Place Matters: Site-Specific Interpretation
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This panel discussion focused on the importance of place-based interpretation at cultural institutions. Presenters from the James Castle House, Basque Museum and Cultural Center, Mary and Ernest Hemingway House, and Suquamish Tribe discussed how experiencing history and culture in situ or on the original lands can make the visitor experience more powerful and meaningful. They explored how difficult topics can be engaged with when the physical location is part of the dialogue. The panel also discussed the responsibility of institutions to facilitate important discussions and how virtual and partnership programs can help root experiences for those not located on original lands.
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Place Matters: Site-Specific Interpretation
- 1. Place Matters: Site Based Interpretation WMA Annual Meeting 10-05-19
- 2. Introductions: Presenters: —— Kristen Hill-Cultural Sites Program Coordinator at the James Castle House —— —— Meggan Laxalt Mackey-Basque Cultural Studies Educator —— —— Mary Tyson-Director of Regional History/ The Community Library and Caretaker of —— The Mary and Ernest Hemingway House and Preserve —— —— Robin Little Wing Sigo-Director of Research & Strategic Development, Suquamish Tribe Moderator: —— —— Dakota Keene-Principal/Landscape Architect Mithun —— —— Special Thank You to Karen Bubb, Cultural Planner with the Boise City Department of Arts and History
- 7. Place Matters: Site Based Interpretation Site-Specific Interpretation-History and Living Culture as experienced in situ —— —— Cultural Equity-Intersections between four different institutions —— —— Shared Experience-Northwest Cultural Institutions and Districts
- 8. PLACE —— —— What is different for a visitor experiencing an institution located near or on the land upon which the subject matter occurred? —— —— Near or on the land where the people and culture being ‘interpreted’ lived and/or are still living? —— —— —— ——
- 9. DIALOGUE —— How can difficult events or current issues and experiences be more powerful when visitors are engaged with the physical location where those events occurred or are occurring? —— —— What is the responsibility of the museum to create comfort or allow discomfort around those topics? —— —— How is dialogue sparked? —— —— How can the conversation continue after the visit?
- 10. ENGAGE —— —— How can institutions that are not located near the locations related to their collection or visitor experience, engage and root that experience in place? —— ——
- 11. —— Kristen Hill —— —— Cultural Sites Program Coordinator at the James Castle House —— ——
- 32. —— Meggan Laxalt Mackey —— —— Basque Cultural Studies Educator
- 33. z LEKU ZENTZUA SENSE OF PLACE THE BASQUES IN BOISE, IDAHO
- 34. z EUSKAL HERRIA THE BASQUE COUNTRY ZAZPIAK BAT: THE SEVEN ARE ONE
- 35. z EUSKALDUNAK ANCIENT PEOPLE FROM AN ANCIENT PLACE Basque Country baserri. Photo courtesy University of Nevada, Reno, Douglass Center for Basque Studies library. ¥ ÒThose who speak BasqueÓ ¥ Language isolate ¥ Prehistoric evidence
- 36. z § Unknown origins § Unique blood types § Located along trade routes - survived Romans, Visigoths, Franks § Pyrenees and Bay of Biscay § Autonomous and communal § Women can inherit property, run businesses, and govern § Attempts at cultural repression and genocide throughout history HASERIAK “MYSTERY PEOPLE”z § Unknown origins § Unique blood types § Located along trade routes - survived Romans, Visigoths, Franks § Pyrenees and Bay of Biscay § Autonomous and communal § Women can inherit property, run businesses, and govern § Attempts at cultural repression and genocide throughout history HASERIAK “MYSTERY PEOPLE”
- 37. z ETXEA OLD WORLD PLACES: HOME AND COMMUNITY
- 38. z AMERIKANUAK MIGRATION TO THE AMERICAN WEST Opportunity for a better life
- 39. z ARDIAK ETA ETXEAK SHEEPCAMPS AND BOARDINGHOUSES A difficult immigrant life in a new country
- 40. z KULTURA TRANSFERRING CULTURE: THERE TO HERE Boardinghouses; Basque Center; Frontons; Basque Church Mateo and Adriana Arregui at their Modern Rooming House at 613.5 Idaho Street. Photo courtesy Basque Museum & Cultural Center, Boise, Idaho.
