Intangible External ID MN_CP_08 Place The town or city Ramavuolle, Reinåsen, Tjeldsund, Troms, Norway Place Description Markasámi village Domains fibre and textile crafts Knowledge How to make the warp, how to put the threads through the rigid heddle loom for the wanted pattern. How to do regular weaving, and how to "pick" different patterns. Knowledge Transfer Between people, courses/classes, duodji societies/clubs Practitioners Mainly women, though some men do it too. Function Traditional bands are made for use on the gákti / Sámi traditional dress, as well as for other purposes. Origins and change The technique is very old. The production of the heddles/looms/njiskun themselves has been modernised and mass-produced. Organisations Local Sámi Duodjilag (Sámi handicrafts clubs), Duodjeinstituhtta, Sámij åhpadusguovdásj/Samernas utbildningscentrum in Jokkmokk (Sweden) Places In this area: Várdobáiki samiske senter, Stuornjargga samiid duodji Artefacts Gákti/traditional Sámi clothes and children's crib (Komse), but also used for other cultures, including the bunad traditions in Norway. Climate Threats Deterioration of material Technological Threats Industrial production,Surge of new technologies,Use of modern materials Decontextualization Touristification,Misappropriation Weakened Practice Aged practitioners,Diminishing participation,Diminishing youth interest,Haltered transmission between generations,Reduced practice Loss Threats Loss of ancestral language,Loss of cultural spaces,Loss of knowledge SDG Decent work and economic growth Climate Threats Description If the practitioner cannot get a hold of material, they cannot do the cultural practice Technological Threats Description Use of industrial production, new technologies and modern (for example, synthetic materials) can make the products cheaper and more popular, and might contribute to threatening the cultural practice if there are fewer and fewer buyers of the products/users of the products made by the cultural practice Decontextualization Description Touristification and the misappropriation of woven objects can lead to reduced use of the cultural practice if users/buyers of the products no longer want to use traditionally made products, instead opting for "fake" products. Weakened Practice Description If fewer and fewer people are interested in learning the practice and using the products, the practice might disappear. If the transmission between generations stops and the aged practitioners disappear, it will be much harder to keep the cultural practice alive. Loss Threats Description Words and terms explaining how to weave, and also the parts of the loom/parts of the yarn, techniques, etc., disappear, and a lot of knowledge can disappear with them, as some of the Sámi terms might be more descriptive and explanatory than the Norwegian or English ones. Safeguarding activities Duodjeinstituhtta has practitioners who hold workshops and courses in different areas where there are interested participants. Different Sámi duodjilag (handicrafts clubs) also do courses. State of the practice declining Social sustainability Inclusivity - anyone can learn the cultural practice. Environmental sustainability Use of natural materials, mainly wool and cotton. Economic sustainability Diversifying income sources - practitioners can make and sell products while still managing to work normally. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Weaving bands with njiskun/ rigid heddle Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Båndveving med njuskun/grindvev Type The nature or genre of the resource Intangible Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kjersti Robertsen Language A language of the resource Norweigan and northern Sámi Description An account of the resource Weaving bands for traditional clothes or other purposes on a rigid heddle. The heddle is traditionally made from wood or antler, but modern ones are also made with modern materials like plastic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 1459 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 941 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Country The name of the country of the data provider or “Europe” in the case of Europe-wide projects. Norway