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Stephanie Mašková | Anthropological linguistics

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Stephanie Mašková | Anthropological linguistics

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The postcolonial linguistic landscape in Kalaallit Nunaat is multilingual. Nevertheless, the semantics of words that have emerged from the contact between Kalaallisut and Danish in Kalaallit Nunaat have rarely been examined under a linguistic microscope.

As living historical artifacts, contact words can tell stories about the contexts in which they were created and of which they are a part. In a study of selected contact words conducted in collaboration with speakers who use these words, this research contributes knowledge about linguistic and cultural encounters and provides insight into the postcolonial hybrid realities that the words reflect.

April-July 2024

Contact: stephaniemaskova.pedersen@griffithuni.edu.au

Affiliation: Griffith Univeristy

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The long-term aim of this collaboration is to present the recent history (17th – 21st century) of Greenland environmental change collectively determined from Indigenous narratives, colonial archives and traditional scientific knowledge (salt marsh data) and deliver these histories back to the communities in Greenland from where they originated via non-traditional dissemination routes.

To meet the long-term aim of unifying different but complementary sources of information we propose to undertake a pilot exercise in a single town in southern Greenland (Narsaq) which will consist of in-person listening exercises between UK and Greenlandic partners at the Narsaq International Research Station (NIRS) to (1) Promote current research into historical Greenland environmental changes and scope community involvement (2) Establish a diverse working group to (3) understand the needs and interests of the local community with a view to delivering palaeo-archival information back to the communities from which it originated.

I would like to connect with people who have an interest in translating environmental information from archives from Danish into Greenlandic/English. Renumeration will be provided

Contact: leanne.wake@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation: Northumbria University

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The doctoral thesis addresses the pressing challenge of re-grounding environmental and climate upheavals into meaningful local experiences of the world. While investigating globalising narratives around the ecological and climate disaster, I suggest that voices from yonder (non-Western worlds) contain the seed both to express an ontological and epistemological diversity, and to produce a radical critic of the Global. To defy the uniform framing of ongoing upheavals, I ground the analysis with empirical insights from Ittoqqortoormiit (Inuit Nunaat), where long-dwelling and repetitive fieldworks are conducted. The critical ethnographical approach deployed shed lights on unheard and invisibilised stories. I argue that if voices have to be raised, it has to be among local communities, in order for these narratives to perform with respect to the world(s). Hence, the thesis both addresses the climate and environmental crisis as a moment that directly threatens (certain) ways of being in the world, and as a global narrative that potentially pursue a dynamic of marginalisation-invisibilisation of the non-Western worlds. I will be in position to draw alternatives or pluriversal stories that nurture the framing of global changes by decentring the gaze and offering new ontological and epistemological resources to understand multidimensional upheavals. Also, a substantial aspect of the thesis aims to reflect on my privileged research posture, trying to tame a way of being respectfully working with/within/for disempowered communities.

2021-2023

Contact: tanguy.sandre@uvsq.fr

Link: Semper Arctic - Nordregio projects

Affiliation: CEARC, UVSQ, University Paris Saclay

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To reveal if changed climate may affect migratory behavior and trophic niche use, we will combine acoustic telemetry, physiological sampling techniques, sampling for stable isotopes (SIA) and genomics to examine charr populations in two neighboring fjord systems in Southwestern Greenland. One of the sites receives influx from glacial runoff whereas the other does not. The aim is to quantify variation in migratory tactics and the extent of marine habitat use of anadromous Arctic charr between the two ecologically very different fjord systems, and link distributions to important environmental variables like temperature, salinity and marine productivity. The current lack of knowledge regarding migratory tendencies makes it impossible for resource managers to ensure that different migratory behaviour types are protected, thus ensuring a portfolio of migration strategies are present within a given river system to deal with impending climate change. Knowledge from sites with limited other anthropogenic impacts will be crucial in providing this understanding.

August-september 2023

Contact: jan.davidsen@ntnu.no

Link:

Isaaffik the arctic gateway

https://knr.gl/kl/nutaarsiassat/ilisimatuut-qaqortup-kangerluani-eqaluit-ingerlaarfiat-misissuiffigilerpaat?overridden_route_name=entity.node.canonical&base_route_name=entity.node.canonical&page_manag

https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2024/01/climate-change-in-greenland-could-cause-trouble-for-arctic-char/

Affiliation: NTNU University museum

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We study Arctic plant regeneration adaptations to changing environments.

