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The Inuit society - the cause of change
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The Inuit's are a race of people who inhabit the northern provinces of Canada. Both Rasing's article, "Hunting for Identity, Thoughts on The Practice of Hunting and its Significance for Iglulingmiut Identity" and Sears' film, "Between Two Worlds," illustrate and analyze the way the Inuit live. However, they approach this fascinating culture in two completely distinct ways. Rasing produced an article that views the Inuit community as a whole, and portrays the identity of the Inuit's as a function of their community. Sears' film, conversely, takes a much more specific approach based on one main individual, the most well known Inuit of them all, Joseph Idlout. Both these pieces go into detail about the history of the Inuit people, their customs, beliefs, and how their lives have changed forever. The purpose of Rasing's article was, "to explore the nature and forms of settlement-based hunting and assess to what extent this shapes...
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