‘Spoken language is a prison’: ways of belonging and speaking in northwest Greenland
ABSTRACT ‘Speaking’ and ‘belonging’ have a particular salience as indices of intimacy in a remote corner of northwest Greenland where connectedness is constantly reinforced through a distinct commonality of expression and certain social practices, such as very frequent visiting of one another, story...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247415000649 2024-06-23T07:53:15+00:00 ‘Spoken language is a prison’: ways of belonging and speaking in northwest Greenland Leonard, Stephen Pax 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247415000649 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247415000649 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 52, issue 2, page 204-214 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 2015 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247415000649 2024-06-12T04:05:10Z ABSTRACT ‘Speaking’ and ‘belonging’ have a particular salience as indices of intimacy in a remote corner of northwest Greenland where connectedness is constantly reinforced through a distinct commonality of expression and certain social practices, such as very frequent visiting of one another, story-telling, recycling of names and a shared monistic philosophy. The Inugguit define themselves by a repertoire of communicative and behavioural strategies which are used to ensure that one is accepted in a supportive kin group: the perennial social and personal imperative for each member of the group. This article shows how despite social and climatic upheaval, these practices remain, but that the hunters’ ‘symbiotic’ relationship with nature is eroding as the loss of sea ice means they can no longer live like the animals they hunt. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Polar Record Sea ice Cambridge University Press Greenland Polar Record 52 2 204 214 |
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ABSTRACT ‘Speaking’ and ‘belonging’ have a particular salience as indices of intimacy in a remote corner of northwest Greenland where connectedness is constantly reinforced through a distinct commonality of expression and certain social practices, such as very frequent visiting of one another, story-telling, recycling of names and a shared monistic philosophy. The Inugguit define themselves by a repertoire of communicative and behavioural strategies which are used to ensure that one is accepted in a supportive kin group: the perennial social and personal imperative for each member of the group. This article shows how despite social and climatic upheaval, these practices remain, but that the hunters’ ‘symbiotic’ relationship with nature is eroding as the loss of sea ice means they can no longer live like the animals they hunt. |
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‘Spoken language is a prison’: ways of belonging and speaking in northwest Greenland |
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