Editing Community co-creation (section)

=Storytelling at the Heritage Centre=

The conversations I had during the filming of the throatsinging and Pihhiq singing, made it clear that the value of filming such traditional practices, extended beyond the original purposes of recording such practices. Although these videos and audio-recordings could indeed be used as a soundtrack to the "Voices of Thunder" documentary, or used as part of an advocacy strategy to generate recognition for the impacts of polar bear quota reductions - it also became clear that the process of filming these practices, for example on the land, in itself, provided possibilities and conditions for people of different generations to come together and practice their traditional songs and dances in ways that are not always possible. 

The possibilities for the younger generation to learn from older generations, became clear at several moments during the preparation and filming of the drumdancing and singing of the pihhiq- and also later at the community screenings of the films- when the elders explained certain moments of the pihhiq and drumdancing. 

Understanding the material possibilities for knowledge renewal that filmmaking in the community could offer beyond merely the final product, resulted in the organization of a filmmaking workshop and storytelling session at the Netsilik Heritage Center. We hired a young Gjoa Haven-based filmmaker: Barbara Qitsualik to facilitate a filmmaking workshop for community youth. She trained three other youth to operate a film-camera that we rented from the Natsilik Heritage Center, for two afternoons. On the third day, we brought in four elders and two people of middle age to share polar bear stories and legends in the Netsilik Heritage Center. We also hired an interpreter, so that when necessary stories and instructions could be translated between people and generations. The recordings were passed to the Netsilik Heritage Center.

[[File:Barbara Okpik instructing (photograph by de Wildt., 2021).jpg|thumb|Barbara Okpik instructing (photograph by de Wildt., 2021)]]
[[File:Recording legends at the heritage centre (photograph by de Wildt, 2021).jpg|thumb|Recording legends at the heritage centre (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]


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