INUIT IDENTITY IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC
Contemporary Nunavut Inuit perceive their identity to be a combination of inherited substances as well as knowledge, skills, and values that one must learn in order to be considered authentically Inuit. Inuit understand the latter part of their identity as examples of inuktitut, which is learning ho...
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ftunipittsburgh:oai:ojs.grissom.library.pitt.edu:article/6038 2023-05-15T14:49:38+02:00 INUIT IDENTITY IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC Edmund (Ned) Searles College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, the US-Canadian Fulbright Exchange Program, the Canadian Embassy, the Faculté des Sciences Sociales at Université Laval, and the National Science Foundation’s Division of International Fellows 2010-01-11 application/pdf http://ethnology.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Ethnology/article/view/6038 en eng University Library System, University of Pittsburgh http://ethnology.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Ethnology/article/view/6038 Authors of papers accepted for publication in a future issue of ETHNOLOGY will be asked to enter into a Copyright Publication Agreement, the terms of which are: 1. Author grants to Publisher and its agents the following rights, which rights may be sub-licensed by Publisher: a. the exclusive right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Article in whole or in part, in all forms of media now or hereafter known, and in all languages throughout the world, for a term of three (3) years after Publisher first publishes the Article; and b. the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Article in whole or in part, in all forms of media now or hereafter known, and in all languages throughout the world. 2. Publisher shall provide Author with an electronic file of the Article which may be reproduced and used by Author for non-commercial purposes for the three (3) year period following Publisher’s first publication of the Article, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Author ensures that all such copies retain the reference to the original Journal publication. After said three (3) year period, Author’s use and distribution is no longer limited to non-commercial purposes. 3. During the three (3) year period following Publisher’s first publication of the Article, the Author shall refer to Publisher all third-party requests for permission or licenses with respect to the Article, and decisions on such requests shall be within Publisher’s sole discretion. After said three (3) year period, Publisher shall refer third parties who request permission(s) or license(s) relating to the Article to Author for response. 4. Author agrees to submit all illustrations, graphs, charts, etc., in jpg or png format or in another format acceptable to the publisher, at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, rendered in black & white or in grayscale as appropriate. If redrawing or other processing of illustrations is necessary, this work shall be done either by Au Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology; Vol 47, No 4 (2008); 239-255 Ethnic identity Nunavut Inuit Canadian Arctic 2010 ftunipittsburgh 2021-12-22T08:25:18Z Contemporary Nunavut Inuit perceive their identity to be a combination of inherited substances as well as knowledge, skills, and values that one must learn in order to be considered authentically Inuit. Inuit understand the latter part of their identity as examples of inuktitut, which is learning how to act in the Inuit way. Equally important for the expression of Inuit identity is knowledge of qallunaatitut, the way of “white people.” This is why Inuit identity is best understood as an ethnic identity that influences how Inuit perceive themselves, their culture, and their relations to non-Inuit. The dominant discourse of Inuit identity rests on a reified notion of culture as well as a logic that equates the boundary between Inuit culture and Qallunaat culture as primordial and permanent. As such, Inuit identity is experienced as a set of primordial ties to specific places and persons and as a way of life that must be protected from the incursion of non-Inuit culture. Ethnic identity, Nunavut Inuit, Canadian Arctic Other/Unknown Material Arctic inuit inuktitut Nunavut Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology (University of Pittsburgh) Arctic Nunavut Qallunaat ENVELOPE(-56.350,-56.350,73.600,73.600) |
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Contemporary Nunavut Inuit perceive their identity to be a combination of inherited substances as well as knowledge, skills, and values that one must learn in order to be considered authentically Inuit. Inuit understand the latter part of their identity as examples of inuktitut, which is learning how to act in the Inuit way. Equally important for the expression of Inuit identity is knowledge of qallunaatitut, the way of “white people.” This is why Inuit identity is best understood as an ethnic identity that influences how Inuit perceive themselves, their culture, and their relations to non-Inuit. The dominant discourse of Inuit identity rests on a reified notion of culture as well as a logic that equates the boundary between Inuit culture and Qallunaat culture as primordial and permanent. As such, Inuit identity is experienced as a set of primordial ties to specific places and persons and as a way of life that must be protected from the incursion of non-Inuit culture. Ethnic identity, Nunavut Inuit, Canadian Arctic |
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College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, the US-Canadian Fulbright Exchange Program, the Canadian Embassy, the Faculté des Sciences Sociales at Université Laval, and the National Science Foundation’s Division of International Fellows |
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INUIT IDENTITY IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC |
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INUIT IDENTITY IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC |
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inuit identity in the canadian arctic |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh |
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Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology; Vol 47, No 4 (2008); 239-255 |
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Authors of papers accepted for publication in a future issue of ETHNOLOGY will be asked to enter into a Copyright Publication Agreement, the terms of which are: 1. Author grants to Publisher and its agents the following rights, which rights may be sub-licensed by Publisher: a. the exclusive right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Article in whole or in part, in all forms of media now or hereafter known, and in all languages throughout the world, for a term of three (3) years after Publisher first publishes the Article; and b. the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Article in whole or in part, in all forms of media now or hereafter known, and in all languages throughout the world. 2. Publisher shall provide Author with an electronic file of the Article which may be reproduced and used by Author for non-commercial purposes for the three (3) year period following Publisher’s first publication of the Article, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Author ensures that all such copies retain the reference to the original Journal publication. After said three (3) year period, Author’s use and distribution is no longer limited to non-commercial purposes. 3. During the three (3) year period following Publisher’s first publication of the Article, the Author shall refer to Publisher all third-party requests for permission or licenses with respect to the Article, and decisions on such requests shall be within Publisher’s sole discretion. After said three (3) year period, Publisher shall refer third parties who request permission(s) or license(s) relating to the Article to Author for response. 4. Author agrees to submit all illustrations, graphs, charts, etc., in jpg or png format or in another format acceptable to the publisher, at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, rendered in black & white or in grayscale as appropriate. If redrawing or other processing of illustrations is necessary, this work shall be done either by Au |
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