Description
Book SynopsisYup'ik elders examine and interpret Jacobsen's collection.
Trade Review"Taken together, Fieldwork Turned on its Head and Things of Our Ancestors are extremely well done, both as products and as examples of a successful collaborative research effort. For those with an interest in northern indigenous communities and cultures the two books are moving accounts of a research partnership that joined indigenous knowledge bearers with academic and museum professionals, the result of which was to place indigenous knowledge at the center rather than at the periphery of the research enterprise and the resulting volumes."
* Museum Anthropology Review *
"The Yup'ik delegation transformed anthropological material culture into moral teachings, ceremonial songs, hunting lore, dance steps, and vehicles for cultural pride. ..This book would be a valuable addition to any applied anthropology, material culture, or indigenous knowledge course and should encourage others to participate in collaborative museology."
* American Anthropologist *
Table of ContentsQuyanarpiitli--With much gratefulness and merit
Introduction: Pioneering visual repatriation
Ayagniqarraallemteni: Imarpigmi pissurcuutet--First day: Tools for ocean hunting
Unuaquani: Pissurcuutet, anguyagcuutet urluvret pitegcautet-llu--Second day: Bows and arrows for hunting and for war
Pingayuatni erenret: Cali psssurcuutet neqsurcuutet-llu--Third day: More tools for hunting and fishing
Cetamiitni erenret: Muriit akluput--Fourth day: Our things made out of wood
Tallimiitni erenret: Qemaggviit--Fifth day: Containers
Arvinelgatni erenret: Calissuutet--Sixth day: Tools for working on things
Malrunlegatni erenret: Enemi aklut calissuutet--Seventh day: Household tools
Pingayunelgatni erenret: Kenugutet, uyat-llu--Eighth day: Personal adornment and human figures
Qulngunrita'ariitni erenret: Arnat minqessuutait, naqugatait-llu, angutet-llu nacait--Ninth day: Women's sewing tools and belts and men's hats
Qulngurtellratni erenret: Yurarcuutet--Tenth day: Dance regalia
Qula ataucimek cipluku ernengluku: Kegginaqurluni yuralleq--Eleventh day: Singing and dancing with masks
Qula malrugnek cipluku ernengluku: Naanguat pinetutaciirutet-llu--Twelfth day: Toys and games of strength and skill
Qula pingayun cipluku ernengluku: Aturat--Thirteenth day: Clothing
Akimiarunrita'arnek ernengluku: Ellam qaralii caqtaaryarat-llu--Fourteenth day: Designs of the sky and annual ceremonies
Akimiaratnek ernengluku: Ellaitnek ukveqkanillerkaatnek neryuniurutengqertua--Fifteenth day: I have hope that they gain more faith and knowledge of who they are
Yugtun igautellrit Kass'atun-llu mimigtellrit--Yup'ik transcription and translation
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