Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884

Journals and Letters
Herausgeber: Muller-Wille, Ludger / Übersetzer: Barr, William

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Produktbeschreibung

In the summer of 1883, fledgling anthropologist Franz Boas spent a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. This book presents in English his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 74th Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780802041500
• ISBN-10: 0802041507
• Artikelnr.: 22300661

Autorenporträt

Edited and introduced by Ludger Müller-Wille Translated by William Barr

Inhaltsangabe

 Foreword
Preface to the Original German Edition
Preface to the English Edition
Introduction: Germans and Inuit on Baffin Island in the 1880s
The Simple Relationships between the Land and the People
Boas and German Polar Research in the Early 1880s
Human Environmental Relations in the Arctic: The Ecological Approach
Fieldwork Methods: T am now truly just like a typical Eskimo'
Journals and Letters, 1882-1884: The Source Material
Transcribing and Editing the Texts
Franz Boas and the Inuit Today
Abbreviations
JOURNALS AND LETTERS (MAY 1882 - SEPTEMBER 1884) 1884)
Period of Preparation in Germany, 1882-1883
Formulating and Securing the Research Plans
The Third German Geographers' Conference in Frankfurt a. M.
Logistical Preparations for the Sojourn in the Arctic
On Board the Germania from Hamburg to Baffin Island, June-July 1883
Across the North Sea and the Atlantic
Off Greenland
In the Drift and Pack Ice off Baffin Island, July-August 1883
Reaching K'exerten, Tinixdjuarbing: Meeting the Whalers and Inuit,
August-September 1883
Winding Down the German Polar Station, K'ingua, September 1883
First Boat Trip with the Inuit to the North End of Tinixdjuarbing
The Last Days of the German Polar Station
At the Scottish Whaling Station at K'exerten and Germanids Departure
Late Fall Boat Trips in the Sound, September-October 1883
K'exerten
Journey to Kingnait Fiord
On Board the Catherine: The First Voyage to Naujateling and Milixdjuax
Trip to Pangnirtung Fiord
Trip to Ujarasugdjuling and Exaluaxdjuin
Investigations at K'exerten, October-December 1883
Science and Epidemics: Between the Environment and People
Geographical Names and Maps: Comprehending the Area
Tidal Observations in the Harbour at K'exerten
The Inuit's Fall Festival: The Sedna Ritual
Discontinuation of the Tidal Observations
Sickness and Death among the Inuit
Hikes across the Ice: Surveying the K'exerten Archipelago
By Dogsled across the Pack Ice
Inuit, Igloos, and Dogs: Journeys on the Ice of Tinixdjuarbing, December
1883 - May 1884
First Trip to Anarnitung and K'ingua
A Bitterly Cold March to K'ingua
The First Time in an Inuit Camp: Anarnitung
Second Trip to Anarnitung and K'ingua
K'exerten
Third Trip to Anarnitung and K'ingua
First Attempt at Crossing the Kingnait-Padli Pass
Fourth Trip to Anarnitung and K'ingua
Trip to Milixdjuax
Second Trip to Naujateling
Trip Southeastward to Saumia
The First 'White' among the Inuit of Ukiadliving
Return Trip to K'exerten
Trip to the Northwest to Nettilling Lake
Second Attempt at Crossing the Kingnait-Padli Pass
Trip to the West Coast of Tinixdjuarbing: Tarrionitung
The Last Trip on the Ice of Tinixdjuarbing: Nuvujen
K'exerten: Preparations for the Trip to Davis Strait
Overland to Davis Strait: From Kingnait to Padli, May 1884
Along the East Coast of Baffin Island: Survey Trips on the Sea Ice,
May-July 1884
From Padli to Padloping
Northward: From Padloping to Tunirn
Establishing the Base Camp at K'ivitung
From K'ivitung to Siorartijung
The Inuit Settlement of Siorartijung: The Most Northerly Point
Southward: Excruciating Sledging on Late-Summer Ice
At K'ivitung: Waiting for the Whalers, July-August 1884
Completion of the Cartographic Work
Ethnographica, Dictionary, and Stories: Last Notes
Whalers in Sight
Leaving the Inuit and the Arctic, August-September 1884
With the Wolf to K'armaxdjuin and St John's
On Board the Ardandhu to New York
Appendix 1 Dog Names
Appendix 2 Names of Ships and Boats
Glossary
English Words
Inuktitut Words (Eastern Canadian Arctic)
References
Index
Illustrations and maps