Jonathan Spellerberg

taken from Uluadluak’s chapter, “Pamiqsainirmik (Training Children)” in Karetak, Tester, Tagalik (eds.), Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: What Inuit Have Always Known to be True (3/3)

“… she would make them sound like things to be revered … I was a small boy when she explained that snails dance when you sing to them - ‘aigataaniluu, aigattaani’ - and when my grandmother sang to them they would seem to actually dance to her singing” (2/3)

Such a beautiful story by Inuk Elder Donald Uluadluak from Arviat:
“I learned the importance of respecting all living creatures from my grandmother. My grandmother would walk and talk to my sister and me and explain to us all about the creatures and insects of the tundra that we passed by” (1/3)

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

Excited to share my first bits of PhD research at the Netherlands Polar Day 2025!
To prepare for collaborative research together with Inuit on digital media and cultural knowledge, I looked at how community-made websites are already reflecting Inuit ways of knowing.