Peter Collings
Biographic Data
| ID | 3606836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Collings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Collings |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINGS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-7021-6541 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“You have no other choice”: Structural Impediments to Food Security and Sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic
This paper examines the food system of the community of Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. We draw on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork observations to describe the structural constraints Inuit face in food provisioning. While high costs of living and poverty shape Inuit access to food, we attend to the larger structural forces that underlie those factors and how Inuit manage them. We also examine social support structures, including …
“I'd say, ‘smoke a little weed, you'll feel better: ’” Ethnographic observations of cannabis use in the Canadian Arctic
This paper is an ethnographic description of cannabis use in a Canadian Inuit settlement. Cannabis is pervasive in Inuit communities, and both Inuit and public health authorities see it as a serious health and social problem. There is a general understanding that Inuit smoke cannabis to cope with stressors, but little investigation why Inuit choose cannabis instead of other options for managing stress. We describe how cannabis is a pathway throug…
An Ethnographic Model of Stress and Stress Management in Two Canadian Inuit Communities
As part of the first stage of a community-based participatory research project with two communities in the Canadian Arctic—Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories—we conducted 57 interviews eliciting residents’ perceptions of pressing issues facing their communities, problems affecting health and wellbeing, and how researchers or other organized groups could help alleviate those problems. A recurrent theme that emerged during…
“All the problems in the community are multifaceted and related to each other”: Inuit concerns in an era of climate change
OBJECTIVE: Human dimensions of climate change research in the Arctic often proposes ways for local communities to adapt to changes to their environment, foregrounding problems posed by climate change while treating social, political, and economic factors as background conditions. We explore the relevance of this research paradigm for Inuit by examining how Inuit from Kangiqsujuaq present and discuss the major issues facing their community. METHOD…
Inuit adaptability to changing environmental conditions over an 11-year period in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories
Current understanding of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability among Inuit in the Arctic is relatively static, rooted in the community and time that case studies were conducted. This paper captures the dynamism of Inuit–climate relationships by applying a longitudinal approach to assessing vulnerability to climate change among Inuit in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. Data were collected in 2005 and 2016 following a consi…
Rethinking "Big Problems" in Arctic Health
Author: Ready, Elspeth et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2018-01; Keywords: health and well-being, Arctic health, Inuit health, mixed methods, stress, cultural change, health outcomes, decolonization, decolonized approaches; Title: Rethinking “big problems” in Arctic health
Technology, knowledge and beluga whales in Ulukhaktok, NT, Canada
This paper examines knowledge about beluga whales in Ulukhaktok, Canada. During summer 2014, hunters in Ulukhaktok landed 33 beluga whales. The hunt was unprecedented: beluga whales are only rarely encountered in local waters, and there is no tradition among Ulukhaktomiut for hunting beluga. Observations of the 2014 hunt and interviews subsequently conducted during 2015 suggest that, although Ulukhaktomiut claimed to lack facts about beluga whale…
Country food sharing networks, household structure, and implications for understanding food insecurity in Arctic Canada
We examine the cultural context of food insecurity among Inuit in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. An analysis of the social network of country food exchanges among 122 households in the settlement reveals that a household's betweenness centrality-a measure of brokerage-in the country food network is predicted by the age of the household. The households of married couples were better positioned within the sharing network than were the h…
Laugrand, Frédéric, and Jarich Oosten: Hunters, Predators, and Prey. Inuit Perceptions of Animal
Anthropos , Seite 275 - 276
Economic Strategies, Community, and Food Networks in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
This paper examines the social networks of country food sharing in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada, in light of our current understanding of the relationship between climate change and Arctic peoples. Most recent work on the impacts of climate change on Arctic peoples has tended to focus on conceptual frameworks appropriate for this field of inquiry or to document perceived threats of climate change. This research incorporates a social …
Birth Order, Age, and Hunting Success in the Canadian Arctic
Participant Observation and Phased Assertion as Research Strategies in the Canadian Arctic
Participant observation is the basic and defining research strategy for cultural anthropologists, a useful tool for building rapport, establishing trust, and gaining an understanding of culture as experienced by its members. This article uses the author's experience working in an Inuit community in Canada to explore another use of participant observation: the acquisition of communicative competence. In small, bounded communities such as those in …
Housing Policy, Aging, and Life Course Construction in a Canadian Inuit Community
The provisioning and administration of social housing has been a continuous problem in the Canadian North since the 1960s, when the Canadian government began taking an active role in the welfare of Inuit. Some of these problems are quite basic and include high costs for construction and maintenance of units. An examination of the development and evolution of Canadian housing policy in the North demonstrates that changes to the administration of s…
If you got everything, it's good enough: Perspectives on successful aging in a Canadian Inuit community
Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic
From June 1992 to July 1993, research on wildlife harvesting and subsistence was conducted among a sample of householders in the Inuit community of Holman. In an earlier paper, the authors examined the involvement of younger Inuit in subsistence hunting, noting that despite the sweeping political, social, and economic changes that have been experienced in Holman and across the Canadian North, hunting remained an important sociocultural and econom…
The Northern Copper Inuit: A History
Blood on the Ice: Status, Self-Esteem, and Ritual Injury among Inuit Hockey Players
Since the 1970s, the pace of social, economic, and political change has accelerated throughout the Canadian Arctic. In the Copper Inuit community of Holman, change has been accompanied by an increase in recreational facilities and activities organized by the local Hamlet Council and paid for by the Government of the Northwest Territories. Recreational involvement, primarily in the form of competitive team sports like hockey, provides a valuable o…
The Best Part of Life: Subsistence Hunting, Ethnicity, and Economic Adaptation among Young Adult Inuit Males
This paper examines the economic adaptations and subsistence hunting involvement of households between the ages of 20 and 35 in the Copper Inuit community of Holman. Social, economic, and political changes throughout the Canadian Arctic have made it impossible for young adults to pursue the same mixed economic strategies as previous generations. A general decrease in subsistence hunting involvement is characteristic of the younger generation. Nev…
If you got everything, it's good enough: Perspectives on successful aging in a Canadian Inuit community
Participant Observation and Phased Assertion as Research Strategies in the Canadian Arctic
Participant observation is the basic and defining research strategy for cultural anthropologists, a useful tool for building rapport, establishing trust, and gaining an understanding of culture as experienced by its members. This article uses the author's experience working in an Inuit community in Canada to explore another use of participant observation: the acquisition of communicative competence. In small, bounded communities such as those in …
Inuit adaptability to changing environmental conditions over an 11-year period in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories
Current understanding of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability among Inuit in the Arctic is relatively static, rooted in the community and time that case studies were conducted. This paper captures the dynamism of Inuit–climate relationships by applying a longitudinal approach to assessing vulnerability to climate change among Inuit in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. Data were collected in 2005 and 2016 following a consi…
Birth Order, Age, and Hunting Success in the Canadian Arctic
Housing Policy, Aging, and Life Course Construction in a Canadian Inuit Community
The provisioning and administration of social housing has been a continuous problem in the Canadian North since the 1960s, when the Canadian government began taking an active role in the welfare of Inuit. Some of these problems are quite basic and include high costs for construction and maintenance of units. An examination of the development and evolution of Canadian housing policy in the North demonstrates that changes to the administration of s…
Rethinking "Big Problems" in Arctic Health
Author: Ready, Elspeth et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2018-01; Keywords: health and well-being, Arctic health, Inuit health, mixed methods, stress, cultural change, health outcomes, decolonization, decolonized approaches; Title: Rethinking “big problems” in Arctic health
The Best Part of Life: Subsistence Hunting, Ethnicity, and Economic Adaptation among Young Adult Inuit Males
This paper examines the economic adaptations and subsistence hunting involvement of households between the ages of 20 and 35 in the Copper Inuit community of Holman. Social, economic, and political changes throughout the Canadian Arctic have made it impossible for young adults to pursue the same mixed economic strategies as previous generations. A general decrease in subsistence hunting involvement is characteristic of the younger generation. Nev…
Blood on the Ice: Status, Self-Esteem, and Ritual Injury among Inuit Hockey Players
Since the 1970s, the pace of social, economic, and political change has accelerated throughout the Canadian Arctic. In the Copper Inuit community of Holman, change has been accompanied by an increase in recreational facilities and activities organized by the local Hamlet Council and paid for by the Government of the Northwest Territories. Recreational involvement, primarily in the form of competitive team sports like hockey, provides a valuable o…
The Northern Copper Inuit: A History
Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic
From June 1992 to July 1993, research on wildlife harvesting and subsistence was conducted among a sample of householders in the Inuit community of Holman. In an earlier paper, the authors examined the involvement of younger Inuit in subsistence hunting, noting that despite the sweeping political, social, and economic changes that have been experienced in Holman and across the Canadian North, hunting remained an important sociocultural and econom…
If you got everything, it's good enough: Perspectives on successful aging in a Canadian Inuit community
Housing Policy, Aging, and Life Course Construction in a Canadian Inuit Community
The provisioning and administration of social housing has been a continuous problem in the Canadian North since the 1960s, when the Canadian government began taking an active role in the welfare of Inuit. Some of these problems are quite basic and include high costs for construction and maintenance of units. An examination of the development and evolution of Canadian housing policy in the North demonstrates that changes to the administration of s…
Birth Order, Age, and Hunting Success in the Canadian Arctic
Participant Observation and Phased Assertion as Research Strategies in the Canadian Arctic
Participant observation is the basic and defining research strategy for cultural anthropologists, a useful tool for building rapport, establishing trust, and gaining an understanding of culture as experienced by its members. This article uses the author's experience working in an Inuit community in Canada to explore another use of participant observation: the acquisition of communicative competence. In small, bounded communities such as those in …
Economic Strategies, Community, and Food Networks in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
This paper examines the social networks of country food sharing in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada, in light of our current understanding of the relationship between climate change and Arctic peoples. Most recent work on the impacts of climate change on Arctic peoples has tended to focus on conceptual frameworks appropriate for this field of inquiry or to document perceived threats of climate change. This research incorporates a social …
Country food sharing networks, household structure, and implications for understanding food insecurity in Arctic Canada
We examine the cultural context of food insecurity among Inuit in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. An analysis of the social network of country food exchanges among 122 households in the settlement reveals that a household's betweenness centrality-a measure of brokerage-in the country food network is predicted by the age of the household. The households of married couples were better positioned within the sharing network than were the h…
Laugrand, Frédéric, and Jarich Oosten: Hunters, Predators, and Prey. Inuit Perceptions of Animal
Anthropos , Seite 275 - 276
Technology, knowledge and beluga whales in Ulukhaktok, NT, Canada
This paper examines knowledge about beluga whales in Ulukhaktok, Canada. During summer 2014, hunters in Ulukhaktok landed 33 beluga whales. The hunt was unprecedented: beluga whales are only rarely encountered in local waters, and there is no tradition among Ulukhaktomiut for hunting beluga. Observations of the 2014 hunt and interviews subsequently conducted during 2015 suggest that, although Ulukhaktomiut claimed to lack facts about beluga whale…
Inuit adaptability to changing environmental conditions over an 11-year period in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories
Current understanding of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability among Inuit in the Arctic is relatively static, rooted in the community and time that case studies were conducted. This paper captures the dynamism of Inuit–climate relationships by applying a longitudinal approach to assessing vulnerability to climate change among Inuit in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. Data were collected in 2005 and 2016 following a consi…
Rethinking "Big Problems" in Arctic Health
Author: Ready, Elspeth et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2018-01; Keywords: health and well-being, Arctic health, Inuit health, mixed methods, stress, cultural change, health outcomes, decolonization, decolonized approaches; Title: Rethinking “big problems” in Arctic health
“All the problems in the community are multifaceted and related to each other”: Inuit concerns in an era of climate change
OBJECTIVE: Human dimensions of climate change research in the Arctic often proposes ways for local communities to adapt to changes to their environment, foregrounding problems posed by climate change while treating social, political, and economic factors as background conditions. We explore the relevance of this research paradigm for Inuit by examining how Inuit from Kangiqsujuaq present and discuss the major issues facing their community. METHOD…
An Ethnographic Model of Stress and Stress Management in Two Canadian Inuit Communities
As part of the first stage of a community-based participatory research project with two communities in the Canadian Arctic—Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories—we conducted 57 interviews eliciting residents’ perceptions of pressing issues facing their communities, problems affecting health and wellbeing, and how researchers or other organized groups could help alleviate those problems. A recurrent theme that emerged during…
“I'd say, ‘smoke a little weed, you'll feel better: ’” Ethnographic observations of cannabis use in the Canadian Arctic
This paper is an ethnographic description of cannabis use in a Canadian Inuit settlement. Cannabis is pervasive in Inuit communities, and both Inuit and public health authorities see it as a serious health and social problem. There is a general understanding that Inuit smoke cannabis to cope with stressors, but little investigation why Inuit choose cannabis instead of other options for managing stress. We describe how cannabis is a pathway throug…
“You have no other choice”: Structural Impediments to Food Security and Sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic
This paper examines the food system of the community of Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. We draw on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork observations to describe the structural constraints Inuit face in food provisioning. While high costs of living and poverty shape Inuit access to food, we attend to the larger structural forces that underlie those factors and how Inuit manage them. We also examine social support structures, including …
Indigenous Studies and Ecology (16 works) · Geography (12 works) · Arctic (9 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (8 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Ecology (5 works)