Chores Around Town - Revision history

Saskia at 09:50, 20 July 2025

2025-07-20T09:50:38Z

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	Being present in the community has taken many shapes for me over the course of my multiple field visits. In Gjoa Haven such presence has often taken shape around activities that are part of Inuit day to day life.		Being present in the community has taken many shapes for me over the course of my multiple field visits. In Gjoa Haven such presence has often taken shape around activities that are part of Inuit day to day life.

Saskia: /* Camping at the Weir */

2025-07-18T16:51:49Z

Camping at the Weir

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	After setting up the tents we watch George and his family spearfish for a while.		After setting up the tents we watch George and his family spearfish for a while.

	[[File:~~DSC00404~~.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Jimmy.jpg\|thumb\|Jimmy Konana spearfishing (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]
	[[File:~~DSC00398~~.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Me.jpg\|thumb\|Me standing outside of my tent (photograph by Malcolm May, 2021)]]
	[[File:~~DSC00432~~.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Tents.jpg\|thumb\|Tents at Weir (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]
	[[File:~~DSC00387~~.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:George and fam.jpg\|thumb\|George Konana instructing his grandkids how to spearfish (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]

	<div class="next_choice">Being in the presence of someone like George, makes it very clear that it takes the experience of multiple generations to live with the land.		<div class="next_choice">Being in the presence of someone like George, makes it very clear that it takes the experience of multiple generations to live with the land.

Saskia: /* Preparing and Packing for an ATV Ride */

2025-07-18T16:41:19Z

Preparing and Packing for an ATV Ride

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	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.		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.jpg\|thumb\|Preparing the qamutik (photograph by ~~author~~)]]		[[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 ~~author~~)]]		[[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)]]

	=Camping at the Weir=		=Camping at the Weir=

Saskia: /* Stranding the Car */

2025-07-18T16:36:57Z

Stranding the Car

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	For example, the collective efforts required to pull the truck out of the ocean, when it stranded on the beach and got flooded by the rising tide of the ocean, is part of what co-PI van Coeverden-de Groot terms his “vulnerability narrative”. A performance of intra-dependency he understands his relationship with the community at large to be comprised of.		For example, the collective efforts required to pull the truck out of the ocean, when it stranded on the beach and got flooded by the rising tide of the ocean, is part of what co-PI van Coeverden-de Groot terms his “vulnerability narrative”. A performance of intra-dependency he understands his relationship with the community at large to be comprised of.

	[[File:~~DSC00312~~.jpg\|thumb\|Truck stranded in the ocean (photograph by ~~author.~~)]]		[[File:Truck stranded in the ocean (photograph by de Wildt, 2021).jpg\|thumb\|Truck stranded in the ocean (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]

	=Preparing and Packing for an ATV Ride=		=Preparing and Packing for an ATV Ride=

Saskia at 16:34, 18 July 2025

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	In the first week, when BearWatch researchers were present in Gjoa Haven in larger numbers, we for example helped George Konana take out his nets.		In the first week, when BearWatch researchers were present in Gjoa Haven in larger numbers, we for example helped George Konana take out his nets.

	[[File:~~DSC00145~~.jpg\|thumb\|Pulling in the nets (photograph by ~~author~~)]]
	[[File:~~DSC00146~~.jpg\|thumb\|Pulling in the nets, close-up (photograph by ~~author~~)]]		[[File:Pulling in the nets.jpg\|thumb\|Pulling in the nets (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]
	[[File:~~DSC00310~~.jpg\|thumb\|George Konana, cleaning some freshly caught Arctic Char]]		[[File:Pulling in the nets, close-up.jpg\|thumb\|Pulling in the nets, close-up (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]
			[[File:George Konana, cleaning some freshly caught Arctic Char.jpg\|thumb\|George Konana, cleaning some freshly caught Arctic Char (photograph by de Wildt, 2021)]]

Saskia at 16:07, 18 July 2025

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	Being present in the community has taken many shapes for me over the course of my multiple field visits. In Gjoa Haven such presence has often taken shape around activities that are part of Inuit day to day life.		Being present in the community has taken many shapes for me over the course of my multiple field visits. In Gjoa Haven such presence has often taken shape around activities that are part of Inuit day to day life.

