Meet Béatrice Collignon, author of Knowing Places: The Inuinnait, Landscapes, and the Environment
April 13, 2006 |
Meet Béatrice Collignon, author of Knowing Places: The Inuinnait, Landscapes, and the Environment
Gatineau, Quebec, April 13, 2006 — The Canadian Museum of Civilization invites you to meet Béatrice Collignon during its Coffee & Conversation series on April 25. She will share her knowledge of Inuit of the central Canadian Artic and explain the tight relationship between their specific knowlege of the land framework, their values and their identity, as described in her recently launched book Knowing Places: The Inuinnait, Landscapes, and the Environment.Author and Associate Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Béatrice Collignon first met the Inuinnait in 1980, at an archaeological excavation near Ulukhaktok (then called Holman) and later dedicated her Ph.D. research to Inuinnait geographic knowledge. This researh recently led to the official recognition of 306 Inuinnait place names located in the NWT.
with Béatrice Collignon
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. (English)
Cascades Salon
Free with Museum Admission
Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of France.
More information is available by calling (819) 776-7000 or 1 800 555-5621.
Media Information:
Chief, Media Relations
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Tel.: (819) 776-7167
Media Relations Officer
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Tel.: (819) 776-7169
Fax: (819) 776-7187
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