May 23rd – May 24th, 2018
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
May 23, 2018
10:00 – 10:30 OPENING SESSION
10:00 – 10:10 Opening words – moderator
10:10 – 10:15 The president of Sámi Parliament in Finland – Tiina Sanila-Aikio
10:15 – 10:20 The president of Sámi Parliament in Norway – Aili Keskitalo
10:20 – 10:25 The Sámi Parliament in Sweden – Marina Nilsson Ederlöv
10:30 – 11:30 START
10:30 – 10:50 UNESCO/WIPO – Rasul Samadov / Jon Petter Gintal
10:50 – 11:10 The challenges of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on Sámi point of view – Petra Laiti
11:10 – 11:30 Misuse of the Sámi Culture in Finnish tourism – Kirsi Suomi
1st Topic: Duodji, the Sámi handicraft
11:30 – 11:50 The challenges of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Duodji – Mari-Ann Nutti, Samesløydstiftelsen
11:50 – 12:10 The Soul of Duodji – Maarit Magga
12:10 – 13:10 Lunch
Opening of the Duodji Exhibitions
Fia Kaddik: Short Course on Tin Thread Weaving
1st Topic: Duodji, the Sámi handicraft
13:05 – 13:25 The challenges of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in teaching – Samuli Valkeapää
13:25 – 13:45 Work in progress: The Sámi Duodji Trademark – Ellen Berit Dalbakk, Saami Council
13:45 – 13:55 MIS of Sápmi cooperative – Marit Guttorm Graven
13:55 – 14:05 Comments
2nd topic: Archive Objects: Approach to the Intangible Cultural Heritage
14:05 – 14:25 The Heritage Returns Home – Eeva-Kristiina Harlin (Outi Pieski)
14:25 – 14:35 Repatriation and Revitalization – Eeva-Kristiina Harlin
14:35 – 14:50 Project AIDA – Hanna Helander/Sunna Valkeapää, Sámi Archive
14:50 – 15:00 Comments
15:00 – 15:30: Coffee
3rd Topic: The Cultural Memories of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
15:30 – 15:55 Protection of the Sámi Intangible Cultural Heritage – Klemetti Näkkäläjärvi
15:55 – 16:15 Intangible Cultural Heritage in place names – Marit Myrvoll
16:15 – 16:35 Names of the sacred Sámi sites in written and oral sources – Jelena Porsanger
16:35 – 16:55 Intangible heritage on Mountain Rástegáisá – Toralf Henriksen
16:55 – 17:00 Comments
EVENING PROGRAM:
17:45 – 19:30 Cultural Program
Publication of the 6th Poetry Collection of Niillas Holmberg – DAT
Niillas Holmberg reading his poems and yoiking
Inga Victoria Påve: Presentation of the photos in the Poetry Collection
20:00 – 22:00 Dinner (self-paid)
May 24, 2018
4th Topic: Passing on the Intangible Singing Heritage – Yoik
10:05 – 10:25 The status of Yoik – Challenges and Rights – Biret Risten Sara
10:25 – 10:45 Saami Culture and Evolving Copyrights – Piia Nuorgam
10:45 – 11:05 How to Take Livđe back – Anna Morottaja
11:05 – 11:25 The Challenges of Yoik and the Recruit – Domna Khomjuk
11:25 – 11:45 Sámi Music Academy – SOGSAKK/Sámi Allaskuvla – Annukka Hirvasvuopio-Laiti
11:45 – 12:00 Comments
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Näyttelynavaus – Inarinsaamen puhujat – valokuvanäyttely
5th Topic: Passing on the Story-telling Heritage
13:05 – 13:25 Perspectives on protection – Pauliina Feodoroff
13:25 – 13:45 Story-telling with the Creatures of the Sámi Mythology – Kirsti Paltto
13:45 – 14:05 Sámi Short Film: Eatnanvuloš lottit by Marja Helander
14:05 – 14:25 Stage Text on the Sámi Stories – Sara Margrethe Oskal
14:25 – 14:45 ISFI: – Ethical Regulations for the movie makers and movie companies from outside – Liisa Holmberg
14:45 – 15:00 Comments
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee
