1: Placing Economics: Telling Stories About Food and Making a Living

Introduction

Welcome to Puvirnituq

Narrative

Place

Issues of Economics

The Place of Economy and the Economy of Place

2: The Place of Country Foods / Country Foods in Place

Niqituinnaq

Seasons, Weather, Time, and Country Foods

Common Property and Country Foods

Animal Relations and Country Foods

The Social Relations of Country Foods

Memory, Home, and Country Foods

Knowledge, Place, and Country Foods

Health and Country Foods

Politics and Country Foods

Economics and Country Foods

3: The Political Economy of Nunavik and the Commoditization of Country Foods

Government Approaches to Economic Development in the Canadian North

The Political Economy of Nunavik

The Commoditization of Country Foods among Inuit: An Overview

Forms of Commoditization in Nunavik

4: Sold Down the River: The Business of Country Foods in Puvirnituq

History, Economy, and Society

The Commoditization of Country Foods in Puvirnituq

5: “If You Want to Buy, I’ll Sell it to You. If You’re Asking for it, I’ll Give it to You”: Change and Continuity

Selling off the Commons: Evolving Systems of Belief and Behaviour

Social Processes: Sharing, Community, and Identity

Money and Processes of Valuation

Scaling the Boundaries of Place

The Commoditization of Country Foods: Scale, Value, Identities, Community, and Futures

Epilogue: Closing the Circle?

Appendices

1. Country Foods Eaten in Puvurnituq

2. Employment, Population, and Earning Statistics for Puvirnituq

3. Comparative List o