ISBN
PDF : 9781926824468 ePub : 9781926824451 Papier : 9781926824116
Mot clés
anthropology, history, arctic studies
Parution
2011
Nombre de pages
286
Nombre de chapitres
40
Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes
Auteur
Ludwig Müller-Wille, Bernd Gieseking
Éditeur
Description
Wilhelm Weike, a 23-year old handyman from Minden/Germany, accidentally found himself spending the year of 1883-84 among Inuit and wintering with whalers on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. The fledgling scientist Franz Boas (1858-1942), later the eminent cultural anthropologist, hired Weike to attend to and assist him in his geographical and ethnological research following the first Polar Year of 1882-83. Weike’s journal is a fascinating text and an exceptional piece of working-class literature.
Ludger Müller-Wille and Bernd Gieseking have edited and annotated Weike’s journal extensively. They present his biography and highlight his observations and his contributions to Boas’s scientific work.
Table des matières
- Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes1
- TABLE OF CONTENTS7
- LIST OF FIGURES9
- PREFACE / The arctic year of an ordinary German11
- INTRODUCTION / Wilhelm Weike with Franz Boasamong Inuit and whalers duties and chronicling17
- PART I / WILHELM WEIKE / Arctic Journal and Letters(1883-1884)23
- Preparations and voyageon board the Germania (June 10 to August 27, 1883)25
- About sea and ice Letters fromon board the Germania (July 6 to August 26)41
- Among Inuit, whalers, and polar researchers (August 28 to September 16)47
- Boat trips and hikes(17 September to 22 October)57
- From an alien worldLetters from Qeqerten(August 28 to September 25)63
- Life and death at Qeqerten (October 23 to December 10)90
- On the ice and in iglus in Cumberland Sound(11 December 1883 to 7 January 1884)117
- Frostbite and recovery at Qeqerten (January 8 to April 10)135
- By dog team over Kingnait Passand along Davis Strait(April 11 to July 18)156
- Waiting for the whaling ships at Qivitung (July 19 to August 24)195
- Homeward voyage on board the Wolf (August 25 to September 1)207
- Back in GermanyCorrespondence with Franz Boas (1884-1889)209
- PART 2 / WILHELM WEIKE / Life in Germanyand on Baffin Island (1859-1917)213
- Youth in Häverstädt and servantin the Boas house hold in Minden (1859-1883)215
- Franz BoasGerman polar researchand expedition to Baffin Island (1882-1884)220
- Wilhelm Weike's writingsjournal and letters (1883-1889)227
- People and Places in the Canadian Arctic(August 1883 to September 1884)232
- PeoplesInuit, Qallunaat (whalers and Germans)233
- Arctic environment241
- Daily life243
- Health and illness250
- Insights into Inuit culture251
- Alcoholthe questionable drink of the Qallunaat252
- Return to Mindenreadjusting and marriage (October 1884 to December 1885)254
- Move to and life in Berlin (1886-1917)258
- Messages to and from Baffin Island (1884-1886)261
- Wilhelm Weike through Franz Boas' eyes263
- The Inuit and the Arcticthe Boasian enigma265
- And who was Wilhelm Weike?267
- Finale270
- Acknowledgements / Individuals271
- Institutions272
- Bibliography273
- Index281
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