| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's Indigenous and northern studies ; 103 |
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McGill-Queen's indigenous and northern series ; 103.
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| Contents |
Part one. Project naming: from the past to the future ; Introduction ; 1. Nunavut Sivuniksavut and the origins of project naming: a school perspective ; 2. Two graduates look back at Nunavut Sivuniksavut and project naming ; 3. The story behind project naming at Library and Archives Canada ; 4. Pictorial essay I -- Part two. Atiqput: Inuit elders speak about naming ; Introduction ; 5 "There was my mother!" ; 6. "Sometimes when you see the pictures, you come home" ; 7. "I'm responsible for that name. If I lose that, I've cut off an Inuit encyclopedia" ; 8. "A story about names" ; 9. "I have many names" ; 10. Pictorial essay II: naming -- Part three. Extending project naming ; Introduction ; 11. Naming names: image captions of Inuit RCMP Special Constables ; 12. Picture this: self-esteem, project naming, and the Nanisinq/Nanivara history projects ; 13. Views from the north: photographs, generations, and Inuit cultural memory ; 14. Looking for Kenojuak |
| Summary |
"Our names - Atiqput - are very meaningful. They are our identification. They are our Spirits. We are named after what's in the sky for strength, what's in the water ... the land, body parts. Every name is attached to every part of our body and mind. Yes, every name is alive. Every name has a meaning. Much of our names have been misspelled and many of them have lost their meanings forever. Our Project Naming has been about identifying Inuit, who became nameless over the years, just "unidentified eskimos ..." With Project Naming, we have put Inuit meanings back in the pictures, back to life. - Piita Irniq For over two decades, Inuit collaborators living across Inuit Nunangat and in the South have returned names to hundreds of previously anonymous Inuit seen in historical photographs held by Library and Archives Canada as part of Project Naming. This innovative photo-based history research initiative was established by the Inuit school Nunavut Sivuniksavut and the national archive. Atiqput celebrates Inuit naming practices and through them honours Inuit culture, history, and storytelling. Narratives by Inuit elders, including Sally Kate Webster, Piita Irniq, Manitok Thompson, Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, and David Serkoak, form the heart of the book, as they reflect on naming traditions and the intergenerational conversations spurred by the photographic archive. Other contributions present scholarly insights and research projects that extend Project Naming's methodology, interspersed with pictorial essays by the artist Barry Pottle and the filmmaker Asinnajaq. Through oral testimony and photography, Atiqput rewrites the historical record created by settler societies and challenges a legacy of colonial visualization."-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Canada |
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Elders |
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Indigenous |
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Inuit |
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Inuktut |
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Nunangat |
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Nunavut |
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Unidentified |
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anonymous |
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archival practice |
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archive |
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body |
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community engagement |
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decolonizing |
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history |
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homelands |
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identification |
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intergenerational |
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land |
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methodologies |
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namelessness |
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naming |
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oral |
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participatory |
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photography |
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spirits |
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testimony |
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toponymy |
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visual culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Library and Archives Canada -- Photograph collections
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| SUBJECT |
Library and Archives Canada fast |
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Names, Inuit.
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Names, Personal -- Social aspects -- Canada, Northern
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Inuit -- Portraits
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Inuit -- History
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Inuit -- Social life and customs
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Inuit -- Biography
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HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-).
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Inuit
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Inuit -- Social life and customs
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Names, Inuit
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Names, Personal -- Social aspects
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Photograph collections
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Northern Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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photobooks.
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Biographies
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History
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Portraits
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Photobooks.
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Livres de photographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Payne, Carol J., editor.
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Greenhorn, Beth, editor.
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Webster, Deborah Kigjugalik, editor.
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Williamson, Christina, editor.
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| ISBN |
0228013356 |
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9780228013358 |
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