The Auction Market for Contemporary Inuit Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary-Louise Davis
Description
Canadian Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010
Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation.
Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 3:58.
Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.
Brief discussion of artists' right to control reproduction and exhibition of their work and their moral right to the integrity of their creations.