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Shape-shifting and other points of convergence: Inuit art and digital technologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe
Maureen Flynn-Burhoe*
Affiliation:
RR2, Ste-Cécile-de-Masham, Quebec J0X 2WO, Canada
*
Email: ocean.flynn@sympatico.ca, http://www.artengine.ca/artists/maureen_flynn, http://aixl.uottawa.ca/~hfly029/index.html
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Abstract

Western thinking, which is predominantly linear and analytical, does not adequately give access to the complexities of Inuit visual culture. However hypertext offers new possibilities for information management, and the aboriginal communities are using it creatively to share information, as for example in the Internet record of the development of Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut. This article examines how and why interactive multimedia were the means chosen to develop a master’s thesis on the Inuit artist Jessie Oonark.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 38 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1999

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