August-September 2024

Contact: rosbakh@plen.ku.dk

Affiliation: University of Copenhagen

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We are using a ship to send an ROV to the termini of three glaciers in West Greenland. From the ship, we will also be conducing a suite of geophysical/oceanographic experiments to characterize sedimentation rates in front of glaciers.

August 2024

Looking for: help with permitting

Contact: gcatania@ig.utexas.edu

Affiliation: University of Texas

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In summer 2024, we are convening a summer school in Nuuk, which will be focused on Greenland's coastal margins. We are targeting late stage PhD students and early career postdocs. The summer school website is here: https://griso.ucsd.edu/griso-summer-school-2024/

And in general I am interested in ice-ocean interactions in the Uummannaq region, as well as Southeast Greenland (Sermilik Fjord).

September 2024

Looking for: collaborators and anyone going to be in Nuuk in Sept 2024

Contact: dsuth@uoregon.edu

Affiliation: University of Oregon

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My research project looks at renewable energy development and its socioeconomic impacts in Nunavut and Greenland from a gendered perspective. Specifically, I look at the municipalities of Sanikiluaq and Aasiaat to see how renewable energy development takes into account community participation and its impact assessment for the community itself from the point of view of the government sector, the private sector, and civil society. Participation fatigue is also included as a factor in the study.

Spring

Looking for: Information and contacts

Contact: asoer028@uottawa.ca

Affiliation: University of Ottawa

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Lise Autogena | Narsaq International Research Station

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Lise Autogena | Narsaq International Research Station

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Narsaq International Research Station (NIRS) hosts researchers across health sciences, natural sciences, humanities and the arts staking place in South Greenland. NIRS initiates projects and works with visiting researchers to facilitate collaborations with local residents, schools and organisations to ensure that new knowledge developed in the region is shared and made accessible to the local community.

Contact: lise@narsaqresearchstation.gl

Link: Narsaq International Research Station (NIRS) (narsaqresearchstation.gl)

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Pauliina Oinonen | NAPA - The Nordic Institute in Greenland

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Pauliina Oinonen | NAPA - The Nordic Institute in Greenland

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I work with administration of grants for research and other projects for all of the Nordic & Arctic countries.

I'm looking to inform researchers about our grants and get an overview of what kind of research gets conducted in the country.

Contact: pauliina@napa.gl

Link: Søg penge til projekter - Arktisk Samarbejdsprogram - NAPA

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I study the 'jellied condition' / 'mushy halibut syndrome' in Greenland halibut from the Greenlandic fishery. 'Jellied/mushy' fish are of low quality and hard to utilize, and my focus is to characterize the syndrome and explore technological initiatives for detection of affected fish in the commercial fishery.
The project is a collaboration between University of Copenhagen, University of Greenland, Technical University of Denmark, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and Royal Greenland.

Contact: nls@sund.ku.dk

Link: Biologisk variation af hellefisk i Grønland – Optimering af bæredygtighed, kvalitet og den kommercielle handelsværdi (Qaleralik) | Grønlands Forskningsråd (nis.gl)

Affiliation: University of Copenhagen

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I am involved in several projects concerning in-situ measurements of ice sheet surface mass balance and ice motion, with multiple international collaborators. Another project deals with proglacial hydrology. I also work with locals to establish Tiny Forests in south Greenland, and create global climate awareness through the Greenland Trees charitable project.

I'm looking for advice on whether or not to establish the Ice and Climate Research Organization in Greenland

Contact: dirk@greenlandguidance.com

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Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Kivioq, Nuuk

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The goal of this project is to investigate the pattern of deglaciation of Nuup Kangerula using different seafloor datasets, as well as environmental changes in connection with late human settlements in the area, such as the recent Little Ice Age.

looking for: information on societal needs

Contact: dikr@natur.gl

Affiliation: Greenland Climate Research Centre

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Charlotte Sigsgaard | Arctic ecosystem monitoring

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Charlotte Sigsgaard | Arctic ecosystem monitoring

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The project "GeoBasis" is a part of the long-term monitoring programme Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM). GeoBasis collects data on greenhouse gas fluxes between land and atmosphere, snow, soil and permafrost properties, river water runoff and transport of sediment.

