Qummut Qukiria! Art, Culture, and Sovereignty Across Inuit Nunaat and Sápmi: Mobilizing the Circumpolar North

SKU: 9781773102245

Author:
Anna Hudson
Grade Levels:
Twelve, Adult Education, College, University
Nation:
Inuit
Book Type:
Hardcover
Pages:
368
Publisher:
Goose Lane Editions
Copyright Date:
2022

Price:
Sale price$45.00

Description

Qummut Qukiria! edited by Anna Hudson, professor of art history and curatorial studies; Heather Igloliorte, an Inuk scholar from Nunatsiavut, and Jan-Erik Lundström, a curator, critic, and art historian, celebrates art and culture within and beyond traditional Inuit and Sámi homelands in the Circumpolar Arctic — from the recovery of traditional practices such as storytelling and skin sewing to the development of innovative new art forms such as throatboxing (a hybrid of traditional Inuit throat singing and beatboxing). In this illuminating book, curators, scholars, artists, and activists from Inuit Nunangat, Kalaallit Nunaat, Sápmi, Canada, and Scandinavia address topics as diverse as Sámi rematriation and the revival of the ládjogahpir (a traditional woman’s headgear), the experience of bringing Inuit stone carving to a workshop for inner-city youth, and the decolonizing potential of Traditional Knowledge and its role in contemporary design and beyond. Qummut Qukiria! showcases the thriving art and culture of the Indigenous Circumpolar peoples in the present and demonstrates its importance for the revitalization of language, social well-being, and cultural identity.

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