اتیق‌پوت: تاریخ شفاهی اینوئیت و پروژه نام‌گذاری

A multigenerational discussion of culture, history, and naming centring on archival photographs of Inuit whose names were previously unrecorded. __Atiqput__ is the first book-length study of Project Naming, the photo-based history research initiative established by the Inuit school Nunavut Sivuniksavut in collaboration with Library and Archives Canada. Through oral testimony and photography, __Atiqput__ rewrites settler societies’ historical record and challenges a legacy of colonial visualization. "Our names - Atiqput - are very meaningful. They are our identification. They are our Spirits. We are named after what's in the sky for strength, what's in the water ... the land, body parts. Every name is attached to every part of our body and mind. Yes, every name is alive. Every name has a meaning. Much of our names have been misspelled and many of them have lost their meanings forever. Our Project Naming has been about identifying Inuit, who became nameless over the years, just "unidentified eskimos ..." With Project Naming, we have put Inuit meanings back in the pictures, back to life. - Piita Irniq For over two decades, Inuit collaborators living across Inuit Nunangat and in the South have returned names to hundreds of previously anonymous Inuit seen in historical photographs held by Library and Archives Canada as part of Project Naming. This innovative photo-based history research initiative was established by the Inuit school Nunavut Sivuniksavut and the national archive. Atiqput celebrates Inuit naming practices and through them honours Inuit culture, history, and storytelling. Narratives by Inuit elders, including Sally Kate Webster, Piita Irniq, Manitok Thompson, Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, and David Serkoak, form the heart of the book, as they reflect on naming traditions and the intergenerational conversations spurred by the photographic archive. Other contributions present scholarly insights and research projects that extend Project Naming's methodology, interspersed with pictorial essays by the artist Barry Pottle and the filmmaker Asinnajaq. Through oral testimony and photography, Atiqput rewrites the historical record created by settler societies and challenges a legacy of colonial visualization."-- Provided by publisher " Our names – Atiqput – are very meaningful. They are our identification. They are our Spirits. We are named after what's in the sky for strength, what's in the water ... the land, body parts. Every name is attached to every part of our body and mind. Yes, every name is alive. Every name has a meaning. Much of our names have been misspelled and many of them have lost their meanings forever. Our Project Naming has been about identifying Inuit, who became nameless over the years, just "unidentified eskimos ..." With Project Naming, we have put Inuit meanings back in the pictures, back to life ." Piita Irniq For over two decades, Inuit collaborators living across Inuit Nunangat and in the South have returned names to hundreds of previously anonymous Inuit seen in historical photographs held by Library and Archives Canada as part of Project Naming. This innovative photo-based history research initiative was established by the Inuit school Nunavut Sivuniksavut and the national archive. Atiqput celebrates Inuit naming practices and through them honours Inuit culture, history, and storytelling. Narratives by Inuit elders, including Sally Kate Webster, Piita Irniq, Manitok Thompson, Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, and David Serkoak, form the heart of the book, as they reflect on naming traditions and the intergenerational conversations spurred by the photographic archive. Other contributions present scholarly insights and research projects that extend Project Naming's methodology, interspersed with pictorial essays by the artist Barry Pottle and the filmmaker Asinnajaq. Through oral testimony and photography, Atiqput rewrites the historical record created by settler societies and challenges a legacy of colonial visualization. Cover ATIQPUT Title Copyright Dedication CONTENTS Foreword Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE | PROJECT NAMING: FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE Introduction 1 Nunavut Sivuniksavut and the Origins of Project Naming: A School Perspective 2 Two Graduates Look Back at Nunavut Sivuniksavut and Project Naming 3 The Story behind Project Naming at Library and Archives Canada 4 Pictorial Essay I PART TWO | ATIQPUT: INUIT ELDERS SPEAK ABOUT NAMING Introduction 5 “There was my mother!” 6 “Sometimes when you see the pictures, you come home” 7 “I’m responsible for that name. If I lose that, I’ve cut off an Inuit encyclopedia” 8 “A story about names” 9 “I have many names” 10 Pictorial Essay II: Naming PART THREE | EXTENDING PROJECT NAMING Introduction 11 Naming Names: Image Captions of Inuit RCMP Special Constables 12 Picture This: Self-Esteem, Project Naming, and the Nanisiniq/Nanivara History Projects 13 Views from the North: Photographs, Generations, and Inuit Cultural Memory 14 Looking for Kenojuak Glossary Figures Bibliography Contributors Index