The Environment of the Nunavimmiut as Seen through their Own Eyes
This article reports the views, feelings and day-to-day experience of the Arctic environment by the Inuit people of Nunavik (Quebec, Canada), looking at the multiple dimensions of their surroundings. It focuses on understanding and characterising contemporary Inuit relationships with the environment...
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ftbioone:10.1080/11956860.2018.1517631 2024-06-02T08:01:31+00:00 The Environment of the Nunavimmiut as Seen through their Own Eyes Laine Chanteloup Fabienne Joliet Thora M. Herrmann Laine Chanteloup Fabienne Joliet Thora M. Herrmann world 2018-10-01 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2018.1517631 en eng Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval doi:10.1080/11956860.2018.1517631 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2018.1517631 Text 2018 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2018.1517631 2024-05-07T00:51:19Z This article reports the views, feelings and day-to-day experience of the Arctic environment by the Inuit people of Nunavik (Quebec, Canada), looking at the multiple dimensions of their surroundings. It focuses on understanding and characterising contemporary Inuit relationships with the environment, the meaning and the values given to the latter, and how they are evolving. Adopting a methodology that combines multi-generational Inuit photography, two short films by Inuit youth, interviews, and group discussions at community screenings provides an understanding of Inuit-environment interlinkages and brings forward an Indigenous representation of the Arctic. Analyses highlight how different generations express: (i) the characteristics of the environment as defined and perceived from the Inuit point of view; (ii) how Inuit-environment interlinkages sustain well-being, and (iii) how Inuit-environment interlinkages evolve in response to socio-environmental changes. Despite the major environmental and social changes experienced by the Nunavik Inuit over the past 50 years, their link to the environment remains rooted in history and tinted by their holistic viewpoint. Text Arctic inuit Nunavik BioOne Online Journals Arctic Canada Nunavik Écoscience 25 4 359 379 |
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This article reports the views, feelings and day-to-day experience of the Arctic environment by the Inuit people of Nunavik (Quebec, Canada), looking at the multiple dimensions of their surroundings. It focuses on understanding and characterising contemporary Inuit relationships with the environment, the meaning and the values given to the latter, and how they are evolving. Adopting a methodology that combines multi-generational Inuit photography, two short films by Inuit youth, interviews, and group discussions at community screenings provides an understanding of Inuit-environment interlinkages and brings forward an Indigenous representation of the Arctic. Analyses highlight how different generations express: (i) the characteristics of the environment as defined and perceived from the Inuit point of view; (ii) how Inuit-environment interlinkages sustain well-being, and (iii) how Inuit-environment interlinkages evolve in response to socio-environmental changes. Despite the major environmental and social changes experienced by the Nunavik Inuit over the past 50 years, their link to the environment remains rooted in history and tinted by their holistic viewpoint. |
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