Editing Chores Around Town (section)

=Preparing and Packing for an ATV Ride=

The environmental conditions in Inuit Nunangat seem a fitting context for such a "vulnerability" narrative. 

Take, for example, the actions involved with going on a camping trip:

Any visiting researcher who has tried to prepare, pack or pull a qamutik (sled) across the land outside of Arctic Summer for the first time, like I did in the fall of 2021, has likely encountered the particular teachings of patience and modesty. 

Fumbling around with thick mitts, pens and paper in the cold, while sled runners need to be replaced, knots need to be tied, and qamutiks need to be repaired, quickly eliminates the feasibility of (ethnographic) documenting. What remains, is attentive presence, and hands-on assistance where possible.

[[File:Preparing the Qamutiq (sm).jpg|thumb|Preparing the qamutik (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]
[[File:Repacking the Qamutiq on the way.jpg|thumb|One of many moments that the qamutik needed to be repacked on the way (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]