"There's life and then there's school" : school and community as contradictory contexts for Inuit selfknowledge
This thesis examines the relationship between the community and school in Arctic Bay in north Baffin Island. The objective is two-fold: first, to provide insights into the interaction between Inuit community members and school, and second, to describe and analyze the internal changes that school eff...
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ftcanadathes:oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.36006 2023-05-15T14:29:27+02:00 "There's life and then there's school" : school and community as contradictory contexts for Inuit selfknowledge Douglas, Anne S. Gillell, M. (advisor) Wenzel, G. (advisor) Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Educational Studies.) 1999 application/pdf http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36006 en eng McGill University alephsysno: 001738060 proquestno: NQ55324 Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36006 All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Inuit -- Education -- Nunavut -- Arctic Bay Inuit -- Education -- Sociological aspects Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 1999 ftcanadathes 2014-02-16T01:06:41Z This thesis examines the relationship between the community and school in Arctic Bay in north Baffin Island. The objective is two-fold: first, to provide insights into the interaction between Inuit community members and school, and second, to describe and analyze the internal changes that school effects among community members. The central concern underlying the thesis is the ongoing process of Inuit cultural change. This thesis expands the framework for studies in educational anthropology in two ways. First, the thesis examines the interaction between the community and the school from the perspective of the community, rather than from that of the school. Second, it applies anthropological understandings of social structure, social control and social personhood as analytical categories in examining the two cultural contexts. The thesis illustrates the fundamental contradictions in worldview between Inuit and the institution of schooling. Observations of contemporary life illustrate that Inuit have been able to maintain the organizing principles of their kinship system in the transition from pre-settlement life to the community. Observations of socialization in school illustrate that the social norms and interrelational processes young Inuit learn in school contradict some of the organizing principles of Inuit kinship. Moreover, the responsibilities that Inuit adults are required to undertake as parents of school children impinge on their kinship obligations. The thesis concludes that although Inuit have maintained authentic, albeit modified, cultural practice in the community, the socialization of school, a culturally foreign institution, increasingly impinges on their normative values and social relations. Thesis Arctic bay Arctic Baffin Island Baffin inuit Nunavut Theses Canada/Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) Arctic Arctic Bay ENVELOPE(-85.116,-85.116,73.018,73.018) Baffin Island Nunavut |
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This thesis examines the relationship between the community and school in Arctic Bay in north Baffin Island. The objective is two-fold: first, to provide insights into the interaction between Inuit community members and school, and second, to describe and analyze the internal changes that school effects among community members. The central concern underlying the thesis is the ongoing process of Inuit cultural change. This thesis expands the framework for studies in educational anthropology in two ways. First, the thesis examines the interaction between the community and the school from the perspective of the community, rather than from that of the school. Second, it applies anthropological understandings of social structure, social control and social personhood as analytical categories in examining the two cultural contexts. The thesis illustrates the fundamental contradictions in worldview between Inuit and the institution of schooling. Observations of contemporary life illustrate that Inuit have been able to maintain the organizing principles of their kinship system in the transition from pre-settlement life to the community. Observations of socialization in school illustrate that the social norms and interrelational processes young Inuit learn in school contradict some of the organizing principles of Inuit kinship. Moreover, the responsibilities that Inuit adults are required to undertake as parents of school children impinge on their kinship obligations. The thesis concludes that although Inuit have maintained authentic, albeit modified, cultural practice in the community, the socialization of school, a culturally foreign institution, increasingly impinges on their normative values and social relations. |
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