Paradigm Shift in the View of Duodji in the 21st Century: Higher Education in Duodji

二十一世紀薩米手工藝品在高等教育中的轉型

In this article, I intend to elaborate on one cultural expression and the position it has taken as a university discipline. That cultural expression is duodji, which can be roughly translated as Sámi arts and crafts. The case that I use as an example in the presentation is based on my work at Sámi allaskuvla, the Sámi University College in Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) in the Sámi area of Norway, where we have designed new bachelor and master programmes in duodji. As an academic discipline duodji has elements of both production of traditional and contemporary arts and crafts and theoretical approaches to the task. The challenges are to take care of the heritage expressed through duodji and to develop students’ artistic skills. By taking a minority and indigenous approach, and by using cultural artistic expression within a specific culture, education itself creates the space for diversity of ideas and opinions. 本文旨在探討Duodji 於大學教育中的文化表達意涵及定位，Duodji 可翻為撒米手工藝。本文以研究者在挪威凱輿圖凱努市（Kautokeino）的薩米高等學院（Sámi allaskuvla）所做的研究為基礎，研究當地對於薩米手工藝所新設立的學士及碩士學程。薩米手工藝在高等教育中的訓練包含了傳統製程、現代手工藝術與理論的元素，藉以延續傳統並開發學生藝術技能。藉由文化藝術作為傳遞，少數民族與原住民的文化意涵便能夠傳承，而教育本身也創造了多元的可能性和思想空間。