FAH206H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Immanuel Kant
Document Summary
When toys and ornaments come into play: the transformative power of. Miniatures in canadian inuit cosmology by frederic laugrand and jarich. Oosten. for thousands of years, unuit people have been making miniatures. Tiny carvings representing humans and animals; made of ivory, antler, wood, etc: used as pendants, buttons, amulets, shows artistic ability and evokes a play of deception. Seem like innocent toys and ornaments but they are weapons with transformative power. Charms + amulets are weapons in the spiritual world. Objects, toys used for games playing with miniatures is a learning process for later life: girls helped in the kitchen, made dolls, etc, teaching was done through imitation, observation and experience. Miniatures do not only replace the object it repr. but sometimes precedes it. Use of miniature objects on burial places is a common feature. Eskimo custom to bury the dead with their belongings. (some are miniatures)