June to September 2024

Contact: cs@ign.ku.dk

Link: Home | The Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) Database. Open research data on Arctic ecosystems and climate change | The Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) Database (g-e-m.dk)

Affiliation: University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

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Ajay Kumar | Space borne geodesy for Glacier Dynamics

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Ajay Kumar | Space borne geodesy for Glacier Dynamics

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I utilized Microwave Remote Sensing to estimate Glacier Velocity in my research on Greenland glaciers. I employed three techniques and will now identify the most effective one for estimating glacier velocity.

Contact: Ajay.kumar.c2021@iitbombay.org

affiliation: Indian Institute Of technology Bombay, India

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Mona Madsen | Seniors in Their Own Homes

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Mona Madsen | Seniors in Their Own Homes

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Seniors in Their Own Homes - Resources and Local Communities

The project aims to explore the resources and contributions of elderly individuals to their local communities in Greenland. As the elderly population in Greenland grows, it's crucial to establish a welfare system that supports their health in tater years. The research question delves into how the elderly's resources are perceived and experienced, and how they can be integrated into community development and maintenance.
The methodology involves ethnographic fieldwork in the town of Sisimiut and the nearby village of Sarfannguit, focusing on seniors living at home and participating in their daily routines. Addi tionally, semi-structured interviews and sharing circles will be employed to gather data from the elderly, other community groups, and professionals. This data will undergo thematic analysis.
The project's objective is to pinpoint and promote positive elements aiding individuals, local com munities, and organizations to flourish. It also seeks to prevent seniors from feeling marginalized and lonely, as their experiences, knowledge, skilts, and culture are invaluable to society. The pro ject's tindings will be showcased in an exhibition, serving both as a medium for dissemination and an intervention to boost community development.

Contact: Mona.madsen@sammivik.gl

Affiliation: Ilisimatusarfik

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Tracy Michaud | Sustainable tourism development

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Tracy Michaud | Sustainable tourism development

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Arctic Education Alliance-Sustainable tourism development education with CAK and USM students working together to assess and create tourism management recommendations that bring both the tourist and local perspectives together. This project began and continues at the request of our Greenlandic partners and communities.

Contact: tracy.michaud@maine.edu

Affiliation: University of Southern Maine

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My current research in Greenland focuses on two projects.

1.     The Maine-Greenland Collaborations is an interdisciplinary project that combines art with the social and natural sciences to explore cultural, environmental, and socio-economic changes facing coastal communities in Maine and Greenland. Research and creative activities include interviews with coastal residents, arts-based community workshops, and treks across diverse land and seascapes.

2.     My dissertation research will focus on women entrepreneurs in sheep farming, wool production, and tourism in Maine, Greenland, and the North Atlantic.

I have also worked with the Arctic Education Alliance (AEA) which is a collaboration between Greenlandic and American education institutions to build education capacity in Greenland for land and fisheries management, sustainable tourism, and hospitality that was launched by the U.S. Department of State in 2020. Through professional relationships and ongoing collaboration between institutions of higher education and vocational studies in Greenland and the United States, and in line with the Government of Greenland’s overall objectives, the AEA seeks to help Greenland meet its workforce development needs in the 21st century.

Looking for: I would love to connect with researchers studying social science related to women entrepreneurs in sheep farming, wool production, and tourism in Maine, Greenland, and the North Atlantic.

Contact: lisa.luken@maine.edu

Affiliation: University of Southern Maine

Link: MAINE-GREENLAND COLLABORATIONS (meglartcp.org) / Arctic Education Alliance (uaf.edu)

Location: Qassiarsuk

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Anthropology of light and health. What are the daily routines during the dark months in the everyday lives of Greenlandic people in the rural areas. Focus is on how communities adapt to the lack of natural light during seasonal darkness. Theoretical focus is the coloniality of medical knowledge, and its lack of incorporation of community knowledge on health.

Looking for: I have very limited contacts in Greenland, and none for rural Greenland. Any help with respect to the practical side of fieldwork such as a place to stay, interpreters, transport, and an overview of costs involved would be greatly appreciated.

Contact: sumisen@ad.helsinki.fi

Affiliation: Helsinki University

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My project explores the different drivers of biological productivity in lakes that resemble those that provide critical ecosystem services for Greenlandic communities (e.g., drinking water, irrigation water, etc.). I will be collecting sediment cores from lakes near Narsaq and measuring chemical biomarkers called pigments as fossilized remains of photosynthetic organisms in the lakes, with an emphasis on cyanobacteria and risks or histories of eutrophication.

July and August 2024

Looking for: Translators and local contacts in Narsaq to organize outreach events (e.g., teaching a science workshop, having community help with sample collections, etc.)

Contact: miatuccillo@u.northwestern.edu

Affiliation: Northwestern University

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The GreenHAB project looks at toxin producing microalgae which can cause environmental damage, threatening ecosystem function and services, like sea food availability. Toxin producing microalgae have been increasingly recorded in the Arctic Ocean in recent years.

August 2024; jJuly-August 2025

Looking for: Contacts: Fish and Shellfish industry, Local shellfish fishers - in Disko Bay and towards the south of Greenland; People from Health Sector - Nurse System

Contact: maurits.halbach@hifmb.de

Affiliation: Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI)

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Anne Lise Kappel | Occupational Safety and Health

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Anne Lise Kappel | Occupational Safety and Health

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The first study of health and safety performance in Greenlandic companies shows a lack of compliance. In 2024, work will be done to further uncover the reasons for this and relate it to retention issues.

Contact: alka@uni.gl

Affiliation: Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland)

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Adrian Finch | Geology of metal resources

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Adrian Finch | Geology of metal resources

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I am Professor of Geology at Uni St Andrews, specialising in the geochemistry of rift-related magmas and focussing particularly on the metal resources that can be found within them. My research focusses on describing the mineral deposits which form in rift environments, which include rare earths, niobium and tantalum. I work by explaining the shape and grade of the deposit and by developing models of how they formed. I have worked on alkaline rocks from all over the world (Mongolia to Malawi to Greenland) with a particular reputation for fieldwork in the Arctic.

Looking for: Links to other researchers in Greenland

Contact: aaf1@st-and.ac.uk

Link: Professor Adrian Finch

Affiliation: University of St Andrews

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Finch - Arctic Hub Presentation 7 Feb 2024

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In 2007, Denmark launched the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) to assess the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet. The two major contributors to the ice sheet mass loss are surface melt and a larger production of icebergs through faster ice flow. PROMICE focuses on both processes. Ice movement and discharge are tracked by satellites and GPS. The surface mass balance is monitored by a network of weather stations in the melt zone of the ice sheet, providing ground truth data to calibrate mass budget models.

The Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) was established in 1995 by Prof. Konrad Steffen at CIRES, to obtain knowledge of the mass gain and climatology of the ice sheet. The programme was funded by the USA until 2020, at which point Denmark assumed responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the weather station network. The snowfall and climatology are monitored by a network of weather stations in the accumulation zone of the ice sheet, supplemented by satellite-derived data products.

Together, the two monitoring programmes deliver data about the mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet in near real-time.

April-September 2024

Contact: pho@geus.dk

Affiliation: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

Link: PROMICE - GC-NET / PROMICE | Isaaffik the arctic gateway / Greenland Climate Network | Isaaffik the arctic gateway

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Kerim Nisancioglu | Climate science and sustainability

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Kerim Nisancioglu | Climate science and sustainability

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ClimateNarratives is an interdisciplinary research project in the climate sciences focusing on identifying risks, vulnerability, innovation and adaption possibilities for indigenous communities living along the coast of Greenland and on low-lying islands of the Pacific. Both of these communities live close to nature and to the ocean, and are facing new challenges and opportunities due to climate change: As the glaciers and the sea ice along the coast of Greenland retreats, new land is appearing and the fjords are opening; meanwhile, on low-lying island states of the Pacific, land is disappearing as the ice melts, and the communities are at an ever increasing risk of storm surges and floods.

What is novel with the ClimateNarratives project is the combination of climate science, social science and art together with local indigenous knowledge and narratives across cultures and generations in the search to identify challenges and possibilities in the face of current and as well as future climate changes.

Open for art and science residencies. Applications thru ILLU - Science and Art

Contact: kerim@uib.no

Link: Climate Narratives (uib.no)

Affiliation: University of Bergen / Bjerknes Center for Climate Research

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We are using a network of novel satellite navigation receivers (GNSS) to measure the surface mass balance and ice deformation in the vicinity of Summit Station, Greenland.

Contact: robert.l.hawley@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation: Dartmouth College

Link: Research – Glaciology Lab (dartmouth.edu)

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Gert Mulvad | Family Health, One Health,

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Gert Mulvad | Family Health, One Health,

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EU Horizon Zeropollution One Health
Dermatologi in Greenland
Lancet Commission Health and Wellbeing in the Arctic

Looking for: EU Horizon One Health: develop school education material.

Contact: gm@peqqik.gl

Affiliation: Institut for Sundhed og Natur, Ilisimatusarfik

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The Greenland Hazards Project joins science and government collaborators in Greenland to address needs for information about natural hazards using radar and optical remote sensing, geodetic field studies and community-based photogrammetry projects.

Looking for: Research partners, learning opportunities

Contact: jessicarich@vt.edu

Affiliation: Virginia Tech (United States)

Link: The Greenland Hazards Project | Earth Science and Observation Center (colorado.edu)

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As the Arctic warms, the environment is rapidly changing; ice sheets, ice caps, and glaciers are thinning and receding; and permafrost is degrading. In some areas, such as southeastern Alaska and Greenland, these changes can trigger landslides, which in turn can generate localized tsunami-like waves when the landslides flow into fjords and other coastal waters. Since 1995, several coastal landslides have triggered tsunami-like waves, tragically resulting in the loss of lives, damage to infrastructure, and the abandonment of communities in western Greenland. This project is carefully mapping how Greenland is changing in response to ice thinning and is exploring the developing risk of landslides and other hazards. The research integrates local observations made by Greenlandic people in their communities with data collected through advanced remote sensing to learn how hazards evolve over time. The collaboration between US and Greenlandic scientists and Greenlandic residents will be critical to ensure that the research addresses community needs. This project is providing the first Greenland-wide analysis of unstable land and how hazards affect infrastructure and society, while prototyping a monitoring system that could provide warning of approaching large waves.

Researchers are examining and modeling high energy events such as rockslides and avalanches to ascertain their potential tsunami threats to communities around the country. The project team hypothesizes that the known distribution of recorded landslides is controlled by rock type, slope and aspect and then by proximity to retreating glaciers, changing permafrost, temperatures and precipitation. Satellite radar, optical imagery and topographic differencing are being used to investigate geophysical changes and how they alter hazards on regional scales. On local scales, drone surveys are examining permafrost changes and rock instabilities on seasonal to sub-daily timescales. Machine learning and modeling are being applied at all scales to identify patterns of change. In addition, a qualitative study is advancing our understanding of the communication processes through which scientific and Greenlandic communities give meaning to environmental changes and hazards through diverse ways of knowing and multiple forms of expertise. The project is building capacity for geodesy, remote sensing, and machine learning through a series of workshops in Greenland. A multilingual website is providing a source of open, intuitively understandable, and easily accessible information that municipalities can use to inform decision making and policy. The project is developing a communication-theory based virtual workshop on community engagement at annual NNA meetings that is being shared with program managers at NSF. The project data are useful to a wide range of disciplines, with work relevant to solid earth geophysics, glaciology, oceanography, natural hazards, and the field of communication.

For information on this project, please contact Kristy Tiampo.

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As the Arctic warms, the environment is rapidly changing; ice sheets, ice caps, and glaciers are thinning and receding; and permafrost is degrading. In some areas, such as southeastern Alaska and Greenland, these changes can trigger landslides, which in turn can generate localized tsunami-like waves when the landslides flow into fjords and other coastal waters.

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Louise Mercer | Community-based environmental monitoring

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Louise Mercer | Community-based environmental monitoring

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I am interested in supporting the development of community-based
environmental monitoring programs and citizen science research programs.

Potentially Sisimiut and Kangerlussuaq but open to all areas.

