Human adaptation in the Mackenzie delta: a study in facilitating the adjustment of the Northern Indian and Eskimo to rapid social change.
This thesis is a preliminary plan for an active research project which sets as its goal the better understanding of ways to improve human adaptation to cultural change in the Mackenzie delta. A theoretical framework is developed which focuses on processes of adaptation, especially those which operat...
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McGill University
1961
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=113537 |
| Summary: | This thesis is a preliminary plan for an active research project which sets as its goal the better understanding of ways to improve human adaptation to cultural change in the Mackenzie delta. A theoretical framework is developed which focuses on processes of adaptation, especially those which operate on a community level. This framework is applied to information compiled through library research and field observation; first, to detailed descriptions or the changing Eskimo and Indian cultures, then to the settlements of Aklavik and Inuvik. The results which are derived therefrom are applied in the building or an experimental project designed to test Community Development procedures as a means of improving adaptation. Survey plans have been developed to measure the relative improvement in the experimental and the control projects. |
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