Pinngortitaq – A Place of Becoming

• Published in: Journal of Ecological Anthropology
• Main Authors: Lennert, Ann E., Berge, Jørgen
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Inuit philosophy; climate change; preservation dichotomy; flexible management regimes; Environmental Studies; Arctic; Climate change; inuit
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jea/vol20/iss1/1; https://doi.org/10.5038/2162-4593.20.1.1217; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/jea/article/1217/viewcontent/MS1217_Lennert_Berge_final.pdf

Arctic ecosystems are on the verge of changes that are unprecedented in both magnitude and velocity. We stress that statements of a changing climate and environment have ambiguous definitions in both theoretical and metaphorical senses. Inuit have embraced the idea of an environment in a process of Pinngortitaq – a place of becoming – rather than a process of changing. In this note, we accentuate how a philosophy of a world becoming can inspire to answer some of the complex environmental questions asked today by enabling more flexible management regimes in the future.