1:14
Renaud Chandivert
46:25 - 47:40
"What I witnessed and gradually became aware of is the existence of a vast archipelago of multidimensional and cyclical connections of deep networks of attachment, a world in itself, reversing the taken-for-granted relationship between centers and peripheries. What I also witness and experience is the profound dedication of native people here in Southeast Alaska to perpetuate and enhance this multidimensional living heritage, even if it is fragilized by local regional, national, or globalized forces."
“What I witnessed and gradually became aware of is the existence of a vast archipelago of multidimensional and cyclical connections of deep networks of attachment, a world in itself, reversing the taken-for-granted relationship between centers and peripheries. What I also witness and experience is the profound dedication of native people here in Southeast Alaska to perpetuate and enhance this multidimensional living heritage, even if it is fragilized by local regional, national, or globalized forces.”
- Speaker
- Renaud Chandivert
- Timestamp
- 46:25 – 47:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- July 1, 2026
From the transcript
That's what I witnessed during my stays in Tlingit Hani in Southeast Alaska. From the top of Thunder Mountain near Juneau to Freshwater Bay near Hoonah, from Montana Creek near the Mendenhall Glacier to Glacier Bay near Hoonah too, from clan stories to the harvest and process of David's Club, Spruce Tips, or Dungeness Crab. From fishing to sharing, what I have discovered with a lot of humility and excitement is not a remote region which depends on import for 95% of its food supply. What I witnessed and gradually became aware of is the existence of a vast archipelago of multidimensional and cyclical connections of deep networks of attachment, a world in itself, reversing the taken-for-granted relationship between centers and peripheries. What I also witness and experience is the profound dedication of native people here in Southeast Alaska to perpetuate and enhance this multidimensional living heritage, even if it is fragilized by local regional, national, or globalized forces.
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