Traditional and monetary resource sharing in an Inuit «Ilagiit»: Socioeconomic relations in Clyde River, Nunavut

Inuit have adapted to a mixed economy of subsistence hunting and monetary income since centralization into permanent communities. Socioeconomic changes in Nunavut are altering customary patterns of resource sharing. Access to non-traditional capital is now critical to the continuation of Inuit subsi...

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Main Author: Harder, Miriam
Other Authors: George Wenzel (Supervisor)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: McGill University 2010
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spelling ftcanadathes:oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.95231 2023-05-15T15:55:42+02:00 Traditional and monetary resource sharing in an Inuit «Ilagiit»: Socioeconomic relations in Clyde River, Nunavut Harder, Miriam George Wenzel (Supervisor) Master of Arts (Department of Geography) 2010 application/pdf http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95231 en eng McGill University Electronically-submitted theses. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95231 All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Social Sciences - Geography Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 2010 ftcanadathes 2014-02-16T00:59:27Z Inuit have adapted to a mixed economy of subsistence hunting and monetary income since centralization into permanent communities. Socioeconomic changes in Nunavut are altering customary patterns of resource sharing. Access to non-traditional capital is now critical to the continuation of Inuit subsistence culture, but is not evenly accessible to everyone in the community. By following the flow of traditional and monetary resources in one ilagiit (extended family) in Clyde River, Nunavut, this research suggests that customary rules of sharing continue to guide the redistribution of traditional resources. However, the sharing of monetary resources is more complex, as the availability of these individualized resources is more constrained. The comparison between a similar study in 1999 and the 2009 study found that changes in the social structure of this ilagiit are complicating their economic organization, yet resource distribution is still guided by the priorities of the subsistence economy. Depuis leur centralisation et l'établissement de communautés permanentes, les Inuit ont établi une économie mixte, un mélange de chasse de subsistance et de revenu monétaire. Des changements socioéconomiques au Nunavut altèrent les coutumes de partage de ressources. Ces jours-ci, l'accès au capital non-traditionnel est nécessaire pour assurer la survie de la culture de subsistance Inuit. Par contre, cet accès n'est pas également distribué parmi les membres de la communauté. En suivant le trajet des ressources traditionnelles et monétaires dans une ilagiit, ou famille élargie, à Clyde River, au Nunavut, ce projet démontre que les règles coutumières du partage continuent à guider la redistribution de ressources traditionnelles. D'autre part, le partage de ressources monétaires est plus complexe, puisque la disponibilité de ces ressources individualisées est plus contrainte. La comparaison entre une étude similaire entreprise en 1999 et cette étude (de 2009) démontre que les changements dans la structure sociale de cet ilagiit compliquent leur organisation économique, même si la distribution de ressources est toujours guidée par les priorités de l'économie de subsistance. Thesis Clyde River inuit Nunavut Theses Canada/Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) Clyde River ENVELOPE(-70.451,-70.451,69.854,69.854) Nunavut
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description Inuit have adapted to a mixed economy of subsistence hunting and monetary income since centralization into permanent communities. Socioeconomic changes in Nunavut are altering customary patterns of resource sharing. Access to non-traditional capital is now critical to the continuation of Inuit subsistence culture, but is not evenly accessible to everyone in the community. By following the flow of traditional and monetary resources in one ilagiit (extended family) in Clyde River, Nunavut, this research suggests that customary rules of sharing continue to guide the redistribution of traditional resources. However, the sharing of monetary resources is more complex, as the availability of these individualized resources is more constrained. The comparison between a similar study in 1999 and the 2009 study found that changes in the social structure of this ilagiit are complicating their economic organization, yet resource distribution is still guided by the priorities of the subsistence economy. Depuis leur centralisation et l'établissement de communautés permanentes, les Inuit ont établi une économie mixte, un mélange de chasse de subsistance et de revenu monétaire. Des changements socioéconomiques au Nunavut altèrent les coutumes de partage de ressources. Ces jours-ci, l'accès au capital non-traditionnel est nécessaire pour assurer la survie de la culture de subsistance Inuit. Par contre, cet accès n'est pas également distribué parmi les membres de la communauté. En suivant le trajet des ressources traditionnelles et monétaires dans une ilagiit, ou famille élargie, à Clyde River, au Nunavut, ce projet démontre que les règles coutumières du partage continuent à guider la redistribution de ressources traditionnelles. D'autre part, le partage de ressources monétaires est plus complexe, puisque la disponibilité de ces ressources individualisées est plus contrainte. La comparaison entre une étude similaire entreprise en 1999 et cette étude (de 2009) démontre que les changements dans la structure sociale de cet ilagiit compliquent leur organisation économique, même si la distribution de ressources est toujours guidée par les priorités de l'économie de subsistance.
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