Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Nordeuropa-Institut

Art from Sápmi

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In this talk Professor Harald Gaski will give a brief introduction to Sámi epistemology and worldview in an attempt to guide you into understanding more of what Sámi arts and research is all about.
 

From being one of the most researched Indigenous peoples in the world, the Sámi have in recent decades taken more and more control themselves of the dissemination of information about their own culture, politics and research. Sámi language and arts have played an important role in keeping up the peoples’ self-esteem and identity.
One of the most interesting aspects of Sámi arts through the times is its multidisciplinary character, as can be seen in traditional art forms as well as in contemporary approaches to poetry, visual arts, movies and music.

Following up the latest artistic developments in Norway and in preparation for the upcoming transformation of the Nordic Pavilion into the Sámi Pavilion at the Venice Biennial 2022, commissioned by Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin wishes to provide more space for knowledge transfer and information to both arts professionals and journalists, as well as a broader public about art from Sápmi.

Please join us for this talk! The streaming link, will be posted into this event shortly before. https://fb.me/e/3dSW9Brce

Harald Gaski
He is born in Deatnu (Tana) in Sápmi. Gaski is the author and editor of several books on Sámi literature and culture. He has also translated Sámi literature and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää’s poetry into Norwegian and English. Gaski has been a visiting scholar at several universities internationally. He served on the International Research Advisory Panel of New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence for 10 years (2006-2015). Gaski’s research specializes on Indigenous methodologies and Sámi culture and literature. He has been instrumental in establishing Sámi literature as an academic field. Gaski is also a playwright, with co-written theater pieces that have been performed internationally, “Johan Turi” and “Juoiggas!”. In 2006 he was awarded the The Nordic Sámi Language Prize, Gollegiella, and in 2015 Gaski was the recipient of Vaartoe /Cesam's research award at the University of Umeå in Sweden. His most recent book is an anthology of Sámi literature, published in 2020, titled Myths, Tales and Poetry from Four Centuries of Sámi Literature. His first book is from 1987, Med ord skal tyvene fordrives, an account and analysis of narrative juoigan (Sámi folk music) texts.