HOUSES VILLAGES could be built and CRAFT A TOOL TOCHANGETHE WAY OPEN TO ALL ADULT RESIDENTS Doing Things Differently collaborative research project (SN 2019-2023)
SHARE your THOUGHts ON INUIT WAYS OF LIFE
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Our team is fundED by the Sentinel North research program (2019-23) Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (David Annanack, Nancy Etok, Hilda Snowball); Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau (Claude Gadbois, Marie-Christine Vanier); Kativik Regional Government (Paul Parsons); Société d’habitation du Québec (Marie-Pier Breton, Joanne Gauthier); Université Laval (Geneviève Vachon, Michel Allard, Myriam Blais, André Casault, Geneviève Cloutier, Samuel Boudreault, Myrtille Bayle, Arianne Côté, Sarah Gauthier).
To learn more, please visit www.doingthingsdifferently.ca
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cover : Shuvinai Ashoona Untitled (aerial view of Cape Dorset), 2007
ABOUT YOU and
I am an Inuk yes no I am years old
How interested are you in housing and planning issues? How can we reach you for future activities?
very moderatly not very
I am...
female male I prefer not to answer leaseholder house owner living in someone else’s house
My main occupation(s) is/are...
hunter / gatherer craftsperson / artist student employee entrepreneur volunteer at home
_________________
other________________________
Do you hold a diploma? yes no what kind?___________________
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YOUR HOUSEHOLD
I live ... by myself with my ... partner / spouse kids parents grandparents grandchildren kins / friends
other_____________________
How many people live in your house? ____ elders ____ adults ____ children in a ... detached house duplex apartment
Do you or your household own a vehicule? yes no
Do you or your household own a cabin ? yes no
If so, how often do you go? Once a... week month year
Have you ever lived in the South?
yes no
Where?
How long?
other_____________________ __________________ _______________
When I go, I stay there... a few days a week more than a week
Have you lived elsewhere in Nunavik? yes no
Where? How long? __________________ _______________
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• to do family activities
• to eat and prepare country food
pulaarvik
VISITING room
The pulaarvik should feel...
The ceiling should be...
big + open small + cosy low
high
The floor surface should be...
smooth
• to gather • _____________________________ • _____________________________ rough
fresh warm
hard soft
Come to our place, we will eat, we will eat, we will eat. If I eat alone, I will not eat well.
sheldon o’connel
‘‘The Beaver’’ Music of the Inuit (1979)
From : Penny Petrone ‘‘Northern Voices’’
What would you say to Sheldon?
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Which of these rooms should be in relation to the pulaarvik? (put numbers in order)
For a floor area similar to your house, would you rather have... (check one box)
a bigger pulaarvik
a bigger bedroom
more small bedrooms
a bigger porch
7 close
far Storage 5 Bathroom 4 Bedrooms 3 Kitchen 2 Porch 1
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Annie Pootoogook, Eating Seal at Home, 2001 pulaarvik
Other Rooms
Would you rather have... (check one box)
your own bedroom share a bedroom with family members it depends
or or
• to fit different needs
• to be quiet
• to adapt space
I wanted my own space. [...] Housing has a huge impact on youth life and other aspects.
olivia ikey Kuujjuaq
Artic Change conference (2017)
What would you say to Olivia?
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• • ____________________________
__________________________
Would you rather have rooms with...
Why?
One large open space Separations
In your home, which activities take place in the same room?
Which activities fit best in the same room?
(write numbers)
Which activities require a separate room?
(write numbers)
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study eat watch tv prepare food do crafts sleep 1 5 3 7 2 6 sew 4 8
+ + + + ___________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
Porches and windows
• to enter, to welcome
• to store
• to see the land •
What should each porch be used for? (connect with a line)
store country food
prepare country food
store clothes
store food
warm porch
get dressed
take a break
work, build, repair
store hunting supply
When an Inuk puts up a tent or an igloo, he [...] has to think about the wind and be very careful which way his door will face.
Mini aodla freeman
cape hope island, James Bay
Life Among the Qallunaat (1978)
cold porch
store sports gear
What would you say to Mini?
• ____________________________
_________________
Windows are mostly important to... (choose 3)
ventilate
see the land
see visitors arriving
look at the sky
check on my kids
have natural light
What is the best location for a window?
ground level
eye level
upper wall level
How many windows is ideal for each room?
bedroom
bathroom
kitchen
pulaarvik porch
B S
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B
look at the village B S B S B S
S
Big or Small? (circle)
near MY HOUSE
• to store equipment
• to build and repair
• to skin and smoke meat •
Ideally, the ground around my house would be... (check boxes)
How should the house relate to the ground? (check boxes)
on pad
on bedrock
Every day when I leave my house, it makes me feel like I want to go berry picking. If the land is damaged by development, that will affect us.
on ground
What would you say to this Inuk ?
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____________________________ • ____________________________
pad rock sand grass moss deck
Aupaluk Parnasimautik Consultation Report (2013)
Around the house, my family likes to ... (check boxes)
dry and smoke meat prepare animals eat make a campfire sit and chat with friends take care of dogs build and repair things store gear, vehicles do crafts
Outside space :Shed / Workshop : individual Communal area : -
Outside space : + Shed / Workshop : Partially shared Communal area : +/-
What would you agree to share with your neighbors? (connect with a line)
workshop
shed
deck / porch
share with anyone share with relatives don’t share
yard
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Shuvinai Ashoona, unknown title, 2009
Shared
Outside space : ++ Shed / Workshop : Shared Communal area : +
Outside Shed Communal
NEIGHBOuRHOoD
• to visit
• to get around
• to have access to services
In the village, I prefer to get around by... (check 2 per season)
winter summer
How should you be included in planning the village?
