Revision as of 09:46, 20 January 2025

Now that I had a list of of solid and applicable guidelines to the workshop agenda, it was time to organize the workshop itself.

Seeking and preparing a space that would be fitting, and provide the right conditions to space of exchange and open-ness, we decided on the ... center. A room in which the community sometimes organizes drumdances and other cultural affairs. We also found a caterer, and decided on a menu for each day including the community feast on the first night. Thirdly, we needed to scout an appropriate site to build a Qaggiq: a big communal igloo, especially for gatherings - to be built on the second day of our workshop.

Of course much more needed to be done. Follow the side-trail to get a full understanding of all the preparation that was required for the final workshop. Alternatively, keep going, to jump straight into the workshop.

Invitation: Workshop preparations

3 day Workshop Gjoa Haven

At the evening of the 21 November it was time to start our Gathering.

Welcome to the Gathering. The next pages will take you through the final Gathering per agenda point. Each session will be accompanied by guidelines, insights, motivations or research questions that underly the decision made for that segment.

Community Feast & Movie Screening

... People showed up.

As discussed in the pre-workshop we took plenty of time for people to arrive and get comfortable. We made sure that elders were seated in the comfortable couches and received something to drink.

Once, we felt that people had had enough time to settle in, we started the screening of three movies: Voices of Thunder, Pihhiq, and throatsinging.