Unequal exchange
Western economic logic and Inuit/Qablunaat research relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9220616 |
|---|---|
| Authors | April Dutheil (University of British Columbia), Frank Tester (University of British Columbia), Jordan Konek (Government of Nunavut) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 140-150 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247413000673 |
| OpenAlex | W2086996802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 26 |
For some time, Inuit have made it clear that they wish to play a more substantial role in research with implications for themselves and their territory. To understand how researchers communicate and relate to each other, cultural analysis is often employed. Although cultural differences are relevant to understanding problems in the conduct of research, limiting differences to these realities is overly deterministic and essentialist. Many differences arising in the research process are products of social constructions found in Canadian culture and, increasingly, in Inuit communities. The paper re-examines the complexities of cross-class relations, focusing on how different relations to money, as a proxy for other relations characteristic of the capitalist mode of production, consumption and commodification, impact Inuit interaction with western-educated researchers. Using the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project in the community of Arviat, Nunavut Territory Canada, as a case study, the paper is a qualitative analysis of miscommunication resulting from cross-class differences. The Nanisiniq project was a two-year participatory action research project bringing Inuit youth and elders together to rediscover, interpret and apply knowledge of their history and culture to contemporary social issues affecting them
Citizen journalism · Commodification · Economy · Essentialism · Openness to experience · Participatory action research · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
Ethnology and General
Making a Living
Veblen, Bourdieu, and Conspicuous Consumption
Cross-cultural differences in materialism
Eskimos and Explorers
The Cultural Meanings of Money
Spirituality for Sale
The Making of the English Working Class
Culture and Practical Reason
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Money and respect
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| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2017 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |