Qui sommes-nous, où allons-nous ?⸱kinakkuuvita, namungngasivitaa?Biographies langagières de Kuujjuammiut plurilingues : un territoire, des vies, des voix, des objets et des rencontres

Anchored in the ethnosociolinguistics field of complexity (Blanchet, 2012), this doctoral thesis depicts a journey of gatherings with Inuit dealing with the stigma of their colonial history and seeking to protect their languages. The aim is to discuss the link between representations and identity construction, within an original multilingual ecology where indigenous and official languages of Canada coexist (Forlot, 2008). The sociolinguistic objectives of the study will focus on the participants' views on their plurilingualism and will highlight the complex relationships that are woven between the notions of languages, cultures and identities based on the collection of their linguistic biographies, stories linked to objects chosen by them, a collection of the (in)visible and sensitive linguistic landscape, as well as field notes taken during community events to which I had the privilege of being invited. This thesis also questions the notions of revitalization, (de)colonization and reconciliation (Lemaire, 2020 ; Patrick, 2015 ; Smith, 1999), the position of a researcher in an Indigenous environment (Moore et MacDonald, 2011), the role of community events (Li, Moore et Smythe, 2017), the connection to nature and place (Blenkinsop, Fettes et Piersol, 2022), as well as the place of visual and sensory methodologies (Budach, MacKay et Patrick, 2015 ; Dompmartin et Thamin, 2028 ; Melo-Pfeifer, 2015 ; Moore, 2024), particularly in an Indigenous environment and from an Indigenous perspective (Wilson, 2008).