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Notice catalographique « Stored in the bones : safeguarding Indigenous living heritages »

Titre
Stored in the bones : safeguarding Indigenous living heritages
Auteur ou éditeur
Pawlowska-Mainville, Agnes
Lieu de publication
Winnipeg, MB
Maison d'édition
University of Manitoba Press
Date de publication
2023
Collation
xvii, 299 pages : illustrations, form ; 24 cm
Résumé
A new tool for preserving Indigenous cultural heritages Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) are community-based practices, knowledges, and customs that are inherited and passed down through generations. While ICH has always existed, a legal framework for its protection only emerged in 2003 with the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. In Stored in the Bones, Agnieszka Pawlowska-Mainville details her work with Anishinaabeg and Inninuwag harvesters to showcase their cultural heritage elements and to provide a new discourse for the promotion and transmission of Indigenous ICH. The book focuses on lived experiences of the akiwenziyag and kitayatisuk ("men of the land" in Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe and Inninumowin/Cree, respectively). These men shared their dibaajimowinan "life stories" and living heritage--from putting down tobacco to tending traplines--with Pawlowska-Mainville during her fifteen years in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. Illustrating the importance of ICH recognition, Pawlowska-Mainville describes her experience with the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission regarding the impacts of the Keeyask hydro development and her documentation of the Pimachiowin Aki UNESCO World Heritage Site. By performing and transmitting their living heritage, the akiwenziyag and kitayatisuk are, in the words of Richard Morrison, "doing what they are supposed to: energizing and strengthening their bones as they walk this Earth." Providing practical ways to safeguard ICH, Pawlowska-Mainville demonstrates that discursive frameworks for living heritage can assist communities in connecting youth with their ancestors and preserving their knowledge and practices for future generations. Stored in the Bones enriches discussions of treaty rights, land claims, and environmental and cultural policy. Presenting an international framework that may be used to advance community interests in dealings with provincial or federal governments, the study offers a pathway for Indigenous peoples to document knowledge that is "stored in the bones."
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
Langue
English = Anglais
Sujet
  • Cultural property - Protection
  • Cultural property - Protection - Canada
  • Indigenous peoples - Canada - Social life and customs
  • Indigenous peoples - Intellectual life
  • Intangible property
  • Ojibwe - Intellectual life
  • Ojibwe - Social life and customs
  • Nehiyawak - Intellectual life
  • Nehiyawak - Social life and customs
  • Reconciliation
  • Patrimoine culturel - Protection
  • Patrimoine culturel - Protection - Canada
  • Autochtones - Canada - Mœurs et coutumes
  • Autochtones - Vie intellectuelle
  • Biens incorporels
  • Ojibwés - Vie intellectuelle
  • Ojibwés - Mœurs et coutumes
  • Nehiyawak - Vie intellectuelle
  • Nehiyawak - Mœurs et coutumes
  • Réconciliation
ISBN/ISSN
9781772840452
Pays
Canada
Type de document
Monograph = Monographie
Localisation
E 98 S7 P39 2023
Clé
20084
Collection
Catalogue
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