Nunavut Generations: Change & Continuity in Canadian Inuit Communities

by Ann McElroy

Change in arctic populations has not been a sudden phenomenon, but rather a gradual process that has occurred over a number of generations. In this longitudinal case study, McElroy introduces readers to four Baffin Island communities in the eastern Canadian Arctic and focuses on the challenges and hardships they face in transition from hunting-gathering lifestyles to wage employment and political participation in towns. Through long-term fieldwork, historical material, and life histories collected from elders, Nunavut Generations richly illustrates political and ecological change alongside native stability and self-determination.

Genres: Anthropology

200 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Sofia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative, great overview of generational change, sociocultural dynamics, and the history of Nunavut. The interspersed life histories and fieldwork experiences really contextualised the rest of the information given.