Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott

Walled-In

Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781666959895
• ISBN-10: 1666959898
• Artikelnr.: 70239769

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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