Walled-In

Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Walls profoundly shape the spaces we live in and the places we move through, impinge on our everyday lives, and entangle power relations, identity, and hierarchies. Walled-In: Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls explores these effects in the context of Arviat, Nunavut. Van den Scott lays out the inherent social processes, arguing that walls, in addition to concealing colonial power relations, are boundary objects, cultural objects, and technological objects. Van den Scott's ethnography of Arviammiut's (people of Arviat's) contemporary lived experiences reveals the ways in which Arviammiut are living in a foreign space, how this impacts their experiences, and how they exercise agency in navigating and reinventing these spaces in resilient and heterogenous ways.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-06-27
Mått158 x 237 x 19 mm
Vikt463 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor226
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetarePatsyKowtak Kuksuk
ISBN9781666959895

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ContentsList of Figures and TablesForeword, by Patsy Kowtak KuksukAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. A Sociology of WallsPart I: Walls as Boundary Objects: Identity-Work AboundsChapter 2. Ujjirusuttiarniq amma Isumatunikkut Tukisiniarniq [Having an Awareness and Seeking to Understand]: Anomie and Geographies of KnowledgeChapter 3. Pilimmaksarniq [Skills and Knowledge Acquisition]: Transmission of Knowledge and SewingPart II: Walls as Cultural Objects: Culture in Material FormChapter 4. Aktuaturaunniqarniq amma Inuuqatigiitsiarniq [Interconnectedness and Interpersonal Relationships]: Family, Connected Spaces, and MemoryChapter 5. Piliriqatigiingniq [Working Together]: Performing Food Consumption to the WallsPart III: Walls as Technological ObjectsChapter 6. Piniarnikkut Ilittiniq [Learning to Do]: Passive Engagement—Notions of Public and PrivateChapter 7. Qanuqtuurungnarniq [Being Resourceful to Solve Problems]: Active Engagement: Walls as StorageConclusionReferencesAbout the Author

“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.”