage Program
ICH Update Number 025 May 2011
Intangible Cultural Heritage Update
May 2011 ich@heritagefoundation.ca
ISSN 1918-7408
Nunatsiavut Heritage Forum
By Dale Jarvis, ICH Development Officer
I snapped this photo earlier this month on a break during the Nunatsiavut
Heritage Forum, held in Hopedale. In a way, the polar bear skin stretched
out alongside the satellite dish represents what the entire conference was
about: the link between past and present, the Labrador of the past and the
Labrador of the future.
In this issue
Page 1
Page 2
KaujimajatuKait
Young Folklorists
Nursing Stories
Page 3 Shoeing Horses
This was the second heritage forum held by Nunatsiavut. Last year’s forum was in Nain, and this year’s was in Hopedale. It
was the first time I’d be back to Hopedale since 1995, and it was great to see the old Moravian mission buildings and church
again. The Forum had presentations from most of the Inuit communities in Labrador, along with presentations by Torngâsok
Cultural Centre, Labrador Interpretation Centre, Them Days, Parks Canada, and the Labrador Heritage Society. Jill Mitchell
gave a very interesting update on Torngâsok’s Inuksuit Project, which has been collecting stories and oral histories from
different communities about the meaning, uses and construction of one of the north’s most recognizable symbols: inuksuit (the
plural of inukshuk).
I presented on the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador’s built heritage granting programs, but also presented
on intangible cultural heritage, and some of the work we have been doing to promote ICH at the community level. Rita
Andersen, one of the interpreter-translators, asked me to clarify the term ICH, to help with translating the concept into
Inuktitut. Later, she told me of the word “KaujimajatuKait” --which means “traditional knowledge” – a phrase with deep
resonance for the work we are all doing. While it is a new term to some in Labrador, intangible cultural heritage is very much
alive in the region, and is something that local organizers see as having great potential for future study and development.
It was an important conference, in many ways, and one which I hope will result in more ICH work in Labrador. I hope to
return to Labrador in November, to deliver community workshops on ICH in each of the Inuit communities. More work and
more details to follow!
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| Transcript | News and notes on Newfoundland and Labrador’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Program ICH Update Number 025 May 2011 Intangible Cultural Heritage Update May 2011 ich@heritagefoundation.ca ISSN 1918-7408 Nunatsiavut Heritage Forum By Dale Jarvis, ICH Development Officer I snapped this photo earlier this month on a break during the Nunatsiavut Heritage Forum, held in Hopedale. In a way, the polar bear skin stretched out alongside the satellite dish represents what the entire conference was about: the link between past and present, the Labrador of the past and the Labrador of the future. In this issue Page 1 Page 2 KaujimajatuKait Young Folklorists Nursing Stories Page 3 Shoeing Horses This was the second heritage forum held by Nunatsiavut. Last year’s forum was in Nain, and this year’s was in Hopedale. It was the first time I’d be back to Hopedale since 1995, and it was great to see the old Moravian mission buildings and church again. The Forum had presentations from most of the Inuit communities in Labrador, along with presentations by Torngâsok Cultural Centre, Labrador Interpretation Centre, Them Days, Parks Canada, and the Labrador Heritage Society. Jill Mitchell gave a very interesting update on Torngâsok’s Inuksuit Project, which has been collecting stories and oral histories from different communities about the meaning, uses and construction of one of the north’s most recognizable symbols: inuksuit (the plural of inukshuk). I presented on the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador’s built heritage granting programs, but also presented on intangible cultural heritage, and some of the work we have been doing to promote ICH at the community level. Rita Andersen, one of the interpreter-translators, asked me to clarify the term ICH, to help with translating the concept into Inuktitut. Later, she told me of the word “KaujimajatuKait” --which means “traditional knowledge” – a phrase with deep resonance for the work we are all doing. While it is a new term to some in Labrador, intangible cultural heritage is very much alive in the region, and is something that local organizers see as having great potential for future study and development. It was an important conference, in many ways, and one which I hope will result in more ICH work in Labrador. I hope to return to Labrador in November, to deliver community workshops on ICH in each of the Inuit communities. More work and more details to follow! |
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