Project Naming: Always on Our Minds

Publication Type  Conference Paper
Year of Publication  2005
Authors  Greenhorn, Beth
Conference Name  Museums and the Web 2005: Proceedings
Conference Start Date  April 13 - April
Publisher  Archives & Museum Informatics
Conference Location  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Editor  Jennifer Trant and David Bearman
Keywords  Inuit; the Arctic; Nunavut; visual repatriation; digitized photographic collections; searchable database; collaborative project; user-contributed content
Abstract  

Project Naming is a trilingual Web exhibition and searchable photographic database available in English, French and Inuktitut on Library and Archives Canada's Web site. It is a collaborative effort between Nunavut Sivuniksavut, a special college program based in Ottawa, and serving Inuit Youth from Nunavut; the Government of Nunavut's Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth; and Library and Archives Canada. The goal of this project is the identification of Inuit portrayed in the photographic collections of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa. It is an ongoing initiative which enables Nunavut Youth to connect with Elders and to better understand their past. It also helps to bridge the cultural differences and geographical distances between the territory of Nunavut and the more southern parts of Canada.

URL  http://www.archimuse.com/mw2005/papers/greenhorn/greenhorn.html

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