6th Topic: Rights and the Intangible Heritage
15:35 – 15:55 The Ethical Regulations and the Understanding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Brought for the Outside Professionals – Anni-Helena Ruotsala
15:55 – 16:15 Is there a Place for Traditional Knowledge in the Mastery of Natural Resources? – Solveig Joks, Sámi University College
16:15 – 16:35 Traditional Economical Knowledge in Reindeer Herding – Berit Inga
16:35 – 17:00 Challenges in Passing on the Traditional Fishing skills – Ásllat Holmberg / Ivan Matrekhin
17:00 – 17:10 Comments
17:10 – 17:30 Greetings to Sápmi
Rasul Samadov (UNESCO); Hildegunn Bjørgen (NOR), Leena Marsio (FIN); Marina Nilsson Ederlöv (SWE)
17:30 – 17:45 Closure: the Protection of the Cultural Heritage
Panel discussion
EVENING EVENT IN SAJOS:
20:00 – 21:00 – Film night with Skábmagovat
Call and response
Canada, 2014, 5’
Director: Craig Commanda
An Anishnaabe musician of the digital era – the director himself – faces features of his nation’s heritage in the forest at night.
Gobmemainnas
Sápmi/Finland, 2017, 6’
Director: Niki Rasmus
Aslak Pieski tells a frightening story about his childhood.
Juuret on – Under Two Skies
Sápmi/Finland, 2016, 13’
Director: Suvi West & Anssi Kömi
A short film about leaving, love and the meaning of roots.
Half & half
Kalaallit Nunaat, Denmark, 2015, 3’
Director: Aka Hansen
Director Aka Hansen ponders her mixed heritage by posing well-struck questions about how others perceive her, which in contrast to the filmic symmetry suggests that identity cannot be split neatly in half.
Morit Elena Morit – Wake up Elena Wake Up
Sápmi/Sweden, 2017, 5’
Director/Screenwriter /Production: Inga-Wiktoria Påve & Anders Sunna
An awarded animation (imagineNATIVE Media + Arts Festival, Skábmagovat Film Festival) shows how colonialisation has sneaked upon the Sámi people and gives other young Sámi a shout out to wake up and rebuild their connection to nature and traditions.
Three thousand
Canada, 2017, 14’
Director: Asinnajaq
‘’My father was born in the spring – half snow, half skin. I was born in a hospital, with jaundice and two teeth’’. In a fascinating time travel by an Inuk director, the past, the present and the future of the Inuit become an impressive mixture of archive pictures and animation. Three thousand received Best Global Indigenous Short film award at Skábmagovat 2018.
Smoke That Travels
USA, 2016, 13’
Director: Kayla Briët
Language, dance, music and Potowatomi history are woven into a wise weft by a self-taught young director in this beautiful homage to the teachings and cultural heritage of the director’s father.
Heidi – Kaissi-U’lljan-Mä’rjj-U’lljan
Sápmi/Finland, 2016, 10’
Director: Aleksi Ahlakorpi, Production: Sámi Education Institute
A short documentary on Heidi Gauriloff, a Skolt Sámi craftsmaker, who was already an adult when she finally got the chance to learn the language and culture of her family.
Sää’nte’mes Saakk
Sápmi/Finland, 2016, 7’
Director: Sámi Education Institute student group / Production: Erkki Feodoroff / Sámi Education Institute
Anna Lumisalmi sings in the first Skolt Sámi leu’dd music video in the world.
Mu nieidaskihpára áhkku – My girlfriend’s Grandma
Sápmi, Finland, 2016, 8’
An amusing story about a boy who meets his girlfriend’s grandmother for the first time. Will he and the grandmother find a common language? And what does jelly have to do with this story?