Critical Inuit Studies An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography

Name: Critical Inuit Studies An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography
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ISBN: 9780803293489

ISBN-10: 0803293488

ISBN-13: 9780803293489

Edition: 2006

Authors: Pamela Stern, Lisa Stevenson, Lisa Stevenson, Lisa Stevenson

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Over the past decade, some of the most innovative work in anthropology and related fields has been done in the Native communities of circumpolar North America. "Critical Inuit Studies" offers an overview of the current state of Inuit studies by bringing together the insights and fieldwork of more than a dozen scholars from six countries currently working with Native communities in the far north. The volume showcases the latest methodologies and interpretive perspectives, presents a multitude of instructive case studies with individuals and communities, and shares the personal and professional insights from the fieldwork and thought of distinguished researchers. The wide-ranging topics in…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 6/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Introduction




Figuring Method



Flora and Me




Listening to Elders, Working with Youth




Participatory Anthropology in Nunavut




Time, Space, and Memory




Anthropology in an Era of Inuit Empowerment




Reconfiguring Categories: Culture



Land Claims, Development, and the Pipeline to Citizenship




Cultural Survival and the Trade in Iglulingmiut Traditions




Culture as Narrative




Six gestures




The Ethical Injunction to Remember




Reconfiguring Categories: Place



Inuit Place Names and Sense of Place




Inuit Social Networks in an Urban Setting




Inuit Geographical Knowledge One Hundred Years Apart




Iglu to Iglurjuaq




From Area Studies to Cultural Studies to a Critical Inuit Studies



Bibliography


Contributors


Index