Cultural Dynamics and Social Representations of Dogs in the Inuit Community of Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)

• Published in: Études Inuit Studies
• Main Authors: Francis Lévesque, Patricia Brunet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Consortium Erudit 2019
• Subjects: General Arts and Humanities; General Social Sciences; Sciences Humaines et Sociales; Social Sciences and Humanities; Chiens; Inuit; relation humain-animal; dynamiques culturelles; Kuujjuaq; Dogs; human–dog relations; cultural dynamics; anthro-se; hist; Nunavik; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/etudinuit/2017-v41-n1-2-etudinuit04714/1061441ar.pdf; https://doi.org/10.7202/1061441ar; https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/etudinuit/2017-v41-n1-2-etudinuit04714/1061441ar/; http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1061441ar; https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2962318181; https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1061441ar

This article presents the highlights of field research carried out in Kuujjuaq (Nunavik) in September 2016. Its main objective is to create a general portrait of the place that dogs occupy in this community, among both Inuit and non-Inuit. Although the dog’s place in traditional Inuit culture is wel...