Inuit Toponyms, Territory Memory : A Study of the Inuinnait History
This paper studies the geographical dimension of the memory of the Inuit through the oral tradition of the Inuinnait (Copper Eskimo, Canadian Western Central Arctic). It analyses their toponymic system, collected in 1991-1992, in relation with the stories of their oral tradition, collected at three...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::1083a6ea4597caf7f4b094a5f5265c3f 2023-05-15T15:17:35+02:00 Inuit Toponyms, Territory Memory : A Study of the Inuinnait History Béatrice Collignon 2003-10-15 http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/as/2002-v26-n2-3-as554/007048ar.pdf https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/as/2002-v26-n2-3-as554/007048ar.pdf https://doi.org/10.7202/007048ar https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/as/2002-v26-n2-3-as554/007048ar/ http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/007048ar https://www.erudit.org/revue/as/2002/v26/n2-3/007048ar.html?vue=resume https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2155446327 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/007048ar undefined unknown Consortium Erudit http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/as/2002-v26-n2-3-as554/007048ar.pdf https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/as/2002-v26-n2-3-as554/007048ar.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/007048ar https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/as/2002-v26-n2-3-as554/007048ar/ http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/007048ar https://www.erudit.org/revue/as/2002/v26/n2-3/007048ar.html?vue=resume https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2155446327 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/007048ar undefined 007048ar 10.7202/007048ar 2155446327 oai:erudit.org:007048ar 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|issn___print::c7decda53910f8d59819874d5f970ad0 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|opendoar____::16e6a3326dd7d868cbc926602a61e4d0 Sciences Humaines et Sociales Social Sciences and Humanities Collignon géographie culturelle Inuit Inuinnait Inuit du cuivre mémoire patrimoine territoire tradition orale toponymes cultural geography - Inuit Copper Inuit memory heritage place-names territory toponyms hist litt Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2003 fttriple https://doi.org/10.7202/007048ar 2023-01-22T16:52:43Z This paper studies the geographical dimension of the memory of the Inuit through the oral tradition of the Inuinnait (Copper Eskimo, Canadian Western Central Arctic). It analyses their toponymic system, collected in 1991-1992, in relation with the stories of their oral tradition, collected at three different periods of the 20th century (1914-1916, 1923-1924, 1958). There appears to be a tight link between space and time, as the memory of the Inuinnait articulates places and events. The territory of the stories covers entirely the territory named. However, the spatial distribution of the stories mentioning place names is irregular throughout the whole territory. The spatial dimension is a key element in the constitution of the memory of the Inuit. Some places play a specific role in the history-making process and, as such, they can be identified as « geosymbols », according to geographer Bonnemaison’s terminology. The identification of those geosymbols by the researcher is validated by recent local initiatives regarding the recognition of some places as « heritage sites ». La mémoire des Inuit est ici appréhendée dans sa dimension géographique. L’étude se concentre sur les Inuinnait (Eskimo du Cuivre, Arctique occidental canadien). L’approche analyse leur système toponymique, recueilli par l’auteur en 1991-1992, et ses relations avec les récits de leur tradition orale collectés à trois reprises au cours du XXe siècle : en 1914-1916, 1923-1924 et 1958. La relation étroite entre l’espace et le temps est mise en évidence, la mémoire des Inuinnait articulant étroitement les lieux et les événements. Les références territoriales des récits couvrent l’ensemble du territoire nommé, mais la distribution spatiale de ces histoires se révèle aléatoire. La dimension spatiale apparaît comme constitutive de larges pans de la mémoire Inuit. Reprenant le concept de « géosymboles » développé par le géographe Joël Bonnemaison, on entreprend ensuite d’identifier les lieux du territoire des Inuinnait qui pourraient être qualifiés ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctique* eskimo* inuit Unknown Arctic Anthropologie et Sociétés 26 2-3 45 69 |
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This paper studies the geographical dimension of the memory of the Inuit through the oral tradition of the Inuinnait (Copper Eskimo, Canadian Western Central Arctic). It analyses their toponymic system, collected in 1991-1992, in relation with the stories of their oral tradition, collected at three different periods of the 20th century (1914-1916, 1923-1924, 1958). There appears to be a tight link between space and time, as the memory of the Inuinnait articulates places and events. The territory of the stories covers entirely the territory named. However, the spatial distribution of the stories mentioning place names is irregular throughout the whole territory. The spatial dimension is a key element in the constitution of the memory of the Inuit. Some places play a specific role in the history-making process and, as such, they can be identified as « geosymbols », according to geographer Bonnemaison’s terminology. The identification of those geosymbols by the researcher is validated by recent local initiatives regarding the recognition of some places as « heritage sites ». La mémoire des Inuit est ici appréhendée dans sa dimension géographique. L’étude se concentre sur les Inuinnait (Eskimo du Cuivre, Arctique occidental canadien). L’approche analyse leur système toponymique, recueilli par l’auteur en 1991-1992, et ses relations avec les récits de leur tradition orale collectés à trois reprises au cours du XXe siècle : en 1914-1916, 1923-1924 et 1958. La relation étroite entre l’espace et le temps est mise en évidence, la mémoire des Inuinnait articulant étroitement les lieux et les événements. Les références territoriales des récits couvrent l’ensemble du territoire nommé, mais la distribution spatiale de ces histoires se révèle aléatoire. La dimension spatiale apparaît comme constitutive de larges pans de la mémoire Inuit. Reprenant le concept de « géosymboles » développé par le géographe Joël Bonnemaison, on entreprend ensuite d’identifier les lieux du territoire des Inuinnait qui pourraient être qualifiés ... |
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Inuit Toponyms, Territory Memory : A Study of the Inuinnait History |
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