Learning to Listen
Community Collaboration in an Alaska Native Village
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5775077 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holly Cusack-Mcveigh (0000-0002-4928-015X, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 40-57 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Collaborative anthropologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-2550 • E-ISSN: 2152-4009 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/cla.2016.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2594180316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
IUPUI), who were participating in a summer field school, had traveled some four thousand miles to the Sugpiaq/Alutiiq coastal village of Nanwalek, Alaska, to participate in a three-week-long community-based collaborative project.We flew into the village on a Saturday evening in the summer of 2013.Nobody was there to greet us.Although I knew someone would soon arrive, my students were understandably anxious.One, reflecting back on our arrival, wrote, "When we exited the plane and looked to the village we didn't see too many people.No one was walking around or curious to see us just yet. . . .I was worried we would be intruding on the locals; maybe they didn't want us there."My encouragement to go with the flow in an unfamiliar cultural setting could never match their experience of uncertainty.After a while and much to their relief, we were greeted at the airport by our hosts-only to learn that the trail up the mountain to our cabins had been inaccessible all week due to melting snow in the mountains and the resultant mud.We eventually arrived at a solution and headed up the trail in an old pickup truck, escorted by a few four-wheelers.Before leaving Indianapolis I had met with the students to give them a brief introduction to the culture and history of the region.I reviewed course requirements (keeping a daily field journal, film reviews, participation in nightly group discussions, a final reflective paper) and outlined the rules for the field school, but did not, as they expected, hand them an agenda or syllabus outlining our day-to-day activities.They knew only that they would be helping with the tribal museum and other unspecified projects, which would take shape in response to community needs only after dialogue with community members
Community Health and Development · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Routes
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Walking the Walk in Collaborative Fieldwork
Collaborative Service Learning and Anthropology with Gitxaała Nation
Moving Past Public Anthropology and Doing Collaborative Research
When Our Words Return
"WHITE People Will Believe Anything!" Worrying about Authenticity, Museum Audiences, and Working in Native American-Focused Museums1
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |