Nunalleq, Stories from the Village of Our Ancestors: Co-designing a Multi-vocal Educational Resource Based on an Archaeo
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RESEARCH
Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress (© 2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11759-020-09399-3
Alice Watterson , 3DVisLab, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK E-mail: [email protected] Charlotta Hillerdal, Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK E-mail: [email protected]
ABSTRACT ________________________________________________________________
In 2017, the Nunalleq Project initiated the co-design of a digital educational resource for schoolchildren in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region that curates the story of the archaeological excavations in a way which engages with Yup’ik ways of knowing and traditional oral storytelling. Here, we present an account of an archaeological outreach project which creatively unites science and history with traditional knowledge and contemporary engagements. Co-creation of the Nunalleq educational resource revealed the diverse ways in which people connect to the past, sometimes expected, sometimes surprising. In particular, the project made space for a younger generation of Yup’ik who are forging new relationships with their heritage inspired by the archaeology from Nunalleq through traditional dance, art and shared experience. Ultimately, this article explores co-design as a means to illuminate the processes of interpretation from varied perspectives and worldviews with the aim of better understanding how the methods we use frame the knowledge we create. Re´sume´: En 2017, le Projet Nunalleq a lance´ la co-conception d’une ressource e´ducative nume´rique a` l’intention des e´coliers de la re´gion du Yukon-Kuskokwim. Elle propose une narration des fouilles arche´ologiques d’une manie`re s’inspirant des approches Yup’ik quant au savoir et au conte oral traditionnel. Nous pre´sentons ici un expose´ d’un projet de sensibilisation arche´ologique associant de manie`re cre´ative la science et l’histoire au savoir traditionnel et aux engagements contemporains. La co© 2020 World Archaeological Congress
ARCHAEOLOGIES
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ALICE WATTERSON, CHARLOTTA HILLERDAL
cre´ation de la ressource e´ducative Nunalleq a mis en lumie`re les diffe´rents modes suivant lesquels les peuples se connectent au passe´, certains e´tant pre´visibles, d’autres plus surprenants parfois. Le projet a notamment ouvert un espace pour une ge´ne´ration plus jeune de Yup’ik dont les membres tissent des relations nouvelles avec leur he´ritage qui sont inspire´es de l’arche´ologie de Nunalleq, dans le cadre de la danse traditionnelle, de l’art et d’une expe´rience partage´e. En de´finitive, cet article e´tudie la coconception comme un moyen d’e´clairer les processus d’interpre´tation issus de perspectives et visions du monde multiples, dans l’objectif de mieux comprendre comment les me´thodes que nous utilisons donnent leurs contours au savoir que nous cre´ons. ________________________________________________________________
Resumen: En 2017, el Proyecto Nunalleq inicio´ el codisen˜o de un recurso educativo
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