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

Inuksiutit项目(IFSNU)直接解决因纽特人努南加特社区的粮食主权问题。Inuksiuit--Inuktut对乡村食物的称呼--可以翻译成“让我们成为人的东西”。正如因纽特人所描述的那样，粮食主权是指享有健康、营养和文化上合适的食物的权利，以及相关的知识、语言和文化习俗。IFSNU建立在共同的理解之上，即食物将我们彼此联系起来，与我们的文化遗产和我们的环境联系起来。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记录，是支持健康和福祉、气候适应能力、代际分享和创造性表达的一种新颖和综合的方法。对因纽特人来说，实现粮食主权需要一种深远和全面的办法，这是理解殖民的复杂性质和确定非殖民化步骤的关键。因纽特人粮食安全战略、因纽特人气候变化战略和因纽特人国家研究战略直接回应了因纽特人粮食安全战略、因纽特人气候变化战略和国家因纽特人研究战略中提出的挑战，并直接响应建立耐气候基础设施以支持收获经济的呼吁：(1)确保关于国家粮食系统的知识和做法代代相传；(2)通过年轻一代因纽特人的能力建设促进社区福祉；(3)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了解。我们的研究将通过与两个社区(Arviat和Mittimatalik)的社区合作伙伴和英国合作伙伴的密切合作，确定和实施适用于因纽特人努南加特的粮食主权的途径。为了实现我们的项目目标，因纽特人和非因纽特人学者、社区研究人员、因纽特人知识持有者、长辈和年轻人组成了一支跨学科团队，他们具有以下专长：乡村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视觉和表演艺术。合作团队的大多数是因纽特人，居住在努纳武特。我们的研究团队将共同解决在气候变化适应和适应、环极健康和福祉以及社会和环境正义的背景下至关重要的关键问题：因纽特人的食物故事如何更新与祖先的社会纽带，维护社区习俗，并促进健康的饮食习惯，以支持社区健康？因纽特人的食物选择和可能的食物期货如何受到气候变化的影响？因纽特人的知识和食物故事如何有助于社会更充分地了解因纽特人努南加特的公平、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?