Amber Ridington

Dane Wajich – Dane-zaa Stories and Songs: Dreamers and the Land (2007)

www.virtualmuseum.ca/Danewajich
This collaborative multimedia virtual exhibition integrates subtitled Dane-zaa and English video narratives, interpretive e-text, photographs of the production process, recordings of songs, and contemporary and archival images of traditional lands in order to showcase Dane-zaa culture and address present concerns faced by the community as they negotiate legacies of colonialism and a changing relationship to the land.

The project represents the possibilities of digital media to represent intangible heritage and is an example of applied ethnography facilitating a community-defined process of documentation and self-representation.

www.virtualmuseum.ca/Danewajich

Funded by the Virtual Museum of Canada, the Doig River First Nation, the Volkswagen Foundation, North Peace School District #60 and the North East Native Advancing Society.

Credits
Collaborators include Doig River First Nation youth, elders and cultural experts; ethnographers; multimedia professionals; linguists and educators.

Role: Co-Producer, Exhibit Curator, Community Consultant, Project Coordinator and Production Mentor (with Kate Hennessy) and Fiscal Manager

More info: UBC Faculty of Arts News: February, 2008

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