Pelly bay 1939-1954 - franz van de velde photographic codex

• Date de parution : 13/07/2019
• Editeur : Pu De Louvain
• EAN : 9782875588203
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• Support : Papier

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• Thème : Ethnologie et Anthropologie
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This book examines the first photo album to document life at the Kugaaruk mission, which was founded at Arviligjuar and named Mission St. Pierre et la Vierge des Pauvres in 1935 by Father Pierre Henry, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI). Father Franz Van de Velde arrived... Voir plus

This book examines the first photo album to document life at the Kugaaruk mission, which was founded at Arviligjuar and named Mission St. Pierre et la Vierge des Pauvres in 1935 by Father Pierre Henry, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI). Father Franz Van de Velde arrived in Pelly Bay at the Kugaaruk mission on 23 April 1938 and spent the next 50 years of his life in the Canadian Arctic. During this time, he kept a detailed photographic record of Inuit life and the Catholic mission's activities. The photographs show not only the emergence the community of Kugaaruk but also a way of life, a spiritual universe, and a vast surrounding territory. Located in Nunavut, a territory created in Canada in 1999, Kugaaruk currently has a population of about one thousand people who self-identify as Netsilik Inuit. This population was obviously much less numerous during Father Van de Velde's time. Kugaaruk holds the record for the coldest windchill ever recorded in Canada: -92° C based on an air temperature of -51° C. Father Van de Velde's photos demonstrate how Inuit managed life in such conditions.