Looking for: Contacts/information/research partners

Contact: louise.mercer@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation: Northumbria University

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Clement Pindstrup Scavenius | Research coordinator

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Clement Pindstrup Scavenius | Research coordinator

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Research coordination and administration at Ilisimatusarfik

Contact: clss@uni.gl

Affiliation: Ilisimatusarfik

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Researching distance teaching in schools.

Contact: andgaard@uni.gl

Affiliation: Ilisimatusarfik

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At GEUS, we monitor the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet using mathematical models, satellite observations and weather stations.
Each year, we carry out maintenance of our weather stations on the ice sheet visiting more than 20 locations over the year.

May - September

Contact: nbk@geus.dk

Affiliation: GEUS

Link: GC Net: Greenland Climate Network | Isaaffik the arctic gateway

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I work on the Greenfjord project which investigate the effect of global change in Narsaq region.

Contact: laine.chanteloup@unil.ch

Affiliation: université de lausanne

Link: Green Fjord (greenfjord-project.ch)

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Foreign policy analysis, crisis management and mining.

Contact: maac@uni.gl

Affiliation: Ilisimatusarfik

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My research project focus on television archives from the beginning of national television in Greenland in the 1980´s. My four articles are varied, the first is about how the media has represented the missionary Hans Egede through 50 years (1971-2021). The next article is about how Danmarks Radio an KNR collaborated to start up the national tv in Greenland. The third article focus on how KNR-TV uses their archives in their daily broadcasting and how the viewers think of that. The last article puts the importance in keeping archival material through digitization, in order to maintain the modern history in Greenland to the future.

Contact: avfl@uni.gl

Affiliation: Ilisimatusarfik

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Marie Frost Arndal | Zackenberg research station

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Marie Frost Arndal | Zackenberg research station

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Zackenberg Research Station is an ecosystem research and monitoring facility at Zackenberg (74º28’ N, 20º34’ W) in Northeast Greenland. A branch facility is situated at Daneborg, 25 km north-east of Zackenberg

Zackenberg welcomes national and international scientists and students who wish to carry out research projects or run a course.

In addition to individual research projects and programmes, a comprehensive environmental monitoring programme, is operating at Zackenberg since 1995. This programme is coordinated with a monitoring programme in Nuuk and in Disko in West Greenland under the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring programme.

Station open April - September

Contact: zackenberg@au.dk

Link: Zackenberg Research Station (g-e-m.dk)

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Characterize shifting river discharge contributions in northern Greenland to understand current and future changes in river water source (e.g., glacial or permafrost), magnitude, elemental composition, and timing.

June to August.

Contact: esklein@alaska.edu

Affiliation: University of Alaska Anchorage

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Zooplankton, fish and fish larvae around Greenland.

Contact: cabo@natur.gl

Affiliation: Pinngortitaleriffik

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My main research interest is on the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on local ecosystems and global biogeochemical/carbon cycling.

Contact: lome@natur.gl

Affiliation: Greenland Institute of Natural resources

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Thomas Varming | Geology and geological mapping

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Thomas Varming | Geology and geological mapping

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GEUS will make a geological map of the area around Ilulissat.

15. july - 5. august

Contact: tvar@geus.dk

Affiliation: GEUS

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Ivalu Ingemann Mathiassen | Education and language acquisition

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Ivalu Ingemann Mathiassen | Education and language acquisition

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I am studying the question of reading strategies and reading instruction among elementary-school-aged children in Greenland. I have conducted field work in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades, during two separate years (data were collected in 2020-2023). I examined reading strategies and identified five distinct strategies that children use as they are learning to read. The study is still in the process of analysis and writing. Taking place in three different municipalities in Greenland.

Contact: ivah@uni.gl

Affiliation: Institute of Learning, University of Greenland/Ilisimatusarfik.

Link: Ivalu Mathiassen - Ilisimatusarfik (uni.gl)

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Forskningsrapporten præsenterer resultater fra forskningsprojektet "Læseundervisning som fjernundervisning i faget grønlandsk". Rapportens analyser tager udgangspunkt i elevernes læsninger i læseværktøjet EyeJustRead, hvor en læsevejleder er tilknyttet fra en anden skole. Læsestrategier hos grønlandske elever I denne artikel beskrives ph.d.-projektet "Elevers stavelses- og morfemiske læsestrategier på yngstetrinnet".

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Paninnguaq Boassen | Research Methodology

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Paninnguaq Boassen | Research Methodology

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I propose, and will research as my PhD project, the hypothesis that social networking in Inuit communities is professional networking and so needs to be regarded as important by researchers.
Theoretical analysis and fieldwork will inform my understanding of the usage of Inuit networking in research matters, and how researchers can interact with the network.
Further, my research will discuss the structure and content of ethical research guidelines in Kalaallit Nunaat, which will be the foundation for the product of my PhD project: A proposed methodology for researchers who do fieldwork pertaining to local people in Kalaallit Nunaat.

Summer 2024

Looking for: Kalaallit who have been collaborating with researchers, to hear their perspective on communication with researchers.

Contact: pabo@vt.edu

Affiliation: Virginia Tech University

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I'm working in EU Horizon project ILLUQ that aims to provide a holistic approach to permafrost thaw, pollution, One Health and well-being in the Arctic and to deliver timely products on the threats from
contaminant release, infrastructure failure and ecosystem changes to stakeholders.

Contact: ulla.timlin@oulu.fi

Affiliation: University of Oulu

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The goal is to understand changes and interactions among arctic system components (climate, people, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, sea-ice and glacier extent) in Inutoqqaq Nunaat (Peary Land) north of the Greenland Ice Sheet, where people with stone tool technology managed to survive for prolonged periods during the past ~4500 years. We will produce multi-proxy high resolution, quantitative records of climate and vegetation from lake sediments, and to examine the persistence of polynyas along the coast, where marine mammals congregate, using high-resolution model simulations.

early August 2024

Looking for: Logistics partners to share aircraft time (Twin Otter, helicopter)

Contact: rbradley@umass.edu

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts

Link: Wandel Dal Project

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I have a few ongoing projects:
- improve subglacial bed topography mapping (through the development of BedMachine)
- improve the representation of calving in ice sheet models
- improve predictions of the future contribution of the Greenland Ice sheet to sea level rise.

Contact: mathieu.morlighem@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation: Dartmouth College

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“Scientific tourism” in the Arctic: a case study in South Greenland (Narsaq, Qaqortoq, Nanortalik). Social science fieldwork survey mission in 2024.

Contact: european.sustainability@gmail.com

Affiliation: European Sustainability Center

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Allison Gaylord | science support mapping

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Allison Gaylord | science support mapping

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I work on the US NSF supported Arctic Research Mapping Application (https://battellearcticgateway.org/program-locations/interactive-maps/armap-new) which includes information about NSF funded field-based research in Greenland. We’ve been sharing this information with Isaaffik for the last decade. We have a public API for query of ISO XML on the projects that includes dates in and out of the field. (It may take a couple minutes to load in a web browser but please see https://api.battellearcticgateway.org/v1/armap/projects/isaaffik). We can also share via GIS friendly webservices.

Contact: nunatech@usa.net

Affiliation: Nuna Technologies

Link: Home | Battelle ARO Gateway (battellearcticgateway.org)

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Michelle Pratt | Science Communication and Education

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Michelle Pratt | Science Communication and Education

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Polar STEAM is a science communication program that matches educators with researchers in Arctic environments, including Greenland.

Looking for: NSF-funded researcher partners interested in bringing an educator to the field as part of their team. I'm interested in all the thematic breakout sessions, not limited to one area of science.

Contact: michelle.pratt@oregonstate.edu

Affiliation: Polar STEAM/Oregon State University

Link: Polar STEAM

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Dimitris Symeonidis | youth mobilization

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Dimitris Symeonidis | youth mobilization

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DSGN brings together NGOs, policymakers and companies and, through policy and strategy advisory, formulates decentralized working models where every stakeholder can harness their full potential. Our network is so far extended to Central Asia and the Arctic, with more than 10 countries already represented. We provide valuable insights in:
- Innovative business models
- Hybrid renewable energy and regenerative agroforestry communities
- Green skills uptaking, climate & environment education
- Innovation ecosystem mentoring & enabling.

Looking for: Contacts, research partners.

Contact: dsgnpartners@gmail.com

Affiliation: Decentralised Solutions Global Network

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I am a geologist /hydrogeologist working for a global environmental engineering firm as a consultant for Federal facilities worldwide.

