Tag Archives: franz boaz

snow job

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Dave

An urban hoax.That is that the Inuit and Northern people’s have 50-200 words to describe snow. As if there is an innate need to exoticize the other. Rather mundanely, and with some relief there is only “qanik” and “aput”; snow … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged anthony c. woodbury, benjamin lee whorf, Eskimo stereotypes, franz boas, franz boaz, geoffrey k. pullum, Inuit culture, john steckley, melanie fafard, Nanook of The North, Robert Flaherty, sapir-wharf hypothesis, steven a. jacobson, the residents eskimo | Leave a comment

the storyteller: wayfaring in the tundra

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Dave

In the development of some of the legends, the folklore, the myth, strands from Inuit traditions and Western traditions merge. An exhibit by a French born, Canadian priest who spent fifty years at Inlet Pond in the far north of … Continue reading →