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Social Science Indigenous Studies

Inuit Worldviews

An Introduction

edited by Jarich Oosten & Frederic B. Laugrand

Publisher
Nunavut Arctic College
Initial publish date
Nov 2017
Category
Indigenous Studies, Native American Studies, Folklore & Mythology
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897568521
    Publish Date
    Nov 2017
    List Price
    $27.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781897568828
    Publish Date
    Sep 2023
    List Price
    $21.95

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An insightful introduction into the production and transmission of knowledge in Inuit societies through the voices of Inuit elders.

This rare book grew out of the Oral Traditions course, held at the Iqaluit campus of Nunavut Arctic College. The college invited Inuit elders to be interviewed, in Inuktitut, by the students taking the course that year. The interviews began across a table, but just weeks into what became an ongoing project, the stories and songs you will find captured here were being told over a cup of tea to students and course facilitators sitting on the floor, as they might have been centuries ago.

Inuit Worldviews effectively introduces the reader to the production and transmission of knowledge in Inuit society and describes the nature of Inuit knowledge. It includes essays by the students, traditional stories, and an instructive glossary. This is a new and updated edition of Interviewing Inuit Elders Vol. 1: Introduction.

About the authors

Jarich Oosten (1945–2016) was emeritus Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Leiden University and the author of numerous publications.

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Frédéric B. Laugrand is professor of anthropology at Université Laval and FNRS Fellow at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, and co-author of Inuit Shamanism and Christianity: Transitions and Transformation in the Twentieth Century. Jarich G. Oos

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(French)

by (author) Saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova & Pauloosie Angmaalik
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translated by Denise Nevo

Introduction

Inuktitut

by (author) Saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova & Pauloosie Angmaalik
edited by Jarich Oosten & Frederic B. Laugrand
translated by Denise Nevo