- 41. z PLACE MATTERS ¥ In Situ ¥ Cultural Preservation ¥ History and Culture ¥ Communal ¥ Educational ¥ Experiential BOISE, IDAHO TODAY: PRESERVING BASQUE CULTURE
- 42. z LEKUAK BOISE’S BASQUE PLACES Unique Visitor Experiences
- 43. z ¡ Boardinghouses, late1800s -1970s (52 in Boise) Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga House, 1864 (Jacobs not Basque) Bicandi, Galdos, Uberuaga, 1910 ¡ Morris Hill Cemetery, St. John’s Section, early 1900s ¡ Frontons (Basque handball courts) 1910-1914 ¡ Church of the Good Shepherd, 1919 ¡ Basque Center, 1949-1950 ¡ Basque Museum & Cultural Center, 1985 ¡ Boiseko Ikastola Preschool, 1998 ¡ Basque Block and Basque Mural, 2000 ¡ Basque Market, Bar Gernika, Leku Ona, Epi’s, Txikiteo (2000 - today) ¡ Festivals – San Inazio, Jaialdi, Basque Soccer Fest, Annual Picnics, San Juan Eguna, Diaspora Eguna, Euskara Eguna, Running of the Bars, Basque WineFest, Txakoli on the Block (1940s-today) LEKUAK PLACE MATTERS: EVOLUTION OF PLACE
- 44. z § Communal experiences § “Outsiders” welcomed § Local, accessible, safe KOMUNITATEA COMMUNITY MATTERS: THE BASQUE BLOCK
- 45. z “CELEBRATE + EDUCATE = PERPETUATE” OSPATU CELEBRATIONS MATTER: THE BASQUES
- 46. z IKASI EDUCATION MATTERS: CULTURAL LEARNING BASQUE MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER Museum, Uberuaga Boardinghouse, Ikastola Preschool - Library/Archives - Exhibits/Traveling displays - Student programs - Cultural events - Tours (Groups/Schools) - Website, virtual tour - Language classes - Education trunks - Teacher education - Off-site presentations - Music and dance - Gift shop
- 47. z IKUR ¥ Integral to visitor experience ¥ Visible cultural heritage ¥ Choosing to display ethnicity SYMBOLS MATTER: ETHNIC INTERPRETATION
- 48. z JANARIA & EDARIA FOOD MATTERS: ETHNIC AUTHENTICITY COMMUNITY PRIDE - ECONOMIC BENEFIT - DIVERSITY
- 49. z AURRERA THE FUTURE MATTERS: GOING FORWARD ¡ Cultural awareness, diversity, global experiences ¡ Interactive, interdisciplinary education ¡ Difficult stories: discrimination, racism, inequality, migration ¡ Sparking dialogue: using the past to teach the future
- 51. —— Mary Tyson —— —— Director of Regional History/Community Library and Caretaker of —— The Mary and Ernest Hemingway House and Preserve
- 61. —— Robin Little Wing Sigo —— —— Director of Research & Strategic Development, Suquamish Tribe —— —— ——
- 62. Reindigenizing Suquamish We Are Still Here Robin Little Wing Sigo, MSW
- 63.
- 64. The Suquamish Tribe Return of Suquamish Shores - June 1, 1968 Lease Signed - 36 acres of prime real estate for $7,000/year - Controversy - “Only Members & Guests” - Backlash - Development Strategy - The Return
- 65. Planning for the Future via Tribal Member Meetings - Grieving Process - Stories from the Past - All Possibilities - Where do they meet - Culturally Humble Partners - Create designs - Socialize - Start and Keep Going - Dynamic Plans
- 66. Reindigenizing the Land through Presence & Education
- 69. —— What is different for a visitor experiencing an institution located near or on the land upon which the subject matter occurred? —— —— Near or on the land where the people and culture being ‘interpreted’ lived and/or are still living? —— —— How can difficult events or current issues and experiences be more powerful when visitors are engaged with the physical location where those events occurred or are occurring? —— —— What is the responsibility of the museum to create comfort or allow discomfort around those topics? —— —— How is dialogue sparked? —— —— How can institutions that are not located near the locations related to their collection or visitor experience, engage and root that experience in place?