Plants in a "Sea of Relationships": Networks of Plants and Fishing in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada)
The importance of plants to peoples of the circumpolar North is often overlooked by non-residents. This oversight stems partly from perceptions of northern diets as exclusively meat- and fish-based and from a tendency for visiting researchers to assign plants to categories of utility--edible, medici...
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ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:15567 2023-05-15T16:55:01+02:00 Plants in a "Sea of Relationships": Networks of Plants and Fishing in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada) Oberndorfer, E. (Erica) Winters, N. (Nellie) Gear, C. (Carol) Ljubicic, G. (Gita) Lundholm, J. (Jeremy) 2017-10-01 https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15567 https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-37.3.458 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15567 doi:10.2993/0278-0771-37.3.458 Journal of Ethnobiology vol. 37 no. 3, pp. 458-477 fishing practices Indigenous methodologies Inuit Labrador plants info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2017 ftcarletonunivir https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-37.3.458 2022-02-06T21:51:48Z The importance of plants to peoples of the circumpolar North is often overlooked by non-residents. This oversight stems partly from perceptions of northern diets as exclusively meat- and fish-based and from a tendency for visiting researchers to assign plants to categories of utility--edible, medicinal, material--without also considering complex relationships between plants and culture. This paper focuses on the "sea of relationships" (Cajete 2000:178) between plants and fishing in the Inuit Community of Makkovik, where plant mentors teach how plants are integrated into cultural practices and day-to-day life. We looked to Indigenous methodologies for guidance in developing research questions, learning about plants through story and practice, and understanding and communicating collective knowledge. Makkovimiut plant mentors collectively tell a story of plants and fishing, illustrated in this paper by Makkovimiut artist Aunt Nellie Winters through her Inukuluk drawings. These oral and visual stories describe plants as part of a large network of relationships connecting trees, fish, birds, soil, berries, and people. Similarly, cultural practices are connected to each other; fishing is connected to berry picking, sharing, traveling, gardening, and celebrating, among other practices. Indigenous methodologies, with their focus on relationships, encourage us to seek connections between people and plants, and broaden our understa Other/Unknown Material inuit Makkovik Carleton University's Institutional Repository Canada Makkovik ENVELOPE(-59.178,-59.178,55.087,55.087) Journal of Ethnobiology 37 3 458 |
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The importance of plants to peoples of the circumpolar North is often overlooked by non-residents. This oversight stems partly from perceptions of northern diets as exclusively meat- and fish-based and from a tendency for visiting researchers to assign plants to categories of utility--edible, medicinal, material--without also considering complex relationships between plants and culture. This paper focuses on the "sea of relationships" (Cajete 2000:178) between plants and fishing in the Inuit Community of Makkovik, where plant mentors teach how plants are integrated into cultural practices and day-to-day life. We looked to Indigenous methodologies for guidance in developing research questions, learning about plants through story and practice, and understanding and communicating collective knowledge. Makkovimiut plant mentors collectively tell a story of plants and fishing, illustrated in this paper by Makkovimiut artist Aunt Nellie Winters through her Inukuluk drawings. These oral and visual stories describe plants as part of a large network of relationships connecting trees, fish, birds, soil, berries, and people. Similarly, cultural practices are connected to each other; fishing is connected to berry picking, sharing, traveling, gardening, and celebrating, among other practices. Indigenous methodologies, with their focus on relationships, encourage us to seek connections between people and plants, and broaden our understa |
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Oberndorfer, E. (Erica) Winters, N. (Nellie) Gear, C. (Carol) Ljubicic, G. (Gita) Lundholm, J. (Jeremy) |
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Plants in a "Sea of Relationships": Networks of Plants and Fishing in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada) |
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Plants in a "Sea of Relationships": Networks of Plants and Fishing in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada) |
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Plants in a "Sea of Relationships": Networks of Plants and Fishing in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada) |
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