asked the Arctic Council to the value added and innovation in Arctic “…Support indigenous societies to strengthen their adaptive capacity to change, including initiatives such as the Arctic Indigenous Peoples Culinary Institute (…) and the EALLIN Reindeer ́ Herding Youth Project.“ The project will the Traditional Knowledge on food culture of Arctic indigenous peoples, carried by elders and disseminated by youth, thereby also bridging gaps between generations for preservation of unique Arctic knowledge. The project will ensure gender equality among participants, also in accordance with the Aoluguya Declaration on the occasion of the 5th World Reindeer Herders Congress in 2013. Actually, the main focus on food culture will in itself naturally balance gender in the project: Given indigenous reindeer herding women´s traditionally strong roles and knowledge in terms of food culture, food preparation and so on, women would have to take an important part in the work. The project will follow the ethical guidelines for handling of Traditional Knowledge developed by ICR (Sundset et al. 2007), as well as the drafted principles for inclusion of Traditional Knowledge into the work of the Arctic Council (cf. the Ottawa workshop). Activities and Outputs The project will have indigenous reindeer herding youth as a focal point for its activities and implementation. Reindeer herding youth from Fennoscandia, North America and Russia will be included in a series of workshops and seminars gathering reindeer herders from different areas, expressing their wishes and needs for new insights into matters of traditional knowledge and food culture, and the shared experiences of reindeer peoples. The project will plan and implement international seminars and workshops on Arctic indigenous food culture, involving Arctic indigenous reindeer herding youth, contributing to competence building, and bridging knowledge gaps between the generations of indigenous elders and youth on food culture. Specifically, the project with partners will seek to document indigenous traditional knowledge in terms of the
asked the Arctic Council to “…Support the value added and innovation in Arctic indigenous societies to strengthen their adaptive capacity to change, including initiatives such as the Arctic Indigenous Peoples ́ Culinary Institute (…) and the EALLIN Reindeer Herding Youth Project.“ The project will the Traditional Knowledge on food culture of Arctic indigenous peoples, carried by elders and disseminated by youth, thereby also bridging gaps between generations for preservation of unique Arctic knowledge. The project will ensure gender equality among participants, also in accordance with the Aoluguya Declaration on the occasion of the 5th World Reindeer Herders Congress in 2013. Actually, the main focus on food culture will in itself naturally balance gender in the project: Given indigenous reindeer herding women´s traditionally strong roles and knowledge in terms of food culture, food preparation and so on, women would have to take an important part in the work. The project will follow the ethical guidelines for handling of Traditional Knowledge developed by ICR (Sundset et al. 2007), as well as the drafted principles for inclusion of Traditional Knowledge into the work of the Arctic Council (cf. the Ottawa workshop). Activities and Outputs The project will have indigenous reindeer herding youth as a focal point for its activities and implementation. Reindeer herding youth from Fennoscandia, North America and Russia will be included in a series of workshops and seminars gathering reindeer herders from different areas, expressing their wishes and needs for new insights into matters of traditional knowledge and food culture, and the shared experiences of reindeer peoples. The project will plan and implement international seminars and workshops on Arctic indigenous food culture, involving Arctic indigenous reindeer herding youth, contributing to competence building, and bridging knowledge gaps between the generations of indigenous elders and youth on food culture. Specifically, the project with partners will seek to document indigenous traditional knowledge in terms of the
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