Habiter et aménager l'espace au Nunavik : le rôle de la mobilité dans l'appropriation sociale et culturelle de l'environnement bâti du village d'Aupaluk
Recent transformations of the built environment in Nunavik (from 1950 to the present day) have made it possible to highlight the Inuit's effort to express their relationship with the territory through a new political and economic framework. Even if the provincial and federal governments' investments in sociosanitary conditions have strongly contributed to the emergence of villages as privileged places of daily life, the inhabitants continue to maintain and redefine mobility on their territory. By being attached to a specific mode of geographical knowledge, hunting activities and general mobility on their territory persist as strong identity values (Collignon, 1996). It thus emerges that the village and the territory exist as two spaces embodying values that can sometimes be contradictory and/or complementary. This is not only reflected in the organization of the built and institutional framework of the Inuit, but also in their lifestyle (Collignon, 2006, Gombay, 2010, Martin, 2003). As mentioned by Augustin Berque, successful development takes into account the reciprocal and dialectical relationship between a natural environment and a human environment (Berque, 2010). In the context of a reflective modernity in Nunavik (Martin, 2003), the role of space planning and the built environment in northern communities is paramount. Ultimately, this paper seeks to understand how the Inuit design, build and inhabit their contemporary spaces.
Space Territory Urban planning Cultural geography North Aupaluk Anthropology of dwelling