“Talk around objects”: designing trajectories of belonging in an urban Inuit community

• Published in: Social Semiotics
• Main Authors: Budach, G. (Gabriele), Patrick, D. (Donna), Mackay, T. (Teevi)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Human-object relationships; Inuit sewing; linguistic ethnography; re-mediation; trans-contextuality; urban Inuit; Canada; Parka; inuit
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/8712; https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2015.1059575

In this study, we present findings from a collaborative ethnographic study with urban Inuit in Ottawa, Canada. We investigate “talk around objects” as a meaningful learning activity and a prism of human-object relationships. Focusing on Inuit clothing – namely the Inuit-made parka (winter coat) and...