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A bibliography on the imagined North : Arctic, winter, Antarctic

Bibliography featuring critical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives on cultural studies of the North and the Arctic. In English, French, Swedish, and Icelandic.

Subjects: Bibliography, Culture, Indigenous peoples, Literature

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A history of the Arctic : nature, exploration and exploitation

A history of the Arctic, from prehistoric times to the present, including an examination of Indigenous Peoples, polar exploration, political and environmental issues, and climate change. (John McCannon, London : Reaktion Books, 2012, 349 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples

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A history of the Arctic world: the last imaginary territory

Robert McGhee

History of the Arctic, from the postglacial era to the present day, and from Siberia to Baffin Land, where scientific approaches to archeology and anthropology are used. French version of “The last imaginary place: A human history of the Arctic world”. (Robert McGhee, Saint-Laurent, Fides, 2006, 300 p.)

Subjects: Anthropology, Archeology, Circumpolar Arctic, History

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Aboriginal autonomy and development in northern Quebec and Labrador

This book contains a collection of essays that discuss topics of decolonization in Northern Quebec and Labrador. The book covers past and current trauma and issues that indigenous communities face in this region, as well as exploring topics of community healing, and territorial and cultural autonomy. (Colin Scott ed., Vancouver, UBC Press, 2001, 436 p.)

Subjects: Decolonization, Indigenous authors, Labrador, Northern Quebec

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An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research

Arctic research continues to operate in a colonial framework and with an academic mindset that largely privileges the interests of southern institutions and fails to address Northern societal needs and issues, in particular those experienced in Inuit communities. We have seen research principles go from research on Inuit to research with Inuit, but it is high time we witnessed research by Inuit for Inuit. If research informs policy, and policy arguably leads to change, Inuit need to have a say in how research in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands) is governed to better their lives. This piece filters such matters through the eyes of an Inuk, offering insights into current Arctic research governance, and maps out some of the solutions and opportunities for altering it in the interests of Inuit communities. (Pfeifer, P. (2019). “An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research.” Arctic Focus. [originally published by Northern Public Affairs, 2018])

Subjects: Inuit, Research ethics, Research methodologies, Research with Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples, Canadian arctic

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Approche panterritoriale de la science (Gouvernement du Yukon, Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et Gouvernement du Nunavut)

Presentation of an over-arching vision for northern science and the roles of the territorial governments and teaching and research institutes in the field.

Subjects: Arctic sciences, Nunavut, Research, Northwest Territories, Yukon

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