Encountering the Waterlands: Stories of Environment, Animals and Architecture in the Ahiak
In spring of 2019, I travelled through Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut to the Ahiak (Queen Maud Gulf) Migratory Bird Sanctuary for a five-week volunteer position studying populations of migratory geese. In this space of migration, I question not only how we understand our changing environmen...
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ftunivwaterloo:oai:uwspace.uwaterloo.ca:10012/15885 2023-05-15T14:54:11+02:00 Encountering the Waterlands: Stories of Environment, Animals and Architecture in the Ahiak Steele, Logan 2020-05-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15885 en eng University of Waterloo http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15885 Canadian Arctic architecture architectural research Nunavut Inuit Ahiak arctic research station Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Nunavut) Canada Northern Biological stations Master Thesis 2020 ftunivwaterloo 2022-06-18T23:02:52Z In spring of 2019, I travelled through Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut to the Ahiak (Queen Maud Gulf) Migratory Bird Sanctuary for a five-week volunteer position studying populations of migratory geese. In this space of migration, I question not only how we understand our changing environment but also how we can recalibrate a relationship in it. In so doing, I approach the Karrak Lake research station as a multiplicity of landscapes, buildings, animals and climatic forces, putting forward a method of engagement and expression that engages each of these actors through photographic composites and narrative-based writing. This research is informed by a wide spectrum of cultural study, historical research, the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Henri Bergson, and James Gibson among others as they helped to reflect upon personal encounter with the Arctic environment over the course of five weeks in the Ahiak. The narratives were composed largely in-situ and tell the story of intense interrelations between living beings, landscape, weather and architecture. The thesis reframes the research station as an integrated component in much larger environmental processes. It explores the interconnectedness of the humans and animals whose territories it sits among, as well as its unique ecological surroundings, and looks toward how we can pursue a relationship with the land in the context of Canada’s changing environmental and reconciliatory discourses. Master Thesis Arctic Cambridge Bay inuit Nunavut Queen Maud Gulf University of Waterloo, Canada: Institutional Repository Arctic Nunavut Canada Cambridge Bay ENVELOPE(-105.130,-105.130,69.037,69.037) Queen Maud Gulf ENVELOPE(-102.002,-102.002,68.334,68.334) Karrak Lake ENVELOPE(-100.250,-100.250,67.250,67.250) |
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In spring of 2019, I travelled through Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut to the Ahiak (Queen Maud Gulf) Migratory Bird Sanctuary for a five-week volunteer position studying populations of migratory geese. In this space of migration, I question not only how we understand our changing environment but also how we can recalibrate a relationship in it. In so doing, I approach the Karrak Lake research station as a multiplicity of landscapes, buildings, animals and climatic forces, putting forward a method of engagement and expression that engages each of these actors through photographic composites and narrative-based writing. This research is informed by a wide spectrum of cultural study, historical research, the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Henri Bergson, and James Gibson among others as they helped to reflect upon personal encounter with the Arctic environment over the course of five weeks in the Ahiak. The narratives were composed largely in-situ and tell the story of intense interrelations between living beings, landscape, weather and architecture. The thesis reframes the research station as an integrated component in much larger environmental processes. It explores the interconnectedness of the humans and animals whose territories it sits among, as well as its unique ecological surroundings, and looks toward how we can pursue a relationship with the land in the context of Canada’s changing environmental and reconciliatory discourses. |
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Encountering the Waterlands: Stories of Environment, Animals and Architecture in the Ahiak |
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