NEWS Sami Week 2009 will be held in Umeå from 28 February until 8 March. Many fantastic festivities and events will commemorate the rich culture of the indigenous people of northern Europe, including several affiliated with the university.
The celebration includes: concerts, art exhibitions, theatre, film, dance, yoik (traditional Sami song), workshops, food children’s activities, sport, lectures, seminars and much more.
Many events will be held in Swedish.
The complete programme (Swedish only) of Sami Week 2009 can be downloaded at: http://www.Sámiskaveckan.se/dokument/program.pdf
Event: Exhibition: Britta Marakatt-Labba – Cosmos (embroidery)
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Bildmuseet, Umeå University museum of contemporary art and visual culture
Event: 100,000 documents in your pocket: On more accessible archive documents
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: The Research Archives, University Library
Event: Sami drums – a divine world from the heavens above -with Øistein Hansen, Tromsö, Norway
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Umevatoriet space science centre
Event: Centre for Sami Research at Umeå University conference with the theme: Rivers to cross: building bridges or fording the water? Traditional and academic knowledge in Sami research.
Time: 9:30 am – ca. 5:00 pm
Place: To be announced
Event: Lunchtime Culture on Campus concert featuring Sámi Ji
enat
Time: 12:10 pm
Place: Café Lindell, Lindell Hall
Event: Exhibition: Britta Marakatt-Labba – Cosmos (embroidery)
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Bildmuseet, Umeå University museum of contemporary art and visual culture
Event: Ancient Arctic Tunes, lecture by Öistein Hanssen, instrument maker and musician
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: The Research Archives, University Library
Event: Centre for Sami Research at Umeå University conference with the theme: Rivers to cross: building bridges or fording the water? Traditional and academic knowledge in Sami research.
Time: 8:30 am – ca. 5:00 pm
Place: To be announced
Event: Exhibition: Britta Marakatt-Labba – Cosmos (embroidery)
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Bildmuseet, Umeå University museum of contemporary art and visual culture
Event: Britta Marakatt-Labba lectures on her exhibition and discusses Sami mythology in artwork
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Bildmuseet, Umeå University museum of contemporary art and visual culture
Event: Centre for Sami Research at Umeå University conference with the theme: Rivers to cross: building bridges or fording the water? Traditional and academic knowledge in Sámi research.
Time: 8:30 am – ca. 1:00 pm
Place: To be announced
Event: Exhibition: Britta Marakatt-Labba – Cosmos (embroidery)
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Bildmuseet, Umeå University museum of contemporary art and visual culture
Event: Yoik (traditional Sami singing) workshop with Ulla Pirttijärvi
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Place: Bildmuseet, Umeå University museum of contemporary art and visual culture
Event: Exhibition: Britta Marakatt-Labba – Cosmos (embroidery)
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Bildmuseet, Umeå University museum of contemporary art and visual culture
Photo credit: The Swedish Sami Association (SSR)Flag image: Sami National Flag
Editor: David Meyers