Principal Investigator:Balanoff, Helen Licensed Year(s):2012
2007
2007
Summary:
Through a partnership of Inuinnait communities and the British Museum, this project aims to repatriate traditional knowledge (language, literacies, narratives, values & beliefs) through viewing and visiting "things that talk" (historical photographs and objects) currently in the British Museum in London England.
This project involves visual repatriation of traditional knowledge through historic...
Principal Investigator:Fremgen, Barbara A. Licensed Year(s):
2006
2006
Summary:
This doctoral study aims to explore Clifford Geertz’s approach towards understanding culture and humanity. Geertz’s methodology of “thick description” will be employed to arrive at an understanding of the issues of identity, culture and change among indigenous peoples in Canada. This year the study will focus on working with the Inuvialuit communities of Inuvik and Holman.
The primary method o...