45th American Indian Workshop (AIW) - Sport, Body and Movement

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

45th American Indian Workshop (AIW) - Sport, Body and Movement

Original language description

On 16-19 April 2024, the 45th edition of the most important international conference dedicated to the indigenous peoples of North America held in Europe - the American Indian Workshop (AIW) - took place in Pardubice. The conference was hosted by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice. This year, for the first time in the history of AIW, the theme of sport was addressed.The academic conference included a number of other activities and cultural events. The conference was opened by the Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic, H.E. Emily McLaughlin. The event was attended by a number of distinguished scholars from around the world (e.g., the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Germany). Keynote speakers included Janice Forsyth of the University of British Columbia, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Professor Susan Brownell of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Order of Canada recipient, Richard (Rick) Hill of the First Nations Technical Institute and Mohawk College.On April 16, the North American Indigenous Sport Workshop was held in the University of Pardubice sports hall. Participants of the event could try out a number of Native American and Inuit sports under the guidance of Native American instructors and players of LC Pardubice. The Arctic sports instructor was Eric Porter from the Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle.On Wednesday, April 17, a block of documentary film screenings dedicated to the indigenous peoples of North America was held at Theatre 29 (St. Agnes of Bohemia 29) at 4:30 p.m., and a photographic exhibition by Native artist Ukjese van Kampen of Yukon, Canada, entitled - Yukon First Peoples at Home and Play, opened with a grand vernissage. The aim of this session was to bring and expose the conference to the wider public from Pardubice residents, students or those interested in Native American cultures. This block was officially introduced by the Deputy Mayor of Pardubice, Mgr. Jakub Rychtecký.On April 19, an excursion was made to the Opočno State Castle, where AIW participants consulted the contents of the North American ethnographic collections with Milan Junek, Depository Care Office.The 45th AIW was attended by about 50 direct international conference guests and about 130 visitors from students and residents of Pardubice. Conference organizers Šavelková and Durňak presented the ethnographic film In the Homeland of Lacrosse. The event was supported by the Grant from the Reserve of the City Council, Mayor and Deputy Mayors, Municipality of Pardubice, principal investigator Mgr. Milan Durňak, Ph.D., D0598/00079/24.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

M - Conference organization

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50404 - Anthropology, ethnology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Pardubice

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Event starting date

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Event ending date

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Total number of attendees

49

Foreign attendee count

31

Type of event by attendee nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce