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A Place called Nunavut (Paperback)
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A Place called Nunavut (Paperback)
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In 1999, Nunavut Territory was created in the Canadian Arctic. The
area is about 50 times as large as the Netherlands, and is
inhabited by a population of 30,000. 85% of the population is
Inuit, the indigenous people in this area. The central questions in
this research project are what place or regional identities are
being ascribed to Nunavut by different groups of people from within
and from outside the region, and how do these identities work? In
the process of the formation of the region, the territorial
Government of Nunavut is an important actor in producing a regional
identity that is based on the cultural identity of the Inuit: the
Inuit Homeland. This 'official' regional identity creates a
symbolic unity that is important in linking people to the region,
and through which the land, the history and the people are united
in a new territorial membership. However, there is no reason to
assume that there is only one regional identity for Nunavut.
Different individuals or groups of people from within and from
outside the region, such as the people who live in one of the 25
communities and those who work for the multinational mining
corporations or as tourist operators, are also involved in the
production and reproduction of identities for Nunavut. They
represent Nunavut for example as a place to live, a resource
region, a wilderness or as a sustainable place. Nunavut Government
also links these alternative identities to the area, because as a
government they are not only interested in protecting Inuit culture
but also aim to modernize the economy in order to enhance
prosperity and well-being. As such the place identities are hybrid,
and identities that before were produced only by external actors
are now also being produced by internal actors, and vice versa.
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