On Sundays, with my parents, we would go visit members of our family. They were all within walking distance of where we lived.
Martha flaherty inukjuak
Martha of the North (2009)
What would you say to Martha?
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_____________________________________ _____________________________________
• • ____________________________
Tim Pitsiulak, Family of Eight, 2008
Which village plan seems the most interesting to you? (check one box)
or draw your suggestion
linear
What’s most important for you? (check one box)
have a large plot live near services
In which area should an inuit house be? (write number)
How long are you willing to walk to services in winter?
5 min
10 min
I don’t want to walk
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Chisasibi (Cree) clusters
rectangular central Ouje-Bougoumou (Cree)
Mani-utenam (Innu)
Pessamit (Innu)
2 1
community space
• to gather and hang out
• to do sports and activities
• to share and learn
What belongs in an Inuit ‘‘public’’ space?
Inuit names
Watching the kids play outdoor hockey is exciting and it reminds everyone of the pleasure of being young and free.
Jeremy DebickiNunatsiaq News (2010)
What would you say to Jeremy?
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art
resting spot views
collective memory building entrance
• • ____________________________
Airport
1. What is the most used exterior place in the village? Put a on the map.
What do you do there?
(write numbers)
* special event share + exchange
2 7
1 6
4 5 9
3 8
berry picking fishing + mussels
hang out share knowledge __________
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2. Put a on an exterior place that could be improved. How? sports play
housing choices
• to live near relatives and friends
• to get diverse housing options
• to live in solidarity
•
How close to your relatives do you want to live? (connect with lines)
same house house next door
near adjacent house
partner / spouse
kids grandkids kin / friends parents elders
Town planning has to be [...] redesigned, based on traditional Inuit concepts of family cohesion and Akilliriit spaciousness between living spaces...
Zebedee nungak saputiligait
Inventing Arctic Town Planning
What would you say to Zebedee?
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_____________________________ • _____________________________
What would be the best housing options for you? (rank your 3 favorites)
detached house
semi-detached house
co-living
mixed-use (workshop/shop annex)
tiny house
multigenerational house row houses
elder’s residence apartment
cabin all year round
other:
temporary stay
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Ohotaq Mikkigak, Houses in Cape Dorset, 2011
dwelling control
• to make my own choices
• to have power over my living environment
What could be the advantages of owning a house? (check the boxes)
Pass on to kids
Design, build or modify Investment Security and pride
What could be the disadvantages of owning a house? (check the boxes)
Too expensive Maintenance Paperwork Inequality between households
If an Inuk wants something, he does it or builds it on his own, he doesn’t ask for someone else to do it for him
Mary Uyarartek
Sense of Place and Cultural identites : Inuit Domestic Spaces in transition (2001)
What would you say to Mary?
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• __________________________ • __________________________
____________
Even if I don’t own my house, I would like to...
choose its location
build it
choose its look _________________________
What should the community have more access to? (circle)
Construction funding
Construction training
Design assistance
___________________
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Who should... (connect with a line)
design its interior spaces modify / renovate it
– + – + – + – + – +
/ provincial Regional Northern village myself my family local group / organization
for houses Manage houses Build houses Own houses Own the plot
___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Luke Anguhadluq, Drum Dance, 1970 Inuktitut_ilinniaqta (instagram), 2019 Building materials
Same More
federal
Pay
Why?
Living Outside the village?
If you could, would you live year round in the periphery of the village (just outside municipal limits)?
Yes ___________________________ _______________________________
No ___________________________ _______________________________
Maybe ________________________
Where? (circle)
• to live in harmony with Nuna
• to share ancestral knowledge
• to have more space
•
• ____________________________
If so, what would be the benefits for you and your family? (choose 3)
food security
well-being
share knowledge
autonomy
It’s we Inuit who have to stand up and save as much land as possible. Always remember this is our land, the Inuit country.
Willie Thrasher aklavik, northwest Territories
Northern Voices : Inuit writing in English (1976)
stay active
connect with ancestors
_________________________
Marchand, Pichette, Gagnon and Présumé
What would be the biggest challenges in living on the periphery year round? (check boxes)
housing
access to commodities
school access
transportation
healthcare money
regulations
other:
I wouldn’t like to live on the periphery
Marchand, Pichette, Gagnon and Présumé
What strategies would make living on the land year round a reality?
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DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY
colla B oraT ive research P ro J ec T ( sn 2019-2023)
Thank you
At any time during the process, for questions or worries, please contact:
Geneviève vachon principal co-investigator
(581) 305-8097 (phone or text)
genevieve.vachon@arc.ulaval.ca
École d’architecture de l’Université Laval
1 Côte de la Fabrique, Québec (QC) G1R 3V6
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This collaborative research project was approved by the community at the March 2020 Parnasimautik and by the Research Ethics Committee of Université Laval (approval no. 2020-161 A-1 / 02-09-2021).