On the Creation of the Multimedia Project "the Memory of a Settlement", Dedicated to the Genealogy, Oral History, and Photographic Archives of Vupik Families from the Settlement of Novoe Chaplino, Chukotka (Research Note)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dmitriy Oparin
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 519-529
Description
Highlights of a the digitization project to preserve the genealogical history of the Novoe Chaplino settlement.
Discusses a controversial lesson in history through art, by presenting nstitutions devoted to nostalgic theme-park versions of history; the exhibit contrasts violence, defiance, racism, alienation and suicide with family harmony, friendship, creativity and work.