Many Norths: Spacial Practice in a Polar Territory

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“There are lots of norths on this North.” – Louis-Edmond Hamelin, 1975

Many Norths: Spatial Practice in a Polar Territory charts the unique spatial realities of Canada’s Arctic region, a major territory populated with small, dispersed communities. The region has undergone dramatic transformations within the name of sovereignty, aboriginal affairs management, resources, and trade, among others. For a few of the Arctic’s up to date history, architecture, infrastructure, and settlements have been the tools of colonialism. Nowadays, tradition and modernity are intertwined. Northerners have demonstrated remarkable adaptation and resilience as powerful climatic, social, and economic pressures collide. This unprecedented book documents—throughout the themes of urbanism, architecture, mobility, monitoring, and resources—the multiplicity of norths that appear and the spatial practices employed to negotiate it. The use of innovative drawings, maps, timelines, in addition to essays and interviews, Many Norths reveals a distinct northern vernacular.

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