Welcome to Circle of Voices
a digital ethnographic journey among Quebec First Nations
Research project in digital anthropology
Circle of Voices is centered on the cultural revitalization among First Nations in Quebec. You are invited to interact with the circle below to explore various multimedia testimonies about the contemporary realities of some Indigenous cultures and identities. These materials are focused on the Abenaki, Wolastoq (Maliseet) and Nehirowisiw (Atikamekw) Nations. The aims of the project are to resist harmful representations of Indigenous cultures and identities, and to share Indigenous knowledge through digital tools.
Circle of revitalization
Cultural revitalisation can be understood as the reclaiming, restoring and regenerating of relationships with the land, with ancestral practices, with belief systems and with each other.
How to navigate Circle of Voices?
Each icon corresponds to an activity of the project. This is the central map of the website. Divided in the four topics (land, language, art and spirit), you will find various multimedia elements and activities of the project. You can either access each element individually or get an thematic for each quarter. They all relate to cultural revitalization. The design is drawn from the Medicine Wheel.
Another way to explore the website is to access the personal narratives of the six young women and the four knowledge holders. A unique page has been created for the young women, as they stad at the center of this research project.
