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In 2010, a first project – organized and driven by Tjan Zaotschnaja – was
launched by the Foundation for Siberian Cultures in cooperation with the
Munich-based group of the Society for Threatened Peoples. Funding was
provided to cover travel and accommodation costs in St. Petersburg of a
future Itelmen teacher to take his exams there and the publication of his first
Itelmen textbook.
“Echgan” – a quarterly periodical in the Koryak and Russian languages
“Echgan” is a quarterly periodical that serves as a teaching tool in schools
and other institutions of culture in Kamchatka. It is aimed at assisting in
teaching indigenous themes, such as traditional ecological knowledge and
arts & crafts in conjunction with the Koryak language.
This series is published by the Foundation for Siberian Cultures in
collaboration with one of its partner institutions in Kamchatka, the “State
Koryak Center for Arts & Crafts” in Palana. The editors of this series are
Erich Kasten and Aleksandra Urkachan.
Besides its printed version for distribution in indigenous communities in
Kamchatka, a digital version of each volume is also available on the web:
http://www.siberian-studies.org/publications/echgan_E.html.
Shows on the Web
Recent or current projects are presented on the web in the form of alternating
photo-video shows. This provides a forum through which indigenous
communities can participate and be informed about how their traditions are
presented and received abroad.
• January 2012 – Learning tools: DVD “Traditional knowledge in the
world of Koryak fishing”.
• October 2011 – Seminar “Endangered languages and local
knowledge”.
• July 2011 – Learning tools: “Itelmen language and culture”.
• April 2011 – Exhibition “The art of flying – the flight in mythology
and in the art of dancing of Siberian peoples”.
• January 2011 – Learning tools: DVD “Traditional knowledge of
Koryak Reindeer Herders”.
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