| Summary: | The magnetic poles have always fascinated people. Namely because of their whiteness the expanse of which is traversed by a few Eskimos in the Arctic. Contrary to the Antarctic, the Arctic is inhabited. These Canadian people, recently renamed the Inuit, are proud of their representations of the environment, territory, and landscape which are intimately linked to those of their society and its native culture. The perspective of Inuit from the Nunavik region was ignored by Westerners because these people were for a long time held apart from the colonial assimilation process. Theirs is an original Inuit point of view concerning territories which are not considered virgin and are not always white with snow. Les pôles magnétiques ont toujours exercé une fascination. Notamment par leur blancheur, sillonnée par quelques Esquimaux pour l’Arctique… À la différence de l’Antarctique, l’Arctique est habitée. Ce peuple du Canada s’est récemment rebaptisé Inuit, revendiquant par là ses propres représentations environnementales, territoriales, paysagères, intimement liées à celles de sa société et de sa culture autochtone. Un point de vue des Inuit du Nunavik ignoré des Occidentaux parce que longtemps écarté par le processus d’assimilation coloniale. Un regard Inuit original qui porte sur des territoires non considérés comme vierges, ni toujours blancs de neige.
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