Welcome to the 15thth International Inuit Studies Conference
Orality includes all aspects of oral communication, verbal arts (oral literature, stories, songs) political discourse as well as informal conversations on the internet. Despite the importance of writing in the contemporary Inuit world, orality remains an integral part of both private and public discourse. It is at the core of the lives of Inuit people. The power of speech is fully recognized as occupying a central part in self-representation and self-definition. Attachment to orality remains strong, and where speech seems to have been constrained, orality is now regaining status.
The 15th Inuit Studies Conference is organized around three interconnected axis: language, space and culture. These axis are the founding principles that unite the organizing team's research projects.
Béatrice Collignon, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |