Multiple Resources Available
In this announcement:
1. New Volume Available - Etudes/Inuit/Studies
Volume 32, Number 1, 2008
2. Website Re-launched - http://www.ookpik.org
3. Report Available - Arctic Climate Feedbacks: Global Implications
World Wildlife Fund
- New Volume Available - Etudes/Inuit/Studies
Volume 32, Number 1, 2008
"Etudes/Inuit/Studies" is a biannual scholarly journal that has been
published since 1977. The journal is devoted to the study of Inuit
societies, either traditional or contemporary, in the general
perspective of social sciences and humanities (ethnology, politics,
archaeology, linguistics, history, etc.). In addition to a number of
articles, each volume contains book reviews, a list of scientific
events, and annual reviews of recent theses and articles published in
other journals.
The most recent volume, "Franz Boas and the Inuit," is now available at:
http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/etudes%2Dinuit%2Dstudies/volu32n2.html. A list
of contents follows.
Papers:
- Franz Boas et les Inuit by Ludger Muller-Wille (pages 5-8)
- Franz Boas and the Inuit by Ludger Muller-Wille (pages 9-12)
- Early anthropological discourse on the Inuit and the influence of
Virchow on Boas by Rainer Baehre (pages 13-34)
- Assessing Franz Boas' ethics in his Arctic and later
anthropological fieldwork by Friedrich Pohl (pages 35-52)
- The collaboration of James Mutch and Franz Boas, 1883-1922 by Kenn
Harper (pages 53-71)
- Inuit settlement in the Clyde area during "contact-exploration"
times (ca. 1820-1895) by George Wenzel (pages 73-84)
Off theme:
- The contribution of C.C. Uhlenbeck to Eskimo-Aleut linguistics by
Hein van der Voort (pages 85-105)
- Vanguard Alutiiq heritage practice and the import of expertise by
Arthur Mason (pages 107-125)
- Negotiating identities: Inuit tuberculosis evacuees in the
1940s-1950s by Ebba Olofsson, Tara Holton, Imaapik "Jacob" Partridge
(pages 127-149)
Short paper:
- The persistence of conflict avoidance among the King Island
Inupiat by Deanna Paniataaq Kingston (pages 151-167)
Book review essay:
- Sex, lies and northern explorations: Recent books on Peary,
MacMillan, Stefansson, Wilkins and Flaherty by Murielle Nagy (pages
169-185)
Book reviews:
- Bogliolo Bruna, Giulia, "Apparences trompeuses. Sananguaq. Au coeur
de la pensee inuit," by Thibault Martin (pages 187-190)
- Henderson, Ailsa, "Nunavut: Rethinking Political Culture," by
Natalia Loukacheva (pages 190-192)
- Hood, Bryan C., "Towards an Archaeology of the Nain Region,
Labrador," by Yves Labreche (pages 192-195)
- Muller-Wille, Ludger and Bernd Gieseking (eds), "Bei Inuit und
Walfangern auf Baffin-Land (1883/1884): Das arktische Tagebuch des
Wilhelm Weike," by Christian Geulen (pages 195-197)
- Sandlos, John, "Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife
Conservation in the Northwest Territories," by George Wenzel (pages
197-198)
- Wight, Darlene Coward, Zebedee Nungak, Lorne Balshine and Harry
Winrob, "The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture," by Norman
Vorano (pages 198-200)
Survey of periodicals:
- pages 201-208
For further information, please go to:
http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/etudes-inuit-studies.
- Website Re-launched - http://www.ookpik.org
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) announces
the re-launching of the Ookpik website at: http://www.ookpik.org.
Ookpik (the name comes from the Inuktitut word for snow owl) is intended
to be a community website for circumpolar youth. Over the past two
years, Ookpik has been managed by a series of young northerners and this
practice will continue. It is designed for circumpolar youth with
contributions from circumpolar youth, and includes information on arctic
networks, knowledge, opinions, and events.
On the Ookpik website, arctic youth can:
- Create their own profiles and look at the profiles of others;
- Read about current affairs and other issues that happen in the
Arctic;
- Learn about opportunities in the Arctic (e.g., internships,
events, and education);
- Subscribe to the Arctic Future newsletter;
- Get connected and make friends with likeminded Northerners of
their own age;
- Browse shared pictures from the Arctic and share their own;
- Blog about issues that concern them or share stories; and
- Start and contribute to discussion threads.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.ookpik.org.
Or email: ookpik [at] iisd.ca.
- Arctic Climate Feedbacks Report Available
World Wildlife Fund
A new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report entitled "Arctic Climate
Feedbacks: Global Implications" is available. The report outlines dire
global consequences of a warming Arctic that are far worse than previous
projections. The peer-reviewed report brings together climate scientists
who have assessed the current science on arctic warming. It shows that
numerous arctic climate feedbacks -- negative effects prompted by the
impacts of warming -- will make global climate change more severe than
indicated by other recent projections, including those of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 assessment.
The report can be downloaded by clicking on the "Arctic climate
feedbacks" tab (found underneath the picture) at:
http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/. This webpage
includes the full report and executive summary, as well as other
resources.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/.
Or contact:
Clive Tesar
Email: ctesar [at] wwf.no