Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic
"From June 1992 to July 1993, research on wildlife harvesting and subsistence relations was conducted among a sample of householders in the Inuit community of Holman. In an earlier paper, the authors examined the involvement of younger Inuit in subsistence hunting, noting that despite the sweep...
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ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/2970 2023-05-15T14:20:01+02:00 Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic Collings, Peter Wenzel, George Condon, Richard North America Canada 1998 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/2970 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10535/2970 Arctic 51 4 December indigenous institutions food supply Social Organization General & Multiple Resources Journal Article published 1998 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:16:49Z "From June 1992 to July 1993, research on wildlife harvesting and subsistence relations was conducted among a sample of householders in the Inuit community of Holman. In an earlier paper, the authors examined the involvement of younger Inuit in subsistence hunting, noting that despite the sweeping political, social, and economic changes that have been experienced in Holman and across the Canadian North, hunting remained an important sociocultural and economic activity for some members of the sample group. This paper focuses specifically on the informal socioeconomic aspects of subsistence in Holman. Using primary data from the 1992-93 sample, we examine the range of economic mechanisms employed by Holman Inuit for the distribution of wild resources and compare the present range of such activity to that observed by Stefansson, Jenness, Rasmussen, and Damas in their work on Copper Inuit food sharing. These data indicate 1) that the sharing form most frequently cited ethnographically, obligatory seal-sharing partnerships, is more irregular than formerly; and 2) that voluntary, nonpartnership based sharing remains an important element in the contemporary economic system." Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) Arctic Canada Rasmussen ENVELOPE(-64.084,-64.084,-65.248,-65.248) Stefansson ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-69.467,-69.467) |
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"From June 1992 to July 1993, research on wildlife harvesting and subsistence relations was conducted among a sample of householders in the Inuit community of Holman. In an earlier paper, the authors examined the involvement of younger Inuit in subsistence hunting, noting that despite the sweeping political, social, and economic changes that have been experienced in Holman and across the Canadian North, hunting remained an important sociocultural and economic activity for some members of the sample group. This paper focuses specifically on the informal socioeconomic aspects of subsistence in Holman. Using primary data from the 1992-93 sample, we examine the range of economic mechanisms employed by Holman Inuit for the distribution of wild resources and compare the present range of such activity to that observed by Stefansson, Jenness, Rasmussen, and Damas in their work on Copper Inuit food sharing. These data indicate 1) that the sharing form most frequently cited ethnographically, obligatory seal-sharing partnerships, is more irregular than formerly; and 2) that voluntary, nonpartnership based sharing remains an important element in the contemporary economic system." |
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Collings, Peter Wenzel, George Condon, Richard |
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Collings, Peter Wenzel, George Condon, Richard |
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Collings, Peter |
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Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic |
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Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic |
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Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic |
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Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic |
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Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic |
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modern food sharing networks and community integration in the central canadian arctic |
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1998 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10535/2970 |
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North America Canada |
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ENVELOPE(-64.084,-64.084,-65.248,-65.248) ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-69.467,-69.467) |
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Arctic Canada Rasmussen Stefansson |
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Arctic Canada Rasmussen Stefansson |
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Arctic Arctic inuit |
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Arctic Arctic inuit |
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