OBJECTIFYING AND NATURALIZING INDIVIDUALITY - A STUDY OF ADULT-EDUCATION IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC

This article argues that the objectification and naturalization of ind ividuality are integral to the moral regulation of Inuit in contempora ry Canadian society. After a review of existing literature which probl ematizes connections between individuality and power, and which positi ons education as a site for the production of individuality, the artic le presents a study of adult education in the Canadian Arctic. This st udy narrates the historical construction of individualized conceptuali zations of Inuit in Euro-Canadian discourses concerning education, and of administrative structures through which state-organized adult educ ation became possible in the Arctic. The article then documents the ty pical administrative practices of Arctic College adult educators, and identifies three indicators of Inuit resistance to adult education.