Do you have a story, a memory, song lyrics, photos or other material you would like to share? Your contribution is valuable to give future generations a richer insight into our local history.
Davvi álbmogiid guovddáš/Centre for Northern Peoples has been contacted by Tor Nilsen, Gudbrand Brustrøm and Øystein Steinlien, three dedicated men who are passionate about local history in Manndalen and the surrounding area. They want to collect memories, stories and historical material from the village while it is still available. They want what they collect to be preserved for the future and be of mutual benefit and enjoyment. That's why they contacted us to see if there were any opportunities for the museum to systematise, preserve and disseminate the material through the museum. We thought this was a great idea. We greatly appreciate the initiative and value the voluntary effort!
The centre wants to try out this way of conducting local history work, and applied for funding for a one-year project. We've now received funding for the pilot project from the Norwegian Directorate for Culture and Kåfjord Municipality - and we'll be starting the project this autumn!
We therefore encourage local people to contribute - either with their own stories, old photos, sound recordings, documents or anything else that can tell us something about life and society in the village and surrounding areas. Everyday life, work, beliefs, traditions, changes - all perspectives are important to form a comprehensive picture of our common cultural heritage.
Volunteer enthusiasts will be responsible for the collection - welcome them and don't hesitate to get in touch! We will also create a separate email for the project so that as many people as possible have the opportunity to contribute with cultural-historical material.
The Centre for Northern Peoples will ensure that the material is well looked after, safely preserved and passed on to new generations. We've got North Troms Museum on board and are looking forward to getting started.
This will be exciting!
Framtid i nord has written about the case, which you can read here: Collecting local historical memories - framtidinord.no