Ersersaaneq Project: Creating Knowledge Through Images

Summary

In 2016, the Ersersaaneq project was instigated by three students from the University of Greenland to create an online repository of 3D models of the Gustav Holm collection.

In Greenlandic the word ersersaaneq captures the idea of producing knowledge through the creation of visual images.

The goal is to digitally re-unify parts of the collection and develop coherency within a global context. Project partners include Greenland National Museum, The Smithsonian Institution and The National Museum of Denmark. These institutions house parts of the collection and will make the artifacts available for the project.

The Ersersaaneq team has tested and developed a cost-effective strategy to create an online database of 3D images to be a universally accessible educational resource. Brief descriptions accompany the images in both English, West Greenlandic and East Greenlandic to provide historical and cultural context, ensuring the local community easy accessibility.

Making these materials universally accessible also demonstrates that these materials are not only important to Greenlandic history, but are also part of a larger global collection of indigenous world heritage.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 21386