These are two printed maps of Inuit Nunangat. One map portrays actions that steward Arctic cooling, and by extension, the balance of the earth. The other map portrays actions that interfere with that stewardship, and by extension, interfere with Inuit sovereignty and ways of life, and the balance of the earth. Both maps are grounded in Inuit Nunangat political geography.

 

The maps respond to the abundance of media stories that amplify the Arctic as a distant, melting place, Inuit and animals as inevitable victims of climate change, and the emergence of new economic "opportunities" for the rest of the world.

 

Instead, this project re-centers the narrative of a balanced Arctic and the centrality of Inuit ways of life to stewarding that balance. And our responsibilities as southerners to cease interfering with Inuit obligations on the land.

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