Inuit Perception of Marine Organisms: From Folk Classification to Food Harvest

• Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology
• Main Authors: Rapinski, Michel, Cuerrier, Alain, Harris, Cory, Ivujivik, Elders Of, Kangiqsujuaq, Elders Of, Lemire, Mélanie
• Other Authors: Institut de Recherches en Biologie Végétale Montréal (IRBV), Université de Montréal (UdeM), Department of Biology & School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Inuit community of Ivujivik, Ivujivik, QC, Inuit community of Kangiqsujuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, QC, Axe santé des populations et pratiques optimales en santé, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Ethnozoology; Inuit; Marine organisms; Inuit classification; Food sovereignty; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; Arctic; Nunavik; Kangiqsujuaq; Ivujivik; Climate change; inuit
• Online Access: https://hal-mnhn.archives-ouvertes.fr/mnhn-03954871; https://hal-mnhn.archives-ouvertes.fr/mnhn-03954871/document; https://hal-mnhn.archives-ouvertes.fr/mnhn-03954871/file/Rapinski%20et%20al.%20-%202018%20-%20Inuit%20Perception%20of%20Marine%20Organisms%20From%20Folk%20Classification%20to%20Food%20Harvest.pdf; https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-38.3.333

International audience To survive in the Arctic, the Inuit have developed a unique relationship with the marine environment and its living organisms. Unlike large marine mammals, the importance of smaller marine organisms for food, health, and wellbeing is largely undocumented. To call attention to...