In this article I reflect on a particular Inuit use of the social networking site Facebook: the group called Inuit Hunting Stories of the Day. I focus on two main issues. First, I discuss the logic behind current technologies as conceptualized by Albert Borgmann (e.g., 1984), who states that rather than being neutral tools, modern devices foster a particular “taking-up” with the world that leads to disengagement from community and meaningful practices. Arguing against this view, I discuss how Inuit Hunting Stories of the Day is an example of how the internet and Facebook are appropriated and provide meaningful engagement. Second, I follow anthropologist Claudio Aporta’s (2013) notion of ecology of technology and argue that the relationship ...
The updated version of this short essay appears in: Mays C, Laborie L, Griset P (eds) (2022) Inventi...
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The updated version of this short essay appears in: Mays C, Laborie L, Griset P (eds) (2022) Inventi...
The internet has become an intricate part of everyday life for almost everyone in the industrialized...
How does one effectively and ethically conduct research with community members who steeped in histor...
In the context of Canada's history of colonial control over the North, research on digital media in ...
International audienceThe digital revolution is profoundly challenging to Indigenous societies in th...
For urban Tsimshian and Nisga’a youth in Prince Rupert, cell phones, cameras and Facebook are among ...
Cet article explore l’utilisation contemporaine par des jeunes et jeunes adultes inuit de sites inte...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017-06There is broad consensus amongst scholars across a ...
The expansion and systematic use of online networks in the Canadian Arctic regions since the early 2...
Digital networks have vastly increased the speed at which it is possible to communicate, providing r...
This article discusses, from an anthropological perspective, the utilization of digital infrastructu...
Cyberspace is only one of the many metaphors used to describe the Internet. While there is a growin...
Technology does not stand alone in any society. Each society negotiates its own relationship with te...
Every day millions of people engage in chatting, socialising, sharing thoughts, ideas and opinions o...
The article critically questions popular predictions about how technology (the Internet and especial...
The updated version of this short essay appears in: Mays C, Laborie L, Griset P (eds) (2022) Inventi...
The internet has become an intricate part of everyday life for almost everyone in the industrialized...
How does one effectively and ethically conduct research with community members who steeped in histor...