Inuksiutit: Food Sovereignty in Nunavut and the co-production of country food knowledge

Inuksiutit项目直接解决因努伊特Nunangat社区的粮食主权问题。Inuksiuit -一个Inuktut术语，意思是乡村食物-可以翻译为“使我们成为人类的东西”。依努伊特人所述，粮食主权是获得健康、营养和文化上适当的食物的权利，以及相关的知识、语言和文化习俗。IFSNu建立在共同的理解上，即食物将我们彼此联系起来，与我们的文化遗产和环境联系起来。以社区为基础的，协作的，定性的研究，重点是因纽特人国家食品知识的数字文档是一种新颖的综合方法，以支持健康和福祉，气候适应力，代际分享和创造性表达。对因努伊特人来说，实现粮食主权需要一个深远和全面的方法，是理解殖民化复杂性和确定非殖民化步骤的关键。 IFSNU直接应对因努伊特人Tapiriit Kanatami（ITK）粮食安全战略，ITK气候变化战略和国家因努伊特人研究战略中确定的挑战，并直接与建立气候抵抗基础设施的呼吁保持一致，以支持收获经济，方法是㈠确保关于国家粮食系统的知识-做法的代际传递;（ii）通过因纽特人年轻一代的能力建设促进社区福祉;（iii）促进地方、区域、国家和国际对因纽特人粮食不安全的驱动因素及其与气候变化的联系的理解。我们的研究将通过与两个社区（阿尔维亚特和米蒂马塔利克）和英国合作伙伴的社区合作伙伴密切合作，确定和实施适用于因纽特人努南加特的粮食主权途径。 为了实现我们的项目目标，IFSNU汇集了一个跨学科团队的因纽特人和非因纽特人的学者，社区为基础的研究人员，因纽特人的知识持有人，老年人和年轻人的专业知识：国家食品和因纽特人营养，公共卫生和流行病学，社会人类学，因纽特人Qaujimajatuqangit，参与/土著方法，策展实践，以及因纽特人的视觉和表演艺术。合作团队的大部分成员都是居住在努纳武特的因纽特人。我们的研究团队将共同解决气候变化适应能力和适应性、极地健康和福祉以及社会和环境正义方面的关键问题：因纽特人的食物故事如何更新与祖先的社会联系、维护社区习俗、促进健康饮食习惯以支持社区健康？气候变化如何影响因纽特人的食物选择和可能的食物未来？因努伊特人的知识和食物故事如何有助于社会更充分地了解因努伊特人的公平、正义和可持续性？

The Inuksiutit project (IFSNu) directly addresses food sovereignty issues in Inuit Nunangat communities. Inuksiuit - an Inuktut term for country food - can be translated as 'that which makes us human'. Food sovereignty, as described by Inuit, is the right to healthy, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food, and associated knowledge, language and cultural practices. IFSNu is founded on the shared understanding that food connects us to each other, to our cultural heritage, and our environment. Community-based, collaborative, qualitative research, focused on the digital documentation of Inuit country food knowledge is a novel and integrated method to support health and wellbeing, climate resilience, intergenerational sharing, and creative expression. For Inuit, achieving food sovereignty requires a far reaching and holistic approach and is key to understanding the complex nature of colonization and identifying steps towards decolonization. IFSNu responds directly to challenges identified in the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) Food Security Strategy, the ITK Climate Change Strategy, and the National Inuit Strategy on Research, and aligns itself directly with calls for the creation of climate-resistant infrastructure to support the harvesting economy by (i) ensuring the intergenerational transmission of knowledge-practices about country food systems;(ii) fostering community wellbeing through capacity-building in younger generations of Inuit; and (iii) advancing local, regional, national and international understanding of the drivers of food insecurity among Inuit and their connections to climate change. Our research will define and implement pathways to food sovereignty applicable to Inuit Nunangat through close collaboration with community-based partners in two communities (Arviat and Mittimatalik) and UK partners. To meet our project goals, IFSNu brings together an interdisciplinary team of Inuit and non-Inuit academics, community-based researchers, Inuit knowledge holders, Elders and young people with expertise in: country food and Inuit nutrition, public health and epidemiology, social anthropology, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, participatory/Indigenous methodologies, curatorial practice, and Inuit visual and performing arts. The majority of the collaborative team is Inuit, and resident in Nunavut.Together, our research team will address the critical questions which matter in the context of climate change resilience and adaptation, circumpolar health and well-being, and social and environmental justice: In what ways do Inuit food stories renew social bonds with ancestors, uphold community customs, and foster healthy eating practices to support community health? How are Inuit food choices and possible food futures being affected by climate change? How can Inuit knowledge and food stories contribute to a fuller societal understanding of equity, justice and sustainability in Inuit Nunangat?