Principal Investigator:Oakes, Jill Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
This study is community-based: the researchers will work with the Baffin communities in order that the study meets the needs of each community as well as the region. The work will identify the formal and informal economic contributions Inuit women make. It will also help interested women establish sewing centres and develop marketing strategies. Both Elders and young women will be interviewed t...
Principal Investigator:Oakes, Jill Licensed Year(s):
1992
1989 Summary:
The researcher and her team will collect information about choices made by Inuit seamstresses by actually working with seamstresses to produce clothing. Temporal and individual variations in economic, political, social, cultural, and historical factors influencing decisions made during the production procedures will be identified by talking with community members and searching through archival ar...
Principal Investigator:Thompson, Judy Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
In conjunction with on-going research on Dene clothing in the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Dene seamstresses will be interviewed about their life and work. Community residents will also be consulted regarding a proposed exhibition of Dene clothing. Examples of the sewing of contemporary Dene women will be purchased for the permanent collection at the Museum of Civilization....