Sanctuary: The Spiritual Heritage Documentation Project (Planning Conference)
This year the program initiated Sanctuary: The Spiritual Heritage Documentation Project. A planning conference was held on 26 January 2008, and the materials are available on the CIUS Religion and Culture website: http://www.ualberta.ca/cius/religion-culture/c-sanctuaryworkshop.htm. The planning conference established the basic parameters of the project: digitizing, as comprehensively as possible, existing records, such as old photographs, paintings, and videos, whether in church, public, or individual possession, for a central digital record to be housed at the University of Alberta; systematically and comprehensively documenting anew all churches (exterior and interior), paintings, carvings, church vessels, furnishings, banners, vestments, bell towers, cemeteries, tombstones, and chapels in the Ukrainian prairie settlements, including making virtual reality movies; digitizing all historic recordings of church music from the parishes and videorecording liturgical services; interviewing on site (priest, caretaker, parishioners) and interviewing artists and architects who worked on the churches; linking the collected materials in a searchable database(s); making most of the material available to the public and to scholars worldwide on the Internet; presenting the results of our studies in the parish communities as lectures and in printed form; also presenting the results at learned conferences and meetings of professional associations (such as the Alberta Museums Association, the Folklore Studies Association of Canada, the Canadian Association of Slavists, and the Canadian Historical Association). This project is timely in two ways. First, it is a response to a crisis. The Ukrainian churches and related monuments in prairie communities are under threat. Many churches are being vandalized, falling into disrepair, or even collapsing. Small and aging congregations are unable to provide the security and maintenance necessary to preserve physical structures. To obtain a record of the sacral marks that Ukrainians made on the prairies, it is necessary to act within this coming decade. Second, the project is a response to an opportunity. We now have a kind of technology that allows us to make many thousands of photographs at low cost, store them in a small space, integrate them in searchable databases, and diffuse them globally. It is envisioned that Sanctuary will bring grantees from Ukraine to Canada to contribute to the project and gain experience from it. The program is applying for grants in order to fund the project.
Part 1: What Is to Be Done?
CIUS conference audio (Part 1 of 16)John-Paul Himka opens the conference by outlining the goal of making sure that Ukrainian sacred culture on the prairies is well documented for future scholars and for future generations.Transcription found in this…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, John-Paul Himka, Manitoba, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 2: What Has Been Done?
CIUS conference audio (Part 2 of 16)Outline of presentation:Overview of the preliminary survey. Organizing principles. There’s better coverage of Alberta. Please make additions and corrections to the list (following the format of the list). We want…
Subject: Church Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Frances Swyripa, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 3: A Geographer’s Perspective
CIUS conference audio (Part 3 of 16)Outline of presentation:Not really an architectural historian. But he has worked a bit on Ukrainian vernacular architecture on the prairies.We should look at location, parish boundaries, site situation, spacing.…
Subject: Religion and Culture Program Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Architecture, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, John Lehr, Manitoba, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 4: Why Do This?
CIUS conference audio (Part 4 of 16)Outline of presentation:This is a political action by the Canadian Ukrainian community. Multicultural policy has faded. But an important part of our heritage were Ukrainian bloc settlements, Ukrainian areas of…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Ostap Skrypnyk, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 5: Graveyards
CIUS conference audio (Part 5 of 16)Outline of presentation:Churchyards and graveyards. Renewal – examples of renewed cemeteries. They often have interesting historical information reproduced (terminology, cross shape).Physical decay. Wooden crosses…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Graveyards, Heritage, Icons, John Sokolowski, Manitoba, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 6: Discussion
CIUS conference audio (Part 6 of 16)Outline of presentation:Interesting additional information on graveyards, crosses (much discussion of three-barred crosses). (Bohdan Hrynyshyn, Jars Balan, Andrij Hornjatkevyc, others) It is important to note that…
Subject: Religion and Culture Program Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Bohdan Hrynyshyn, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Ed Ledohowski, Frances Swyripa, Gloria Romaniuk, Heritage, Icons, Jars Balan, John Lehr, John Sokolowski, John-Paul Himka, Manitoba, Marusia Petryshyn, Natalie Kononenko, Ostap Skrypnyk, Peter Holloway, Prairies, Religion, Roman Yereniuk, Saskatchewan, Stella Hryniuk, Thomas Nahachewsky, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 7: Prairie Churches in Manitoba
CIUS conference audio (Part 7 of 16)Outline of presentation:An overview of what’s going on in Manitoba. Has provided a cd for each participant.Manitoba did inventories, divided the province into survey districts (number), gave different kinds of…
Subject: Church Author: CIUS Tags: Architecture, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Ed Ledohowski, Heritage, Manitoba, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 8: Manitoba
CIUS conference audio (Part 8 of 16)Outline of presentation:Stella Hryniukprepared text existsHow the book they wrote, Monuments of Faith, developed. In the 1980s there was not only the problem of abandonment, but also vandalism, security, disrepair.…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Manitoba, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Roman Yereniuk, Stella Hryniuk, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 9: Building on and Learning from What's Been Done (discussion)
CIUS conference audio (Part 9 of 16)Outline of presentation:Directed by Frances SwyripaEd Ledohowski also knows an art photographer from Massachusetts who has been taking the churches. Looking for a repository for his work.Faith vs. heritage.…
Subject: Religion and Culture Program Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Bohdan Hrynyshyn, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Ed Ledohowski, Frances Swyripa, Gloria Romaniuk, Heritage, Icons, Jars Balan, John Lehr, John Sokolowski, John-Paul Himka, Manitoba, Marusia Petryshyn, Natalie Kononenko, Ostap Skrypnyk, Peter Holloway, Photography, Prairies, Religion, Roman Yereniuk, Saskatchewan, Stella Hryniuk, Thomas Nahachewsky, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 10: Technical and Photographic Aspects
CIUS conference audio (Part 10 of 16)Outline of presentation:Google Maps: Byzantine Rite Churches in Alberta. We can use a GPS unit to get exact coordinates. Google Maps gives directions. Roughly 92 GC churches, 74 Ukrainian Orthodox, 24 OCA, 22…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Bohdan Hrynyshyn, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Photography, Prairies, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 11: Making Virtual Reality Tours of Ukrainian and Canadian Churches
CIUS conference audio (Part 11 of 16)Outline of presentation:Virtual Reality Movies used in Ukrainian ethnographic research, spatial stuff. Used a parabolic mirror attached to a digital camera. Computer software can generate that into a panorama,…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Film, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Natalie Kononenko, Peter Holloway, Prairies, Primary Sources, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 12: Open Discussion Directed by Frances Swyripa
CIUS conference audio (Part 12 of 16)Outline of presentation:Change of chair because JPH wanted to continue writing up the discussion.Need to do a survey of what’s already out there. (Ostap Skrypnyk)Churches were torn down, closed, burned down.…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Bohdan Hrynyshyn, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Ed Ledohowski, Frances Swyripa, Gloria Romaniuk, Heritage, Icons, Jars Balan, John Lehr, John Sokolowski, John-Paul Himka, Manitoba, Marusia Petryshyn, Natalie Kononenko, Ostap Skrypnyk, Peter Holloway, Photography, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Roman Yereniuk, Saskatchewan, Stella Hryniuk, Thomas Nahachewsky, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 13: Announcements by John-Paul Himka
CIUS conference audio (Part 13 of 16) Short announcement by John-Paul Himka
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Photography, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 14: Digital Databases: Examples and Sources of Funding
CIUS conference audio (Part 14 of 16)Outline of presentation:hard copy (printouts from web)Interaction of content and digital development – something that needs to be worked out. Various scholarly disciplines (religious studies, history, art history,…
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Marusia Petryshyn, Photography, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Shawn Blais Skinner, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 15: Customized Database for Church-Related Digital Photographs
CIUS conference audio (Part 15 of 16)Outline of presentation:Churches are not just buildings – they are also people.He is very enthusiastic about churches. He’s prepared an internet database. Admires Ed Ledohowski’s site.The evolution of his…
Subject: Religion and Culture Program Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Photography, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Thomas Nahachewsky, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Part 16: Discussion directed by Jars Balan
CIUS conference audio (Part 16 of 16) Outline of presentation:What structure? (JPH)Partnerships necessary with Saskatoon and Winnipeg (the Ukrainian centers). Apply for grants in different provinces. We should strike an initiative group. (Jars…
Subject: Religion and Culture Program Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Photography, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
Full Workshop Text (Transcription and Outline)
Subject: Canadian Prairies Author: CIUS Tags: Alberta, Archives, Canada, Cemeteries, Chapels, Churches, Culture, Digitization, Documentation Project, Heritage, Icons, Manitoba, Prairies, Primary Sources, Religion, Saskatchewan, Tombstones, Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Studies
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