Out on the Land : Income, Subsistence Activities, and Food Sharing Networks in Nain, Labrador
Joint Authors
Channell, Emily
Moses, Joshua
Khan, Bilal
Misshula, Evan
Dombrowski, Kirk
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In recent Inuit ethnography, a major concern has been how and to what extent contemporary Inuit participate in and depend on subsistence activities, particularly in the context of increasing wage employment and growing participation in the cash economy.
This paper provides an analysis of these activities in the predominately Inuit community of Nain, Labrador.
Using social network data and demographic information collected between January and June 2010, we examine the interconnections between subsistence activities—obtaining “country food” through activities such as hunting, fishing, and collecting—with access to the means of obtaining subsistence resources (such as snow mobiles, cabins, and boats), employment status, and income.
Our data indicate that individuals with higher employment status and income tend to be more central to the network of subsistence food sharing, but not because they have greater access to hunting tools or equipment (they do not).
We conclude that those individuals who play the most central role in the network are those who are financially able to do so, regardless of access to hunting tools/means.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dombrowski, Kirk& Channell, Emily& Khan, Bilal& Moses, Joshua& Misshula, Evan. 2013. Out on the Land : Income, Subsistence Activities, and Food Sharing Networks in Nain, Labrador. Journal of Anthropology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dombrowski, Kirk…[et al.]. Out on the Land : Income, Subsistence Activities, and Food Sharing Networks in Nain, Labrador. Journal of Anthropology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Dombrowski, Kirk& Channell, Emily& Khan, Bilal& Moses, Joshua& Misshula, Evan. Out on the Land : Income, Subsistence Activities, and Food Sharing Networks in Nain, Labrador. Journal of Anthropology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-452737
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-452737