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Abstract

Today’s technology enables the digitisation of archives and increases pressure on institutions to make their archives accessible. Many films with Same (The Lule Same language is used throughout the chapter.) content are stored in archives across Sweden, but far from all are registered in databases that allow for easy retrieval. Extensive work is underway to digitise not only older films but also archives containing photographs, as well as written and oral collections. This increased accessibility creates new opportunities to engage with Same cultural heritage. This chapter discusses the work of creating metadata from a Same perspective based on an archive of films and TV programmes representations of the Same. The chapter aims to provide insight into the process of, and practical approach to, creating metadata descriptions from a Same perspective, informed by a practical, ethical approach to Same society. It highlights various stages of the work and discusses the path to finalise metadata descriptions. The films and TV programmes constitute extensive material shaped from the filmmakers’ perspective, spanning from the early 1900s to the present. The films analysed here are work of both Same and non-Same filmmakers, and they include representations of the Same from various perspective. Taken together, the film material is an accumulation of historical records-an archive carrying traces of the past. When working with metadata for these films today, they are described today through our own lens, coloured by our knowledge of Same culture and history. The chapter explores the possibility of including counter-narratives told by Same elder knowledge bearers to deepen the understanding of the films. Elder knowledge bearers, who have lived and experienced much of what is depicted in the films, have contributed additional perspectives and enriched our descriptions. These counter-narratives offer alternative stories to those previously presented through the eyes and voice of the majority population, primarily through the medium of film.

Keywords

Archive; Ethics; Film; Language; Metadata; Orthographies; Photograph; Same; Traditional knowledge; TV programme

Published in

Title: Digital Indigenous Cultural Heritage
Publisher: Springer Nature

SLU Authors

UKÄ Subject classification

Film
Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Arts

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76941-2_4
  • ISBN: 978-3-031-76940-5
  • eISBN: 978-3-031-76941-2

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/142891