Sounding Archives of Presence

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-84
Author(s):  
Jessica Bissett Perea
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
The North ◽  
Cultural Specificity ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Hymn Singing

Colonial regimes of sounds used to represent Inuit—what one might shorthand as “the Sound of Eskimo,” an Arctic complement to Deloria’s “Sound of Indian”—can be traced back to cue sheets, scores, and soundtracks that accompanied Robert Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922). A lack of musical and cultural specificity granted to Arctic Indigenous Peoples represented in film over the long twentieth century is due to misplaced assumptions about circumpolar lands, waters, and lifeways as monolithic. Until the 1970s, ethnographic records about Inuit lifeways and music-making also lacked radical and relational approaches to research that acknowledged the particularities among and between Inuit communities and performance practices across the Arctic. This chapter traces important shifts over the past century, from non-Inuit ethnologists to Inuit filmmakers, and offers in-depth analyses of soundscapes and soundtracks from Iñupiaq filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean’s award-winning feature film On the Ice (2010). The author emphasizes three on-screen musical performances—Iñupiaq drumsong, “Eskimo flow” hip hop, and a singspiration, or Presbyterian hymn singing—that archive dense histories of colonization and resurgence in Utqiaġvik.

Hydrographic Changes in Nares Strait (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) in Recent Decades Based on δ18O Profiles of Bivalve Shells

ARCTIC ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta E. Torres ◽  
Daniela Zima ◽  
Kelly K. Falkner ◽  
Robie W. Macdonald ◽  
Mary O'Brien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Baffin Bay ◽  
Nares Strait ◽  
The North ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic ◽  
Bivalve Shells

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Nares Strait is one of three main passages of the Canadian Archipelago that channel relatively fresh seawater from the Arctic Ocean through Baffin Bay to the Labrador Sea. Oxygen isotopic profiles along the growth axis of bivalve shells, collected live over the 5 – 30 m depth range from the Greenland and Ellesmere Island sides of the strait, were used to reconstruct changes in the hydrography of the region over the past century. The variability in oxygen isotope ratios is mainly attributed to variations in salinity and suggests that the northern end of Nares Strait has been experiencing an increase in freshwater runoff since the mid 1980s. The recent changes are most pronounced at the northern end of the strait and diminish toward the south, a pattern consistent with proximity to the apparently freshening Arctic Ocean source in the north and mixing with Baffin Bay waters as the water progresses southward. This increasing freshwater signal may reflect changes in circulation and ice formation that favor an increased flow of relatively fresh waters from the Arctic Ocean into Nares Strait. </span>

scholarly journals Hybridity in Transition

Te Kaharoa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddie Madril
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Artist Educator ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Authentic Voice ◽  
Traditional Performance

In 1923 a paper was written to describe the traditional Hopi ceremonial ways. The phrase “hybridity in transition” was a descriptor of their process. This was a time when many aspects of Indigenous traditions including language, were illegal or prohibited in many ways. This paper and performance explores the evolution of pseudo-traditional performance practices over the past century. How can a culture maintain its core-values and essence, explicitly or embedded within new forms of presenting and representing its identity and authentic voice? Using empirical evidence, we journey through the transition from an art form a child participates in, the lifelong dancer, and to the artist-educator in order to justify creative modifications to traditions. How can cultural traditions be maintained and celebrated during times of suppression? How and why is tradition important to each generation as it faces major social influences? What is the value and power of collaborative work between tradition and modernity? How can an Indigenous culture explore, decolonize and empower its future thorough performance?

scholarly journals Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 2078-2081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Egevang ◽  
Iain J. Stenhouse ◽  
Richard A. Phillips ◽  
Aevar Petersen ◽  
James W. Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Arctic ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Seasonal Movement ◽  
The North ◽  
Breeding Populations ◽  
Flight Costs ◽  
Sterna Paradisaea ◽  
And Performance

The study of long-distance migration provides insights into the habits and performance of organisms at the limit of their physical abilities. The Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea is the epitome of such behavior; despite its small size (<125 g), banding recoveries and at-sea surveys suggest that its annual migration from boreal and high Arctic breeding grounds to the Southern Ocean may be the longest seasonal movement of any animal. Our tracking of 11 Arctic terns fitted with miniature (1.4-g) geolocators revealed that these birds do indeed travel huge distances (more than 80,000 km annually for some individuals). As well as confirming the location of the main wintering region, we also identified a previously unknown oceanic stopover area in the North Atlantic used by birds from at least two breeding populations (from Greenland and Iceland). Although birds from the same colony took one of two alternative southbound migration routes following the African or South American coast, all returned on a broadly similar, sigmoidal trajectory, crossing from east to west in the Atlantic in the region of the equatorial Intertropical Convergence Zone. Arctic terns clearly target regions of high marine productivity both as stopover and wintering areas, and exploit prevailing global wind systems to reduce flight costs on long-distance commutes.

