The video recordings from the collections of the Foundation for Siberian Cultures provided here offer easy access to documented indigenous knowledge in languages of the peoples of the North.
Videos on
- Ethnographic research in Northeastern Siberia in the 18th and 19th centuries
- The natural environment of the North as a basis for life
- Carving
- Impact of climate change on the indigenous peoples of the North
- Indigenous knowledge
- Ethnicity
- The art of painting
- Indigenous motifs in artistic discourse
- The art of dance and singing
- Fishing
- Reindeer herding
- Kamchatka landscapes
- Oral tradition
- Endangered languages
- Sustaining Indigenous knowledge and endangered languages
- Worldviews and rituals
- Shamans
- Feasts of reconciliation with nature
- Sacred Places and individual rituals
- Clothing
- Hunting sea mammals
- Hunting land animals
- Gathering plants
- Mobility
- The remembered past
- Oral histories of survivors of the Ravensbrueck Concentration Camp
Ethnographic research in Northeastern Siberia in the 18th and 19th centuries ↑
Watercolors of Kamchatka by Baron Friedrich Heinrich von Kittlitz
accompanied by a Koryak family song performed by Aleksandra Urkachan. Slideshow by Erich Kasten, 2011. More information about the watercolors in the corresponding volume by Kittlitz and the edited volume Reisen an den Rand des Russischen Reiches (pp. 167– 170).
Lithographs by Louis Choris illustrating the landscapes and peoples of the Bering Strait
accompanied by Chukchi drum singing by the Even ensemble Or’yakan. Slideshow by Erich Kasten, 2011.
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The natural environment of the North as a basis for life ↑
Carving ↑
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Impact of climate change on the indigenous peoples of the North ↑
Interview about climate change
Interview about climate change, Pite Sámi, Arjeplog, with Anders-Erling Fjällås.
Film by Joshua Wilbur, 2015. Copyright J. Wilbur, Anders-Erling Fjällås and the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, in the Endangered Languages Archive (https://elar.soas.ac.uk/Collection/MPI201072), SOAS University of London.
Indigenous knowledge ↑
Ethnicity ↑
The art of painting ↑
Drawings by Itelmen children
from the exhibition Children's drawings from Siberia and the North Pacific rim, shown at the Frankesche Stiftungen zu Halle/Saale, November 10,1998 – 3 January 3, 1999, and at the Überseemuseum Bremen and the Ethnological Museum Berlin. Slideshow by Erich Kasten. More information in the exhibition catalogue.
Drawings by Kamchadal children
from the exhibition Children's drawings from Siberia and the North Pacific rim, shown at the Frankesche Stiftungen zu Halle/Saale, November 10,1998 – 3 January 3, 1999, and at the Überseemuseum Bremen and the Ethnological Museum Berlin. Slideshow by Erich Kasten. More information in the exhibition catalogue.
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Indigenous motifs in artistic discourse ↑
Treasure found!
Tracking Schulze’s art trail.
Following her encounter with mysterious erratic boulders in Northern Scandinavia, the artist has been working on their transposition into artistic form. Fascinated by these rocks which are often connected to Sámi mythology, she aims at capturing through the senses a world usually hidden to the naked eye to render it accessible to our emotions.
Tundra
Produced in collaboration with children – Anna Yatylina, Vadim Tukkai, and Maksim Konko – who contributed to the original soundtrack. Yanrakynnot tundra, 2010.
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The art of dance and singing ↑
Dances at feasts in indigenous communities and in choreographic staging
at the example of representations of flying. Erich Kasten, 2011.
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Fishing ↑
By boat to the fishing grounds
Khailino, 2002.Video and Text: Erich Kasten. Postproduction: Dekra Hochschule für Medien, 2019.
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Reindeer herding ↑
Underway with nomadic reindeer herders
Bystrinski Rayon, 2000. Video and Text: Erich Kasten. Postproduction: Dekra Hochschule für Medien, 2019.
Travel to the reindeer camp in winter
Bystrinski Rayon, 2000. Video and Text: Erich Kasten. Postproduction: Dekra Hochschule für Medien, 2019.
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Kamchatka landscapes ↑
Winter landscapes
Photos by Steffen Bohl. Music: Archive of the Foundation for Siberian Cultures.
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Oral tradition ↑
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Endangered languages ↑
Lesson on traditional knowledge of Koryak reindeer herders
by Aleksandra Urkachan at the State Koryak Center for Arts & Crafts, Palana, June 2012. TV broadcast: Vesti Kamchatka. S. Manaenkov, V. Manukhin.
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Sustaining Indigenous knowledge and endangered languages ↑
Discussion about mathematical concepts for the manufacture of clothing and ornaments
During the workshop on Maths in cultural context at the Foundation for Siberian Cultures, 2015. Recorded by Erich Kasten.
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Worldviews and rituals ↑
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Shamans ↑
The Shaman's journey
Tom Miller & Metafactory Studio, 2008, produced for the exhibition Schamanen Sibiriens im Linden-Museum Stuttgart, December 13, 2008 - June 28. 2009. From the DVD Shamanic Worldviews in Indigenous and Western Art.
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Feasts of reconciliation with nature ↑
The ritual propeller Telitl
The ritual propeller Telitl was used during the Kho-lo-lo Feast in Ossora in 2002, although, for once, that was not the case during the O-lo-lo Feast in Lesnaya the year before. But the manufacture of the instrument for the feast that had taken place there is shown here.
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Sacred Places and individual rituals ↑
Treasure found!
Tracking Schulze’s art trail.
Following her encounter with mysterious erratic boulders in Northern Scandinavia, the artist has been working on their transposition into artistic form. Fascinated by these rocks which are often connected to Sámi mythology, she aims at capturing through the senses a world usually hidden to the naked eye to render it accessible to our emotions.
Clothing ↑
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Hunting sea mammals ↑
Hunting land animals ↑
With the dog team to the sable traps
Lesnaya, 2003. Video and Text: Erich Kasten. Postproduction: Dekra Hochschule für Medien, 2019.
Gathering plants ↑
Mobility ↑
By boat to the fishing grounds
Khailino, 2002.Video and Text: Erich Kasten. Postproduction: Dekra Hochschule für Medien, 2019.
On the way to the seal hunt
Lesnaya, 2001. Video and Text: Erich Kasten. Postproduction: Dekra Hochschule für Medien, 2019.
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The remembered past ↑
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Oral histories of survivors of the Ravensbrueck Concentration Camp ↑
When the voices fall silent
Direction & Music: Roland Persson Producer & Photographer: Andreas Gejke. Script: Mikaela Lund & Roland Persson. Based on the book: Escape from Genocide by Maria Vajta Klamer. Participants: Ester & Leon Rytz, Pia Eklund Rosander, Sofia Hillbom, Jan Gezelius, Elin Ternström, Narav Salahaddin, and others. Animation: Gabriel Gumucio. A film produced by Skaparkraft Film & Musikproduktion.