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OverviewWalls profoundly shape the spaces we live in and the places we move through. They impinge on our everyday lives, entangling power relations, identity, and hierarchies. Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott examines this phenomenon in the context of housing in Arviat, Nunavut. Inuit in Arviat, Arviammiut, have only been living in permanent housing since the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van den Scott’s ethnography of the contemporary lived experience of Arviammiut within their houses acknowledges colonial power relations within the very walls of their houses; an uncomfortable living arrangement, which Arviammiut navigate in resilient and heterogeneous ways. Having lived in Arviat for five years, van den Scott finds that the walls represent a Western presence in Arviammiut lives. In essence, Arviammiut are living in a foreign space which reflects as well as impacts their experiences. Walls have profoundly changed Inuit life; however, Inuit also exercise agency in how they form relationships with those walls. Van den Scott lays out the social processes inherent to their experience, such as spatial fusion, the process of symbolically connecting separate interior spaces. In doing so, she argues that walls are boundary objects, cultural objects, and technological objects. Essentially, she introduces a sociology of walls. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott , Patsy Kowtak KuksukPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.463kg ISBN: 9781666959895ISBN 10: 1666959898 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 15 July 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents List of Figures and Tables Foreword, by Patsy Kowtak Kuksuk Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. A Sociology of Walls Part I: Walls as Boundary Objects: Identity-Work Abounds Chapter 2. Ujjirusuttiarniq amma Isumatunikkut Tukisiniarniq [Having an Awareness and Seeking to Understand]: Anomie and Geographies of Knowledge Chapter 3. Pilimmaksarniq [Skills and Knowledge Acquisition]: Transmission of Knowledge and Sewing Part II: Walls as Cultural Objects: Culture in Material Form Chapter 4. Aktuaturaunniqarniq amma Inuuqatigiitsiarniq [Interconnectedness and Interpersonal Relationships]: Family, Connected Spaces, and Memory Chapter 5. Piliriqatigiingniq [Working Together]: Performing Food Consumption to the Walls Part III: Walls as Technological Objects Chapter 6. Piniarnikkut Ilittiniq [Learning to Do]: Passive Engagement—Notions of Public and Private Chapter 7. Qanuqtuurungnarniq [Being Resourceful to Solve Problems]: Active Engagement: Walls as Storage Conclusion References About the AuthorReviews"""This ground-breaking book considers walls from multiple analytical vantage points (e.g., as mundane technologies, as cultural objects, as boundary objects, and as metaphorical objects) in order to invite readers to more deeply consider the walls that help to demarcate the spaces we call home and the places we call ours. By doing all of this in a cross-cultural context, Van Den Scott presents a unique and insightful perspective in the study of everyday social processes. Walled-In: Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls is a fine addition to the symbolic interactionist tradition."" --Scott Grills, Brandon University" Author InformationLisa-Jo K. van den Scott is associate professor of sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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