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- Title
IsumaTV, la Babel du Grand Nord.
- Authors
Laugrand, Frédéric; Luna-Penna, Galo
- Abstract
Widely known for its award winning movies, Igloolik ISUMA Productions has established a virtual network, which today distributes worldwide, images and interviews on Aboriginal issues. However, the Inuit firm has more fundamental objectives, such as those of being a spokesman for many contemporary claims, not only in the cultural domain (preservation of heritage, etc.), but also in the economic and political spheres where indigenous rights are threatened, as by mineral exploitation This paper attempts to show how, in Northern Canada, an electronic media such as IsumaTV plays a decisive role in the establishment of effective indigenous connections. Through a content analysis of IsumaTV, the authors examine to what extent these cultural products can nurture and transform images in cyberspace, while at another level, and for many reasons, local effects are much more limited. In this process, the religious domain seems to be at the center of these streams as it gives more strength to Aboriginal claims.
- Subjects
IGLOOLIK (Nunavut); VIRTUAL networks; INDIGENOUS ethnic identity; IGLOOLIK Isuma Productions Inc.; IGLULINGMUIT; KUNUK, Zacharias; COHN, Norman; INUIT business enterprises
- Publication
Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec, 2013, Vol 43, Issue 2/3, p31
- ISSN
0318-4137
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1026105ar