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dc.contributor.advisorWalsh, Deatra
dc.contributor.authorSipola, Saara Marjatta
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-01T09:05:32Z
dc.date.available2019-11-01T09:05:32Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-03
dc.description.abstractThe past and current connections between indigenous peoples and global food production is complicated and multi-dimensional. Agro-ecology and sustainability, as strategies to alleviate global food production problems and, in this case, food insecurity, are consistent with indigenous communities’ traditional food harvesting practices. Historically, their sustainable food systems and culinary traditions have embodied the very essence of sustainability, millennia before it became “invented” by the mainstream societies (Oskal et al. 2018; Egede, 1998). In this context, Northern greenhouse development and Arctic gardening emerge as viable solutions toward addressing food insecurity, retaining food sovereignty, and creating opportunities for development. The aim of my thesis is to illustrate the importance of local food systems for indigenous peoples, and the efforts undertaken so far, to address food security and regional development in the North. My work looks at the intersection of food security and development through an examination of the evolution of Arctic gardening in the Arctic, with a focus on Nunavik, one of the four regions of Inuit Nunangat in Canada. More specifically, I look to the community of Kuujjuaq, located in Nunavik. Using secondary, published data, and primary source data, including interviews and participant observation, I address the following research questions in this thesis: What impacts can be identified from the development of community gardens and greenhouses in the North and how can gardening contribute to increased food security?en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16561
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDIND-3901
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectFood sovereigntyen_US
dc.subjectNunaviken_US
dc.subjectArctic gardeningen_US
dc.subjectNorthern greenhousesen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Urbanism and physical planning: 230::Spatial, territorial planning: 238en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Urbanisme og fysisk planlegging: 230::Romlig, territoriell planlegging: 238en_US
dc.titleFrom Community Gardens to Hybrid Hydroponics: The evolution of northern greenhouses and Arctic gardeningen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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