The distribution of benthic hydrographic indicator species in Svalbard waters, 1978–1981

1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 667-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Dyer ◽  
G. J. Cranmer ◽  
P. D. Fry ◽  
W. G. Fry
Keyword(s):  
Considerable Change ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Sea Temperature ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
The North ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Temperature Ranges ◽  
The Mean

Fourteen species of benthic invertebrates, found to be indicators of hydrographic conditions by Blacker (1957), were recorded during research cruises between Finmark and north Spitsbergen during the summers of 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981. The distributions were compared with those found during surveys carried out between 1949 and 1959.Both Atlantic and Arctic species were found to the north of Bear Island and along the west coast of Spitsbergen, and the temperature ranges at which they were found were greater than those found by Blacker (1957).IntroductionDuring the past century the annual mean temperature of the Arctic regions has undergone a considerable change. The warming of the regions began about 1885 (Willett, 1950) and peaked around 1938, when the mean air temperature of Spitsbergen was nearly 6 °C warmer than at the turn of the century (Hoel, 1953). The warming of the seas in the region seems to have started later - Jensen (1939) suggests 1917 - and sea temperature changes were detected north of Spitsbergen in 1921 (Schokalsky, 1936). This warming resulted in the reappearance of cod in great quantities on the Bear Island Bank, after the absence of any sustained quantities for about 40 years (Blacker, 1957).The marine benthos of Svalbardf was surveyed during the latter part of the last century and the first half of this century (1878–1914,1923–31) when the benthos was recorded during several cruises in the region (see Blacker (1957) for review). The benthos was again recorded between 1949 and 1955 (Blacker, 1957) and 1955 and 1959 (Blacker, 1965); see Fig. lA.

scholarly journals Family Business Management: A Case Study in the Portuguese Footwear Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Silva ◽  
André Coelho ◽  
Nuno Sousa ◽  
Patrícia Quesado
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Performance Practices ◽  
The North ◽  
Footwear Industry ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
And Performance

The family business is one of the world economy’s leading drivers, playing a significant role in countries’ economic and social development. Portugal is a country very dependent on this type of companies, which makes this study important, not only for discussing the problem in this scientific field but also for understanding family business characteristics in a country so dependent on this type of business. In this sense, this research work’s general objective is to understand the reality of the management of family businesses in the footwear industry, through the vision of the CEO’s of five companies in the North of Portugal. The present study is qualitative, as interviews were carried out with five CEOs of family businesses. The authors collected the participants’ reports between June and July 2019, in a single moment, through a face-to-face interview held at their respective workplaces, after prior scheduling. The interviews were recorded using an audio recorder and later transcribed and imported for analysis. The results obtained demonstrated that these organizations contribute enormously to the country’s economic and social development. This study also contributes to improving the understanding of the subject under analysis, through interviews with CEOs in the footwear industry in the Northern region of Portugal, exposing in more depth this representative and emerging sector, in a country mostly characterized by family businesses. It also aims to contribute to understanding the main determinants and characteristics of family businesses in the literature, like family businesses and performance, namely, ownership, professionalization, company–family relationship, succession, management and performance practices. With this study’s results, it is also expected that they may be susceptible to discussion and comparison with family businesses from other countries and from different business areas.

To the issue of application of thermoplastic reinforced pipes for the construction of oil and gas pipelines in the Arctic

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-99
Author(s):  
A. A. Tolmachev ◽  
V. A. Ivanov ◽  
T. G. Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
The North ◽  
Reinforcing Fibers ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
Reinforcing Layer

Ensuring the safety of oil and gas facilities and increasing their facility life are today one of the most important tasks. Emergencies related to rupture and damage of steel pipelines because of their wear and tear and external factors are still the most frequent cases of emergencies during the transportation of hydrocarbons. To expand the fuel and energy complex in the north, in the direction of the Arctic, alternative types of pipelines are needed that solve the problems of reducing energy and labor costs in oil and gas companies, reducing the risk of environmental disasters and depressurization of pipelines during hydrocarbon production. Fiber-reinforced thermoplastic pipes can be such an alternative. This article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the materials of a composite system consisting of a thermoplastic pipe (inner layer) and reinforcing fibers (outer layer); we are discussing the design of the structural system consisting of polyethylene (inner layer) and aramid fibers (outer reinforcing layer).

Healthcare System in the Arctic Zone of Russia. Known and Emerging Issues and Solutions to Them

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
V.N. Leksin
Keyword(s):  
Metallurgical Industry ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Shift Workers ◽  
The North ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
The Impact

The impact on healthcare organization on the territory of Russian Arctic of unique natural and climatic, demographic, ethnic, settlement and professional factors of influencing the health of population, constantly or temporarily living on this territory is studied. The necessity is substantiated of various forms and resource provision with healthcare services such real and potential patients of Arctic medical institutions, as representatives of indigenous small peoples of the North, workers of mining and metallurgical industry, military personnel, sailors and shift workers. In this connection a correction of a number of All-Russian normative acts is proposed.

scholarly journals Holocene polynya dynamics and their interaction with oceanic heat transport in northernmost Baffin Bay

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Jackson ◽  
Anna Bang Kvorning ◽  
Audrey Limoges ◽  
Eleanor Georgiadis ◽  
Steffen M. Olsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Atlantic Water ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Baffin Bay ◽  
The North ◽  
North Water ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ocean Conditions

AbstractBaffin Bay hosts the largest and most productive of the Arctic polynyas: the North Water (NOW). Despite its significance and active role in water mass formation, the history of the NOW beyond the observational era remains poorly known. We reconcile the previously unassessed relationship between long-term NOW dynamics and ocean conditions by applying a multiproxy approach to two marine sediment cores from the region that, together, span the Holocene. Declining influence of Atlantic Water in the NOW is coeval with regional records that indicate the inception of a strong and recurrent polynya from ~ 4400 yrs BP, in line with Neoglacial cooling. During warmer Holocene intervals such as the Roman Warm Period, a weaker NOW is evident, and its reduced capacity to influence bottom ocean conditions facilitated northward penetration of Atlantic Water. Future warming in the Arctic may have negative consequences for this vital biological oasis, with the potential knock-on effect of warm water penetration further north and intensified melt of the marine-terminating glaciers that flank the coast of northwest Greenland.

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