{"id":3469,"date":"2019-10-29T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/culturalmediations\/?post_type=cu-people&p=3469"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:57:37","slug":"krista-ulujuk-zawadski","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/culturalmediations\/people\/krista-ulujuk-zawadski\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Krista Ulujuk Zawadski"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am an Arctic anthropologist, curator and Inuk researcher who mobilizes an Indigenous research methodology in my work. I participated in the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) at the Smithsonian Institution, the Otsego Institute for Native American Art History at the Fenimore Art Museum and am currently working for the Government of Nunavut as a curator.<\/p>\n

My interests include Arctic anthropology, museology and collections-based research, with an emphasis on fostering accessibility to collections for Inuit.\u00a0My current research focuses on the technology behind manufacturing bird bone, ivory and caribou bone needles among Inuit. This is an off-shoot from my previous research on Inuit kakpiit<\/em> (needle cases). I hope to use these cultural materials as a catalyst to foster engagement between Inuit knowledge holders and younger generations.<\/p>\n

Degrees:<\/strong><\/p>\n

MA (Anthropology), The University of British Columbia (UBC)
\nBA (Anthropology), Carleton University<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cKakpiit:\u00a0Lines of Discovery on Inuit Needle Cases in Museum Collections.\u201d Museum Anthropology<\/em>, 41 (1): 61-75. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/muan.12169<\/a><\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sungaujait: The Links Between Inuit and Venetians.<\/em> Special online publication with Inuit Art Quarterly. http:\/\/iaq.inuitartfoundation.org\/product\/2019-special-issue-venice-biennale\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Isummiqtauniq: Thought Gifts. <\/em>Co-authored paper for online Isuma.tv book. http:\/\/www.isuma.tv\/isuma-book\/essays\/isummiqtauniq-thought-gift<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected Conference Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Decolonizing Research Practices in the Arts Panel.<\/em> Arctic Arts Summit. Rovaniemi, Finland.<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Piliriqatigiinniq: Collaboration in Inuit Art Collections Management,<\/em> Co-Presentation at the European Registrar\u2019s Conference. London, England.<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Discussant. Unexpected Arctic: Material Engagements in the Circumpolar North.<\/em> 116th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Nunavut Collection.<\/em> Presentation at SIMA Symposium, Putting Theory and Things Together: Research with Museum Collections<\/em>. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Qaujimanira: Inuit Art as Autoethnography.<\/em> Presentation at the Entangled Gaze <\/em>conference, OCADU. Toronto, ON.<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nanivara: I Found It!<\/em>, Co-Presentation at the Arctic Indigenous Education Conference. Kautokeino, Norway.<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kakpiit: (Re)Discovering Inuit Needle Cases in Museum Collections<\/em>, 114th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Denver, CO.<\/p>\n

Curatorial Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Echoing the Land<\/em>. Co-Curated exhibition at Indigenous Art Centre, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada\u00a0(CIRNAC). Gatineau, QC.<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Breaking Ground: Freda Diesing, Helen Kalvak, Janet Kigusiuq, Rita Letendre<\/em><\/p>\n

Four exhibitions produced by Carleton University Art Gallery<\/em>, National Art Centre. Ottawa.<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nivinngajuliaat from Baker Lake<\/em>. 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