Traditions, traps and trends : transfer of knowledge in Arctic regions

Oosten, J. G., 1945-2016 (editor.). Miller, Barbara Helen, 1949- (editor.). Laugrand, Frédéric. Traditions, traps and tricks (social aspects of the transfer of Inuit qaujimajatuqangit) (Added Author).

Summary: "The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous people meet the ongoing need for adaptation in their habitat. In eight essays, experts survey critical issues surrounding the knowledge practices of the Inuit of northern Canada and Greenland and the Northern Sámi of Scandinavia. Reflecting the ongoing work of the Research Group Circumpolar Cultures, these multidisciplinary essays offer fresh insights through history and across geography as scholars analyze cultural, ecological, and political aspects of peoples in transition. Traditions, Traps and Trends is an important book for students and scholars in anthropology and ethnography and for everyone interested in the Circumpolar North. Contributors: Cunera Buijs, Frédéric Laugrand, Barbara Helen Miller, Thea Olsthoorn, Jarich Oosten, Willem Rasing, Kim van Dam, Nellejet Zorgdrager."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Record details

ISBN: 9781772123722
ISBN: 1772123722
Physical Description: print
regular print
xxix, 318 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : Polynya Press, an imprint of The University of Alberta Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The transformation and transfer of Inuit knowledge : notes on isumaqsajuq, ilisaijuq, and qaujimajatuqangit / Willem C.E. Rasing -- Language and literacy exchange between the Moravians and the Inuit : a transfer of knowledge in the 18th century / Thea Olsthoorn -- Traditions, traps and tricks : social aspects of the transfer of Inuit qaujimajatuqangit / Frederic Laugrand and Jarich Oosten -- Finding new places for transferring Inuit knowledge in Nunavut / Kim Van Dam -- Living objects : the transfer of knowledge through East Greenlandic material culture / Cunera Buijs -- Transfer of healing knowledge : a case study of the coastal Sami / Barbara Helen Miller -- Two traditional Sami love songs and the transfer of knowledge / Nellejet Zorgdrager -- Sami storytelling and the transfer of knowledge : the Kautokeino rebellion and its aftermath / Nellejet Zorgdrager.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.