Material and Animal Agency in Inuit Ontology: How Inuit People could Speak with Polar Bears
Ontological analyses of archaeological remains have provided archaeologists with new insight on how to effectively interpret past peoples. By considering recent alternative methods of interpretation in experimental archaeology, and in ethnographic analyses, I argue that ontological analyses present...
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ftmemunijournals:oai:ojs.journals.library.mun.ca:article/1877 2023-05-15T14:54:03+02:00 Material and Animal Agency in Inuit Ontology: How Inuit People could Speak with Polar Bears Barras, Maryssa Arctic; Canada Inuit; Arctic; Ontology; Reality 2018-11-10 application/pdf https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/btext/article/view/04 eng eng Queen Elizabeth II Library of Memorial University of Newfoundland https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/btext/article/view/04/1604 https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/btext/article/view/04 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). CC-BY Buried Text: Publications in History and Archaeology; Vol 1, No 1 (2018) Archaeology Ethnography Indigenous Studies info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2018 ftmemunijournals 2021-05-09T13:33:26Z Ontological analyses of archaeological remains have provided archaeologists with new insight on how to effectively interpret past peoples. By considering recent alternative methods of interpretation in experimental archaeology, and in ethnographic analyses, I argue that ontological analyses present an opportunity for archaeologists to reconcile western interpretations of the past with those of Inuit people to create a more inclusive and considerate archaeological practice. This argument rests on the assertion that multiple ontologies, and thus multiple realities, exist in our world, and that no single ontology is more correct than any other. Using this premise, I explain how an Inuit tale in which people and polar bears were not mutually exclusive beings is valid from the point of view of western academia in order to re-establish the legitimacy of Inuit oral traditions in academic interpretation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit Memorial University of Newfoundland: Electronic Journals Arctic Canada |
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Ontological analyses of archaeological remains have provided archaeologists with new insight on how to effectively interpret past peoples. By considering recent alternative methods of interpretation in experimental archaeology, and in ethnographic analyses, I argue that ontological analyses present an opportunity for archaeologists to reconcile western interpretations of the past with those of Inuit people to create a more inclusive and considerate archaeological practice. This argument rests on the assertion that multiple ontologies, and thus multiple realities, exist in our world, and that no single ontology is more correct than any other. Using this premise, I explain how an Inuit tale in which people and polar bears were not mutually exclusive beings is valid from the point of view of western academia in order to re-establish the legitimacy of Inuit oral traditions in academic interpretation. |
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Material and Animal Agency in Inuit Ontology: How Inuit People could Speak with Polar Bears |
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