The articulation of the Greenlandic culture in a globalised world
- There was always the notion of 'exoticness' when talking about the Greenlandic culture or identity. The shift this paper likes to suggest is to reject all attempts of defining culture and collective identity as obligatory _standards of a postcolonial society. Through processes of globalisation there are increasingly more contacts between cultures and the perception of the concept of culture is changing. We do not understand local people and their situation through fixing their practices as part of their culture or their single identity. In my opinion people in Greenland are aware of belonging to more than one culture and possessing more than one identity. On the contrary the articulation of culture through Greenlanders themselves reflects not a given fact but a marginal position in the global world system.
Metadaten| Author: | Frank SowaORCiD |
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| ISBN: | 87-90197-08-9 |
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| Parent Title (English): | Arctic societies and research: Dynamics and shifting perspectives. Proceedings of the First International Ph.D. School for Studies of Arctic Societies Seminar (IPSSAS), Nuuk 2002 |
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| Publisher: | Publikationsfond for Ilisimatusarfik |
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| Place of publication: | Nuuk |
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| Editor: | Michele Therrien |
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| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
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| Language: | English |
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| Date of first Publication: | 2004/07/01 |
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| Release Date: | 2026/05/18 |
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| Tag: | Grönland |
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| Pagenumber: | 37–47 |
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| institutes: | Fakultät Sozialwissenschaften |
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