Saernieprieve 16 – Dávvirat Duiskkas – skïereden/ golken 2024 
In November Dávvirat Duiskkas will organize its second and third workshop with public events. Wednesday November 20 Árran Lule Sámi Center at Ájluokta/Drag in northern Nordland will host a workshop on Sámi ceremonial drums (09:00-14:30). The workshop will be preceded by a public event on Sámi cultural heritage in German museums Tuesday November 19 (18:00–20:30).
Thursday November 21 Várdobáiki museum at Skánik/Evenskjer i southern Troms will host a workshop on lessons learned from the Norwegian repatriation project Bååstede (2014-2019) and other restitution projects (10:00–15:00). The workshop will be followed by a public event on Sámi cultural heritage in German museums (19:00 – 21:30).
Please see the programs below:
Árran Tuesday 19.11: Sámi Cultural Heritage in German Museums (public event)
1800-1810 Welcome (Filip Mikkelsen, director Árran)
1810-1830 About Dávvirat Duiskkas (Cathrine Baglo, project manager Dávvirat Duiskkas)
1830-1900 Árran and Dávvirat Duiskkas (Sissel Ann Mikkelsen, coordinator for the Norwegian Sámi museums)
1900-1915 Coffee and cake
1915-1945 The Sámi project at Museum Europäischer Kulturen (MEK) in Berlin (Elisabeth Tietmeyer, director MEK)
1945-2015 My experience as a duojár in MEK’s Sámi project (Lova Lundberg, not confirmed)
2015-2030 Q & A
Árran Wednesday 20.11: Spotlight on Drums (workshop)
0900-0905 Opening words (Cathrine Baglo, moderator and project manager Dávvirat Duiskkas)
0905-0930 Welcome and Introduction; Drums and the Lule Sámi Area (Sissel Ann Mikkelsen, coordinator for the Norwegian Sami museums)
0930-1000 The drum from Bjørsvik/Murgosvuodna (Oddmund Andersen, research leader, Árran)
1000-1030 The drum from Hilleshamn/Hilssá meavrresgárrie (Trude Fonneland, UiT -the Arctic University Museum of Norway)
1030-1045 Coffee
1045-1115 Attention to Absence: Am Exhibition on the Return of the Sámi Drums (Jelena Porsanger, museum leader, Sámi Museum in Karasjok/RiddoDuottarMuseat)
1115-1145 The German history of Freavnantjahke gievrie (Maren Golz, researcher, Meiningen)
1145-1230 Lunch
1230-1300 Ájtte and drums (Elisabeth Pirak Kuoljok, director Ájtte Swedish Sami and Mountain Museum)
1300-1330 Siida and drums (Taina Pieski, director Siida Sami Museum and Nature Center)
1330-1430 Coffee and discussion
Várdobáiki Thursday 21.11: Learning from Bååstede and other restitution projects (workshop)
1000-1005 Opening words (Cathrine Baglo, moderator and project manager Dávvirat Duiskkas)
1005-1030 Welcome and introduction: Várdobáiki and Bååstede (Kjersti Myrnes Balto, director Várdobáiki)
1030-1100 Looking back on Bååstede (Gro Ween, The Museum of Cultural History Oslo)
1100-1130 Bååstede and provenance research at Várdobáiki (Janicken Olsen, project leader Várdobáiki)
1130-1215 Lunch
1215-1245 Working with returned Sámi cultural heritage at Siida (Taina Pieski, director Siida Sámi Museum and Nature Center)
1245-1315 Restitution work and processes at Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne (RJM) (Nanette Snoep, artistic director RJM
1315-1345 Working with Sámi cultural heritage at Museum Europäischer Kulturen Berlin (MEK) (Elisabeth Tietmeyer, director MEK)
1345-1500 Coffee and discussion
Várdobáiki Thusday 21.11: Sámi cultural heritage in German museums (public event)
1900 -1910 Welcome (Kjersti Myrnes Balto, director Várdobáiki
1910-1930 About Dávvirat Duiskkas (Cathrine Baglo, project manager Dávvirat Duiskkas)
1930-1950 Várdobáiki and Dávvirat Duiskkas (Thomas-Ole Andersen, museum manager Várdobáiki)
1950-2010 Coffee and cake
2010-2030 The Sámi project at Museum Europäischer Kulturen in Berlin (MEK) (Elisabeth Tietmeyer, director MEK)
2030-2050 My experiences as a duojár in the MEK project (Ellen Berit Dalbakk, possibly also Helena Kuhmunen)
2050-2110 Bååstede and provenance research at Várdobáiki (Janicken Olsen, project leader Várdobáiki)
2110-2130 Q & R
A group of 16 people from museums in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Germany will travel between the two places. In addition the group will visit the exhibition Ruoktot that recently has been put on display at Nordlandsmuseet in Bådåddjo/Bodø in collaboration with Árran. We will also visit the exhibition „The controversial Hamsun“ at the Hamsun Centre. Among other things the exhibition problematizes the Nobel Prize award winning author Knut Hamsun’s negative perception of the Sámi.
Thank you for hosting Árran and Várdobáiki! We are looking forward to it!
Jïjnjh heelsegh
Cathrine Baglo
