The Igliniit project: Inuit hunters document life on the trail to map and monitor arctic change

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-55

  Gearheard, Shari ^a   Aporta, Claudio ^b   Aipellee, Gary ^c   O'Keefe, Kyle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Schulich School of Engineering ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cartographie autochtone; Inuit; Nunavut; recherche participative; sentiers; syst me de positionnement global (GPS)

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTIFACT; DATA MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GPS; HUNTER-GATHERER; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MAPPING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SEA ICE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 79953288502     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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