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Workshop & talks on Sámi cultural heritage in German Museums

5. May 2025

The Centre for Northern Peoples is involved in the Dávvirat Duiskkas project. The project will provide an overview of Sámi collections in German museums, link collection history and artefact-specific knowledge, and lead to increased competence in both German cultural heritage institutions and Sámi museums.

On Tuesday 22 May, the project will be presented through a daytime workshop and an evening event. The events will be held in English.

Programme for workshop:

Dávvirat Duiskkas and Center of Northern Peoples organise a workshop on Sámi food traditions and preservation methods

1000-1030 Welcome and Introduction; Centre of Northern Peoples and their work on Sea Sámi food traditions 

1030-1100 The project “Máhtut”, museum archives and the Sea Sámi food system (Trude Fonneland, Professor, The Arctic University Museum in Tromsø)

1130-1200 Sámi food traditions in the novel Láŋtdievvá/Planter's mound (Sigbjørn Skåden, author)

1200-1245  Lunch break

1245-1315 Sami ritual food traditions in the Lule Sami area in 1670-1720 (Anna Westman Kuhmunen, Ájtte Museum, Director of Cultural History,

1315 -1345 Sámi foods in German museums (Cathrine Baglo, project manager Dávvirat Duiskkas/Artifacts in Germany)

1345 - 1430 Discussion

Workshop on Sámi food traditions and preservation methods at Centre of Northern Peoples Tuesday 20.05.2025 - Norges museumsforbund

Evening event:

Dávvirat Duiskkas (2021-2026) invites to an evening with talks on Sámi cultural heritage in German museums.

Serving of coffee and cake.

1700-1715 Welcome and introduction: Dávvirat Duiskkas and Center of Northern Peoples (Svein Leiros, director)

1715-1745 Dávvirat Duiskkas and Sea Sámi cultural heritage in German museums (Cathrine Baglo, project manager)

1745-1815 The Gustav Hagemann collection in Berlin (working title, Swantje Opitz, Phd student, University of Göttingen)

1815-1845         Q & A

Davvirat Duiskkas invites to talks on Sámi cultural heritage in German museums at Center of Northern Peoples Tuesday 20.05.2025 - Norges museumsforbund

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