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2025-03-18T08:22:47Z

Camping at the Weir

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	After 4 hours of travelling by ATV, some of it in the dark, we arrive at the fishing Weir.		After 4 hours of travelling by ATV, some of it in the dark, we arrive at the fishing Weir.

	After setting up the tents we watch George and his family ~~spearfishing~~ for a while.		After setting up the tents we watch George and his family spearfish for a while.

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	Just tagging along with someone like George for a couple of days allows you to learnt more than could ever be included in a knowledge-land-scape like this, or be transfered through writing or pictures.		Just tagging along with someone like George for a couple of days allows you to learnt more than could ever be included in a knowledge-land-scape like this, or be transfered through writing or pictures.

	The knowledge that is entangled within the tradition of spearfishing for example extends ~~beyonds~~ its technique or it practices. It's entangled within a lived moment of human and ~~fish~~ meeting each other that cannot be sustained outside of that moment.		The knowledge that is entangled within the tradition of spearfishing for example extends beyond its technique or it practices. It's entangled within a lived moment of human, fish and traditional technology meeting each other that cannot be sustained outside of that moment.
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	<span class="pop-up vista link" data-page-title="The Land" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Vista">[[The Land\|Vista: The Land]]</div>		<span class="pop-up vista link" data-page-title="The Land" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Vista">[[The Land\|Vista: The Land]]</div>

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2025-03-18T08:21:10Z

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

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

	Any visiting researcher who has tried to prepare, pack or pull a ~~qamutiq~~ (sled) across the land outside of Arctic Summer for the first time, like I did in 2021, has likely encountered the particular teachings of patience and modesty.		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, while knots need to be tied, and qamutiks need to be repaired, quickly eliminates the feasibility of (ethnographic) documenting. What remains~~, however~~, is attentive presence, and hands-on assistance.		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.jpg\|thumb\|Preparing the ~~Qamutiq~~ (photograph by author)]]		[[File:Preparing the Qamutiq.jpg\|thumb\|Preparing the qamutik (photograph by author)]]
	[[File:Repacking the Qamutiq on the way.jpg\|thumb\|~~Repacking~~ the ~~Qamutiq~~ on the way (photograph by author)]]		[[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 author)]]

	=Camping at the Weir=		=Camping at the Weir=

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2025-03-18T08:15:15Z

Stranding the Car

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	These activities created both possibilities and limitations in terms of community interaction patterns.		These activities created both possibilities and limitations in terms of community interaction patterns.

	For example, the collective efforts required to pull the truck out of the ocean, when it stranded on the beach and got flooded by the rising tide of the ocean, is part of what co-Pi de Groot terms his “vulnerability narrative”. A ~~performative display~~ of intra-dependency he understands his relationship with the community at large to be comprised of.		For example, the collective efforts required to pull the truck out of the ocean, when it stranded on the beach and got flooded by the rising tide of the ocean, is part of what co-PI van Coeverden-de Groot terms his “vulnerability narrative”. A performance of intra-dependency he understands his relationship with the community at large to be comprised of.

	[[File:DSC00312.jpg\|thumb\|Truck stranded in the ocean (photograph by author.)]]		[[File:DSC00312.jpg\|thumb\|Truck stranded in the ocean (photograph by author.)]]

Saskia: /* Camping at the Weir */

2025-03-01T12:03:08Z

Camping at the Weir

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	<span class="pop-up vista link" data-page-title="The Land" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Vista">[[The Land\|Vista:The Land]]</div>		<span class="pop-up vista link" data-page-title="The Land" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Vista">[[The Land\|Vista: The Land]]</div>