La nuit chez les Inuit canadiens du haut Arctique : une nuit véritable, mais en trompe-l’œil
For many observers, night in high latitudes can be summed up schematically as the seasonal astronomical phenomenon called “arctic night” and its spectacular alternation with its counterpoint, the so-called “midnight sun”. But what about the day-to-day night of people living in these regions? What ar...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Firenze University Press
2019
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.13128/bsgi.v1i2.517 https://doaj.org/article/61d2dbb017e04deeb1827e0d540f492c |
| Summary: | For many observers, night in high latitudes can be summed up schematically as the seasonal astronomical phenomenon called “arctic night” and its spectacular alternation with its counterpoint, the so-called “midnight sun”. But what about the day-to-day night of people living in these regions? What are the relations they establish between the seasonal “dark-light” cycles and the circadian “night-day” cycles? In this article, we will see how the northern Inuit in the eastern Canadian Arctic combine these two dimensions to produce a concept of night whose essence lies elsewhere than in the sole darkness. |
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