Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-389).
Contents:
Introduction -- Inuktut interview transcripts -- English interview transcripts -- Foundations : language, being, inquiry: The qaggiq model ; Circles, spirals, and spaces: building a metaphorical iglu -- Inuktut methodology : making something together: Interpersonal Inuktut methodology: making this book together ; Aupilarjuk: life on the land ; My story ; Connecting stories -- Homework : moving beyond "fieldwork" -- Day-by-day analysis : discovering the qaggiq model -- The qaggiq model : Traditional metaphors: the matrix and the qaggiq iglu ; Making the iglu ; Lighting the qulliq ; The qulliq as a metaphor for Aupilarjuk's triad ; Qaggiq dialogue: Homeland, language, Living histories, Culture and ceremony ; The qaggiq research paradigm: Access to knowledge, Perspective, Motivational barriers, Time and money, Ethics -- Craft knowing-doing and craft epistemology : Sanaugara: my (research) craft ; Articulating a methodology ; Inuktut methodological principles: Naalangniq (listening), Pittiarniq (an ethics of accuracy), Ujjiqsuiniq (observation), Suliniq (personal congruence) -- Beginnings.
Summary:
"A qaggiq, or large communal iglu, is a place of community renewal and celebration. In many Inuit communities, a qaggiq is built in late winter or early spring and is used to share news and knowledge, and to enjoy feasts and friendly skill-building competitions. In The Qaggiq Model, Janet Tamalik McGrath considers how the structure and symbolism of the qaggiq can be used to understand Inuit-centred methodologies toward enhanced well-being in Inuit communities. Drawing on interviews with the late philosopher and Inuit elder Mariano Aupilarjuk, along with her own life-long experiences, McGrath bridges Inuktut and Western academic ways of knowing. She addresses the question of how Inuktut knowledge renewal can be supported on its own terms. It is through an understanding of Inuktut knowledge renewal, McGrath argues, that the impacts of colonialism and capitalism can be more effectively critiqued in Inuit Nunangat. The Qaggiq Model offers new ways of seeing how Inuit-centred spaces can be created and supported toward communal well-being. This wide-ranging work will be of interest to scholars of epistemology, Indigenous studies, and Canadian studies, as well as all readers with an interest in Inuit worldviews."-- Provided by publisher.
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