A Change of Subject:Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation
A recurring theme within the complex cosmopolitics of pre-Christian Inuit is the transformation of persons—typically, but not exclusively, shamans (both human and nonhuman animal) and spirit beings—from one physical form, or “species,” to another. The motif is common in contemporary Inuit visual art...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/5ed6fcac-47fc-4375-b5f3-248b3b73b410 2024-06-02T08:06:12+00:00 A Change of Subject:Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation Desjardins, Sean 2017 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/5ed6fcac-47fc-4375-b5f3-248b3b73b410 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/5ed6fcac-47fc-4375-b5f3-248b3b73b410 https://doi.org/10.7202/1061435ar https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/99862271/69444467_5043088_Desjardins_2017_A_Change_of_Subject.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/5ed6fcac-47fc-4375-b5f3-248b3b73b410 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Desjardins , S 2017 , ' A Change of Subject : Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation ' , Études/Inuit/Studies , vol. 41 , no. 1-2 , pp. 101-124 . https://doi.org/10.7202/1061435ar Inuit human-animal relationships archaeology perspectivism shamanism article 2017 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.7202/1061435ar 2024-05-07T20:42:56Z A recurring theme within the complex cosmopolitics of pre-Christian Inuit is the transformation of persons—typically, but not exclusively, shamans (both human and nonhuman animal) and spirit beings—from one physical form, or “species,” to another. The motif is common in contemporary Inuit visual art and recent historic oral tradition, and less frequent (or less apparent) in precontact material culture. In this paper, I examine how interspecies relationships among Inuit may have been influenced by an ancient cosmology rooted in multinaturalism, which can be informed upon in an heuristic sense by Amerindian perspectivism, as described and developed by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (1998, 2004). Within this framework, I suggest a multinatural worldview is reflected in rare depictions of interspecies transformation on two precontact Inuit artifacts recovered from the large winter village site Pingiqqalik (NgHd-1), located near Igloolik, Nunavut. Article in Journal/Newspaper Études/Inuit/Studies Igloolik inuit Nunavut University of Groningen research database Igloolik ENVELOPE(-81.800,-81.800,69.378,69.378) Nunavut Études/Inuit/Studies 41 1-2 101 |
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A recurring theme within the complex cosmopolitics of pre-Christian Inuit is the transformation of persons—typically, but not exclusively, shamans (both human and nonhuman animal) and spirit beings—from one physical form, or “species,” to another. The motif is common in contemporary Inuit visual art and recent historic oral tradition, and less frequent (or less apparent) in precontact material culture. In this paper, I examine how interspecies relationships among Inuit may have been influenced by an ancient cosmology rooted in multinaturalism, which can be informed upon in an heuristic sense by Amerindian perspectivism, as described and developed by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (1998, 2004). Within this framework, I suggest a multinatural worldview is reflected in rare depictions of interspecies transformation on two precontact Inuit artifacts recovered from the large winter village site Pingiqqalik (NgHd-1), located near Igloolik, Nunavut. |
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A Change of Subject:Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation |
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A Change of Subject:Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation |
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A Change of Subject:Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation |
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Desjardins , S 2017 , ' A Change of Subject : Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation ' , Études/Inuit/Studies , vol. 41 , no. 1-2 , pp. 101-124 . https://doi.org/10.7202/1061435ar |
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