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Introduction To Sociology

Northern perspectives, Northern Resources

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1st Draft Proposal

I will be working on Definition of Consensus Government in Nunavut Terrritories. As part of our Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, we have a new government is making decision in a consensus perseptive, which has been used by Elders in Traditional society. (02/08/02)

I believe this is a good example of social change. My resource book will be Kirk Cameron and Graham White. Northern Government in Transition (1995). The Institute for Research on Public Policy.

For my visualization, I will present a quilt art I made. It is combination of traditional embroidery of Inuit scenes and using modern quilting techniques as a log cabin. I will provide a photo of the art and I will bring the quilt as a presentation. (02/08/02)

SUGGESTED READINGS:

Mannik, Hattie. Volume Editor. (1989). Inuit Nunamiut: Inland Inuit: A conclusion of a summer project. Friesen Corporation Altona, Manitoba. (submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/05/02)

Hantzsch, Bernhard Adolph. (1909-1911). My Life Among The Eskimos. Midwest Litho, Saskatoon, Canada.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/05/02)

Wilder, Edna. (1987). Once Upon An Eskimo Time. Alaska Northwest Books.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/05/02)

Sperry, Bishop John R. (2001). Igloo Dwellers Were My Church. Bayeux Arts, Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/05/02)

Tookoome, Simon with Sheldon Oberman. (1999). The Shaman's Nephew. Stoddart Kids, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/05/02)

Houston, James. (1997). The Ice Master. A Novel of the Arctic. McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/05/02)

Tippett, Maria. (1994). Between Two Culture. A Photographer Among The Inuit. Photographs by Charles Gimpel. Viking Penguin Group, Canada, England, New York, New Zealand, Australia.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/05/02)

Student's Suggestion for further reading and research for the nurses on the topic Inuit health care by Dr. Otto Schaefer, M.D. who worked and lived among Inuit of Western Arctic and Pangnirtung (Panniqtuuq) in the mid fifties. Gerald W. Hankins, M.D. (2000). Sun Sunrise Over Pangnirtung. The Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. (submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/09/02)

Terms in Inuktitut

(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

I will start with a short defination of Inuit in a singular, plural and dual form.

Inuit,

the people (this is a plural form, which refers to group of people)

Inuk, is a singular form of a person, Inuit.

Inuuk,

is dual form of two people.

A proper way of definding it:
• One person is Inuk
• Two people are Inuuk
• Group of people and society are Inuit.

Qammaq:

A sod house. This this traditional family dwelling, which is one big room. (Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Pujualuit:

mushroom, inside is powery when mature, used for cuts. (Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Qulliq:

traditional seal oil lamp, a source of heating cooking This was used to heat the Qammaq, sod house.(Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

"The qulliq has been crucial survival tool in the lives of Inuit. To be lit, it needed fuel. With the warmth this qulliq gave us, we birthed our children without the use of hospitals. We washed with the water this qulliq heated. The qulliq has done a lot for us... the women had to learn to maintain the qulliq before they got married, as it would be their responsibility in the marriage. There are probably many women without qulliq today." (Elisapee Ootoovak, Invited Elder, Lighting of the Qulliq: p.2. Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth. Report from the September Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Workshop. 1999.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Uqsuq:

Oil, blubber, used as fuel for the qulliq.(Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Qulittaq:

caribou outer parka, used for hunting. (Oosten, Jarich and Frederic Laugrand (Ed.) 1999, saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, Paulosie Angmaalik.'Indtroduction,'Vol. 1, Interviewing Inuit Elders, Iqaluit:NAC.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit:

What is Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit? "Because Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit encompasses all knowlede and many things of Inuit Culture, we cannot define it all in one word" Working Group Presentation: (p.14. Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth. Report from the September Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Workshop. 1999.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Growing recognition for traditional knowlede "The spiritual aspect [of tradition knowledge] is integral to the cosmological and ethical beliefs of Indigenous societies. [...] The second feature of traditional knowledge is its practical basis: traditional explanations of environmental pheonmena are based on cumulative, collective experience, tested over centuries by people who required a sophisticated and practical knowledge of the land on which they depend for every aspect of life." (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, vol.4,1996:456).(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Defining IQ

To quote,

"The term Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) encompasses all aspects of traditional Inuit Culture including vaules, world-view, language, social organization, knowledge, life skills, perceptions and expectations. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is as much a way of life as it is sets of information." (Louis Tapardjuk. Report of the Nunavut Tradition Knowledge Conference (1998). (NSDC) Nunavut Social Development Council Article 32 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. (1993))(Nunavut Social Development Council annual report (2000). On Our Own Terms. The State of Inuit Culture and Society,p.79.)(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Consensus:

Groups reached a consensus when they arrive at a general agreements based on a process of thinking and talking together. For consensus methods to work, members share common values as cooperation, commitment to other members, and tolerance of differing ideas. Time must be taken to provide for a thorough discussion, and opposing opinions must be stated. All members must agree with the decision and be prepared to follow up as it is implemented.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

Consensus government

as a practiced in the territorial legislature, owes more to the absence of political parties than to traditional Aboriginal influences. At the same time, it is no accident that political parties have failed to take hold in the Nunavut for they are widely viewed among Aboriginal people as alien, counterproductive institutions, inappropriate for the resolution of northern problems such as land claims, division and self-government. Graham White and Kirk Cameron. Northern Governments in Transition. (1995). The Institute for Research on Public Policy.(submitted by Annie Ekho Quirke 02/06/02)

QUESTIONS SUBMITTED FOR MID-TERM QUIZ February 18, 2002

1. The discipline of sociology is the systematic study of human society

2. Emile Durkheim was a poineer of sociology who studies how social forces affect human behavior from the study of suicide

3. Which of the following is not a high-income country? India

4. Middle income countries are defined as a notions characterized by limited industrialization, moderate personal income and marked social inequality.

5. The concept developed by C. Wright Mills which suggests that political action can result from an understanding of the social forces which shape our lives is called..... sociological imagination imagination

6. What was Auguste Comte's contribution to sociology? Studing suicide rates

7. The Canadian sociologist who gained world renown for his insights into the effects of electronic communication on culture, politics and personal identities was.... Harold Innis

8. A statement of how and why specific facts are related is called a .... theory

9. A sociologist observes that certain categories of adolescents have higher juvenile delinquency rates that others. She explained these observations by developing the following statement. A high risk of juvenile delinquency results from a low level of social involovement. What is this statement called? A correlation

10. Which of the following is not a major theoretical paradigm guiding sociologist's work? social-heredity paradigm

11. The structural-functional paradigm owes much to the ideas of Auguste Comte and Herbert Spence

12. What sociologist was primary concerned with the issue of social solidarity? Emile Durkheim

13. A sociologist intestigates how one's gender correlates with the unequal distribution of corporate salaries because of a belief that social structure typically benefits some people while depriving others. What theoretical paradigm is the sociologist using? social-conflict paradigm

14. What theoretical paradigm presents society less in terms of abstract generalizations and more as everyday experiences? symbolic-interaction paradigm

15. What is the core question of the structural-functional paradigm? How is society integrated?

QUESTIONS SUBMITTED FOR FINAL EXAM

STUDENT'S SUBMISSIONS FOR TIMELINE ON THE TOPIC OF EX.(INUIT CULTURE)

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