The Inuit World

by Pamela Stern (Editor)

Overview

The Inuit World is a robust and holistic reference source to contemporary Inuit life from the intimate world of the household to the global stage. Organized around the themes of physical worlds, moral, spiritual and intellectual worlds, intimate and everyday worlds, and social and political worlds, this book includes ethnographically rich contributions from a range of scholars, including Inuit and other Indigenous authors. The book considers regional, social, and cultural differences as well as the shared histories and common cultural practices that allow us to recognize Inuit as a single, distinct Indigenous people. The chapters demonstrate both the historical continuity of Inuit culture and the dynamic ways that Inuit people have responded to changing social, environmental, political, and economic conditions. Chapter topics include ancestral landscapes, tourism and archaeology, resource extraction and climate change, environmental activism, and women’s leadership.

This book is an invaluable resource for students and researchers in anthropology, Indigenous studies, and Arctic studies and those in related fields including geography, history, sociology, political science, and education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032106922
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/09/2023
Series:	Routledge Worlds
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pamela Stern is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Table of Contents

nuit Worlds: An Introduction Part 1: Placing Inuit Worlds 1. Ancestral Landscapes: Archaeology and Long Term Inuit History 2. Enduring Social Communities of the Inuvialuit: From the Yukon North Slope to the Circumpolar Stage 3. Tourism and Archaeology in Nunatsiavut 4. Nipivut and the Restorying of Inuit Life in Montreal 5. Urban Inuit in Canada: A Case Study of Ottawa 6. Building Booms and Shipping Container Housing: Geographies of Urbanization and Homelessness in Nuuk, Greenland Part 2: Moral, Spiritual, and Intellectual Worlds 7. Resource Exploration and Extraordinary Happenings in Greenland’s Coastal Northwest 8. Changing Times for People and Polar Bears 9. Speaking the Inuit language in the 2020s 10. Inuit Bilingual Education 11. Literacy and Christianity in Greenland 12. Social intersections of Inuit and biomedical models of health Part 3: Intimate and Everyday Worlds 13. Real Northern Men: Performing Masculinity and Culture in Ulukhaktok, Canada 14. Keeping Busy in Savissivik: Women and Work in Northwest Greenland 15. "I Don´t Even Sew for Myself Anymore": The Role of Sewing in a Northern Inuit Economy 16. "We are Starving for Our Food": Country Food (In)Security in Inuvik, Northwest Territories 17. Social Relations among Inuit: Tuqluraqtuq and Ilagiitt Part 4: Social and Political Worlds 18. Indigenous Westphalian Sovereignty? Decolonization, Secession and Indigenous Rights in Greenland 19. Inuit Nunangat: The Development of a Common Inuit Territorial and Policy Space in Canada 20. Energy Extraction, Resistance, and Political Change in Inuit Nunangat 21. Aksunai (Be Strong): Inuit Women's Leadership in Labrador 22. Challenges for Greenland’s Social Policies: How We Meet the Call for Social and Political Awareness 23. Re-claiming Inuit Governance and Revitalizing Autonomy in NunatuKavut 24. The Predicament of Sustainability: Solutions in Greenland Afterword