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Author:   Jarich Oosten ,  Barbara Helen Miller ,  Cunera Buijs ,  Frederic Laugrand
Publisher:   University of Alberta Press
Imprint:   Polynya Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.515kg
ISBN:  

9781772123722

ISBN 10:   1772123722
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   23 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1 | The Transformation and Transfer of Inuit Knowledge Notes on isumaqsajuq, ilisaijuq, and qaujimajatuqangit WILLEM C. E . R ASING 2 | Language and Literacy Exchange between the Moravians and the Inuit A Transfer of Knowledge in the 18th Century THEA OLSTHOORN 3 | Traditions, Traps and Tricks Social Aspects of the Transfer of Inuit qaujimajatuqangit FRÉDÉRIC LAUGRAND and JARICH OOSTEN 4 | Finding New Places to Transfer Inuit Knowledge in Nunavut KIM VAN DAM 5 | Living Objects The Transfer of Knowledge through East Greenlandic Material Culture CUNERA BUIJ S 6 | Transfer of Healing Knowledge A Case Study of the Coastal Sámi BARBARA HELEN MILLER 7 | Two Traditional Sámi Love Songs and the Transfer of Knowledge NELLEJE T ZORGDRAGER 8 | Sámi Storytelling and the Transfer of Knowledge The Kautokeino Rebellion and Its Aftermath NELLEJE T ZORGDRAGER

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Traditions, Traps and Trends is exceptional in several ways.... [It] reflects the breadth of Indigenous knowledge systems; as it happens here, those of Inuit and Sami. Each contribution provides insight into the complexity and wholeness of these systems by illuminating the values and beliefs that meaningfully animate livelihood and social life. -- George W. Wenzel, Journal of Northern Studies, 2020

""Traditions, Traps and Trends gives a profound insight into traditional knowledge and what it means to the scholars promoting it. The book will be a most welcome reader within this field."" -- Kirsten Thisted This edited collection of essays is based on long-term fieldwork which documents the unique knowledge practices of Inuit in Canada and Greenland and Northern Sami. The authors examine the problems that Inuit and Northern Sami face when trying to pass on aspects of their culture to the younger generation. -- David G. Anderson, Chair in The Anthropology of the North, University of Aberdeen “Traditions, Traps and Trends is exceptional in several ways…. [It] reflects the breadth of Indigenous knowledge systems; as it happens here, those of Inuit and Sami. Each contribution provides insight into the complexity and wholeness of these systems by illuminating the values and beliefs that meaningfully animate livelihood and social life.” -- George W. Wenzel, Journal of Northern Studies, 2020

Author Information

Jarich Oosten (1945–2016) was emeritus Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Leiden University and the author of numerous publications. Barbara Helen Miller, PhD in Anthropology from Leiden University (the Netherlands) is currently an independent scholar, working in co-operation with the Research Group Circumpolar Cultures. She received the Master of Arts in Psychology of Religion from the Norwich University, Vermont College (Montpelier, Vermont, USA) and the Diploma in Analytical Psychology at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich (Küsnacht, Switzerland). Her most widely read publication is Connecting and Correcting, A Case Study of Sámi Healers in Porsanger. Leiden: CNWS (2007).

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