Thursday, September 13 (Swedish time - CET)

Registration
available from 09.00. Before lunch you will have the opportunity to
meet the staff who have been working with the Yoik Archive project.

13.00 Opening of seminar, Kjell-Åke Aronsson, director of Ájtte

13.15 Introduction to the Yoik Archive project, Per Niila Stålka, project leader

13.30 The Yoik recordings in Norwegian archives, Pieraš-Per Anne Ristin aka Biret Ristin Sara, project worker

14.15 The Sámi Musical Heritage in The Finnish Sound Archives Seen Through the Cataloging work of the Yoik Archive Project , Marko Jouste, project worker

15.00 The Yoik recordings in Swedish archives, Per Niila Stålka

15.45 Pause

16.15 Title to be announced, Ánde Somby, yoiker and associate professor in law, University of Tromsö

17.00 End of seminar day 1

Biret Ristin Sara is now working for the yoik archive project.

Berit Kirsten Sara (Biret Ristin Sara or Pieraš-Per-Ánne Ristin) comes from a
reinder herding family in Karašjok and has Northern Sami as her mother tounge.
She is a well established yoiker.

Biret Ristin was taking active part in the
founding of Juoigiid Searvi (The Yoik Association) 1997 and was the leader of
the associations from the start until March 2006. She gives courses in yoik for
children and adults.

Biret Ristin is with her deep knowledge about yoik traditions a valuable resources for the project.

With start today Ann-Catrin Blind is working in the yoik archive project.

Ann-Catrin Blind is living in Jokkmokk, and have been working in the project Swedish Sami bibliography, where Ájtte have been project owner, and whose purpose has been to register Sami and Sami related literature earlier published in Sweden. Ann-Catrin is ethnologist and has studied at the University of Umeå and the University of Uppsala.

Ann-Catrin Blind is by her great experience of classification  and registration a valuable resource for the Yoik Archive Project.

As of today Marko Jouste joins the Yoik Archive Project team. MA Marko Jouste is a Finnish ethnomusicologist, graduated from the University of Tampere in 1998. Since 1999 he has worked mainly on research of the musical traditions of Sámi people and has published a vast variety of articles in scientifical publications. Jouste is finnishing his dissertation on the historical Sámi musical traditions of the Aanar-district in Finland. With start today, 1 February 2006, Jouste is working in the Yoik Archive Project.

Jouste has also graduated from The Conservatory of Tampere as a classical guitar teacher. As a musician Jouste has also had a special interest on indigenous musical cultures. From 1994 he has been learning classical Turkish music and Turkish ud-lute. He has also been active in the Scandinavian World Music scene as a lutist, singer and composer. He has recorded two CD:s with the group called Vilddas.