Inuit hunting

Limited choices, lasting traditions: how climate change and colonialism have affected traditional Inuit life, northern Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada

In this project Sean Desjardins determines how and why some traditional Inuit practices, such as subsistence hunting, could be successfully adapted to past social and ecological stresses, while others faded away. The work involves an innovative combination of archaeological investigations and ethnographic engagement with modern Inuit hunters and elders around Igloolik, Nunavut, Inuit Nunangat (Arctic Canada), who have maintained their hunting traditions and food culture despite experiencing tremendous climatic and social shifts over the past 700 years.

Project duration: 2019-2022

Research Partner: Scott Rufolo, Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada)

Partner Organizations: Canadian Museum of Nature, the Inuit Heritage Trust (Iqaluit, Canada)

Funding/financial contributions: NWO-Veni, GIA, the Inuit Heritage Trust and the Nunavut Department of Culture and Heritage (Iqaluit, Canada)

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07 August 2020 08.03 a.m.