Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
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Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuktitut syllabics
: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ; sometimes Inuit Qaujimanituqangit - ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ) is an Inuktitut
phrase that is often translated as Inuit
traditional knowledge, Inuit traditional institutions or even Inuit traditional technology. It comes from the verb root "qaujima-" meaning to know and could be literally translated as "that which has long been known by Inuit". It has recently become something of a political slogan in Nunavut
, as the government attempts to integrate the traditional culture of the Inuit more into their modern governance structure in order to combat disempowerment. Its critics, however, tend to view it as little more than window dressing for more conventional politics.
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is a body of knowledge and unique cultural insights of Inuit into the workings of nature, humans and animals. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, then, has both practical and epistemological aspects that branch out from a fundamental principle that human beings are learning, rational beings with an infinite potential for problem-solving within the dictates of nature and technology.
The Igloolik Research Centre in Igloolik, Nunavut
focuses on documenting Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, as well as climatology and seismic data research.
Similarly, Inuit intergenerational (from elder to youth) and experiential (learning through participation) knowledge has also been called Inuit ecological knowledge or "IEK" (Eyegetok 1998).
Inuktitut syllabics
Inuktitut syllabics is a writing system used by the Inuit in Nunavut and in Nunavik, Quebec...
: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ; sometimes Inuit Qaujimanituqangit - ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ) is an Inuktitut
Inuktitut
Inuktitut or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit language is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada...
phrase that is often translated as Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
traditional knowledge, Inuit traditional institutions or even Inuit traditional technology. It comes from the verb root "qaujima-" meaning to know and could be literally translated as "that which has long been known by Inuit". It has recently become something of a political slogan in Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, as the government attempts to integrate the traditional culture of the Inuit more into their modern governance structure in order to combat disempowerment. Its critics, however, tend to view it as little more than window dressing for more conventional politics.
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is a body of knowledge and unique cultural insights of Inuit into the workings of nature, humans and animals. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, then, has both practical and epistemological aspects that branch out from a fundamental principle that human beings are learning, rational beings with an infinite potential for problem-solving within the dictates of nature and technology.
The Igloolik Research Centre in Igloolik, Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
focuses on documenting Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, as well as climatology and seismic data research.
Similarly, Inuit intergenerational (from elder to youth) and experiential (learning through participation) knowledge has also been called Inuit ecological knowledge or "IEK" (Eyegetok 1998).
External links
- What is Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit?- Canku Ota, An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America, January 13, 2001 - Issue 27.
- Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ)- Department of Human Resources, Government of Nunavut, 2005
- Inuit Qaujimajatuqangita Isumaksaqsiurtingit (IQI) Committee- Nunavut Department of Economic Development & Transportation, 2006
- Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Katimajiit Established- Nunavut Department of Culture, Language, Edlers and Youth, September 8, 2003
- Qaujimajatuqangit and social problems in modern Inuit society. An elders workshop on angakkuuniq- by Jarich Oosten and Frédéric Laugrand, 2002