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- Title
Ontologie et territorialité inuit en contexte d'exploitation minière à Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake) au Nunavut.
- Authors
Laneuville, Pascale
- Abstract
Industrial development is often presented as an obstacle to the survival of local practices and representations, especially for Aboriginal communities. This article aims nonetheless to show how a close link is kept going between the Inuit community of Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake, Nunavut) and its territory in a mining operation context. Inuit territoriality reflects a particular conception of time and space, and ultimately reveals a way of being in the world-an ontology-that helps to understand the experience of the Inuit with respect to the Meadowbank gold mine. By examining how Inuit use the road and mining jobs, and their relationship with the caribou and spirits of the land, we can understand why many of them are satisfied with the mine's current benefits. They have a particular concern about a reality that goes beyond the reality of the mine.
- Subjects
BAKER Lake (Nunavut); CANADA; NUNAVUT; MINERAL industries -- Social aspects; MINERAL industries; INDUSTRIALIZATION &; society; INUIT; GOLD mining; SPATIAL behavior; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
Études Inuit Studies, 2014, Vol 38, Issue 1/2, p197
- ISSN
0701-1008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1028860ar