Walled-In - Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls

In this ethnography of the contemporary lived experience of Inuit in Arviat, Nunavut, van den Scott examines the relationship between colonialism and the built environment. As she introduces a sociology of walls, she acknowledges how people in Arviat are both oppressed by their Western walls and perform resilience within them.

List of contents

Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Foreword, by Patsy Kowtak Kuksuk
Acknowledgments

Introduction
Chapter 1. A Sociology of Walls

Part I: Walls as Boundary Objects: Identity-Work Abounds
Chapter 2. Ujjirusuttiarniq amma Isumatunikkut Tukisiniarniq [Having an Awareness and Seeking to Understand]: Anomie and Geographies of Knowledge
Chapter 3. Pilimmaksarniq [Skills and Knowledge Acquisition]: Transmission of Knowledge and Sewing

Part II: Walls as Cultural Objects: Culture in Material Form
Chapter 4. Aktuaturaunniqarniq amma Inuuqatigiitsiarniq [Interconnectedness and Interpersonal Relationships]: Family, Connected Spaces, and Memory
Chapter 5. Piliriqatigiingniq [Working Together]: Performing Food Consumption to the Walls

Part III: Walls as Technological Objects
Chapter 6. Piniarnikkut Ilittiniq [Learning to Do]: Passive Engagement-Notions of Public and Private
Chapter 7. Qanuqtuurungnarniq [Being Resourceful to Solve Problems]: Active Engagement: Walls as Storage

Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott is associate professor of sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott, Lisa-Jo K. Van Den Scott
• Assisted by: Patsy Kowtak Kuksuk (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9781666959895
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-989-5
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Nunavut, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Nunavut: Kivalliq Region and Ukkusiksalik National Park