A Change of Subject:Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Desjardins, Sean
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Inuit; human-animal relationships; archaeology; perspectivism; shamanism; Igloolik; Nunavut; Études/Inuit/Studies; inuit
• Online Access: 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

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...