The Intrusion of Industrial Time and Space into the Inuit Lifeworld
For the Inuit of the Arctic regions of Canada, contact with the "outside" world has been characterized by great changes both within their culture and in the ways their cultural values have been altered to incorporate perceptions of the rapidly changing world around them. In many ways, trad...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0013916591236002 2024-06-16T07:37:58+00:00 The Intrusion of Industrial Time and Space into the Inuit Lifeworld Changing Perceptions and Behavior Goehring, Brian Stager, John K. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916591236002 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0013916591236002 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Environment and Behavior volume 23, issue 6, page 666-679 ISSN 0013-9165 1552-390X journal-article 1991 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916591236002 2024-05-19T13:07:32Z For the Inuit of the Arctic regions of Canada, contact with the "outside" world has been characterized by great changes both within their culture and in the ways their cultural values have been altered to incorporate perceptions of the rapidly changing world around them. In many ways, traditional conceptions of time and space have been readjusted to meet the demands of externally imposed industrial time and space. This article examines the nature of these changes and their impact on Inuit society. The implications of the experiencing of dramatic time-space compression, combined with rapid technological change are explored from a behavioral perspective. A reformulation of the culturally acceptable perceptions of the changing time and space parameters of imposed modernity characterizes Inuit society today, as individuals struggle to come to terms with the challenges of moving from preindustrial to postmodernist societies within the span of a single lifetime. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit SAGE Publications Arctic Canada Environment and Behavior 23 6 666 679 |
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For the Inuit of the Arctic regions of Canada, contact with the "outside" world has been characterized by great changes both within their culture and in the ways their cultural values have been altered to incorporate perceptions of the rapidly changing world around them. In many ways, traditional conceptions of time and space have been readjusted to meet the demands of externally imposed industrial time and space. This article examines the nature of these changes and their impact on Inuit society. The implications of the experiencing of dramatic time-space compression, combined with rapid technological change are explored from a behavioral perspective. A reformulation of the culturally acceptable perceptions of the changing time and space parameters of imposed modernity characterizes Inuit society today, as individuals struggle to come to terms with the challenges of moving from preindustrial to postmodernist societies within the span of a single lifetime. |
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The Intrusion of Industrial Time and Space into the Inuit Lifeworld |
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The Intrusion of Industrial Time and Space into the Inuit Lifeworld |
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