I am interested in getting involved in work or volunteering for environmental work in Greenland in the future.

Contact: gina.calderone@tetratech.com

Affiliation: Tetra Tech

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Aka Simonsen | Innovation South Greenland- UNESCO Kujataa

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Aka Simonsen | Innovation South Greenland- UNESCO Kujataa

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Finding out what kind of research will be conducted in UNESCO area.

Contact: aka@isg.gl

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part of the ArcticHub project . Expert on Arctic harr, Green sea urchin, Snow Crab and Cod.

Contact: sten.siikavuopio@nofima.no

Affiliation: Nofima

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Northern and Polar Regions
- Inter-Korean cooperation in maritime and fisheries and establishing strategies.
- Strategies related to polarities and convergence of polar science and technology and policies.
- Operation of the Russian Research Center and supporting the northern and polar marine and fisheries industries.

Busan, Korea

Looking for: Potential partners

Contact: umjikim@km.re.kr

Affiliation: Korea Maritime Institute

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Donatella Giampaolo | Radar Earth Observation Satellites

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Donatella Giampaolo | Radar Earth Observation Satellites

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Arctic's Allure: Balancing Beauty and Natural Hazards
• More tourists in the Arctic equal increased safety risks
• Increased traffic equal more risks for the environment
• Tourism footprint: it is imperative to continue the good work in balancing economic gains while preserving Arctic delicate ecosystems
• The existing responsible tourism practices to minimize ecological impact have a price
• Satellite service based on radar can help cruise ships planning the best environmental and sustainable route and monitor their free ice “blue navigation”
• Such services can already be enforced in the Artic to mitigate unnecessary risks while reducing costs and stress of those who have to cope with emergencies in such harsh weather conditions.

Contact: donatella.giampaolo@e-geos.it

Affiliation: e-GEOS

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Brit Myers | Interdisciplinary Arctic Science Community Building

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Brit Myers | Interdisciplinary Arctic Science Community Building

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ARCUS represented multiple institutions with active projects in Greenland. My interest in attending is to make sure I know what Arctic Hub is doing to coordinate so we can encourage members of our community to take part if they are not already involved.

Contact: brit@arcus.org

Affiliation: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.

Link: Arctic Research Consortium of the United States | ARCUS

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I work with the Swiss Polar Institute which funds and logistically supports several research projects of Swiss based scientists in different parts of Greenland.

Contact: schuback.nina@gmail.com

Affiliation: Swiss Polar Institute

Link: Projects – Swiss Polar Institute

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Stacey Lucason | Indigenous Methodologies

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Stacey Lucason | Indigenous Methodologies

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Tribal Research Coordinator for Kawerak.

Contact: research@kawerak.org

Link: Social Science – Kawerak

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My most recent work has evolved as a result of my participation in the Arctic Education Alliance, a partnership between higher education institutions in the U.S. (Maine) and Greenland funded by the U.S. Department of State to build and share capacity as Greenland works to develop sustainable tourism efforts.

Contact: kelli.park@maine.edu

Affiliation: University of Southern Maine

Link: Arctic Education Alliance (uaf.edu)

Presentation: HUB (canva.com)

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Launched by the U.S. Department of State in 2020, the Arctic Education Alliance (AEA) is a collaboration between Greenlandic and American education institutions to build education capacity in Greenland for land and fisheries management, sustainable tourism and hospitality Through professional relationships and ongoing collaboration between institutions of higher education and vocational studies in Greenland and the United States, and in line with the Government of Greenland's overall objectives, the AEA seeks to help Greenland meet its workforce development needs in the 21st century.

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Launched by the U.S. Department of State in 2020, the Arctic Education Alliance (AEA) is a collaboration between Greenlandic and American education institutions to build education capacity in Greenland for land and fisheries management, sustainable tourism and hospitality Through professional relationships and ongoing collaboration between institutions of higher education and vocational studies in Greenland and the United States, and in line with the Government of Greenland's overall objectives, the AEA seeks to help Greenland meet its workforce development needs in the 21st century.

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Hanne Trap Friis | visual greenlandic artists meet science

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Hanne Trap Friis | visual greenlandic artists meet science

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We want to establish a new method in order to interpret and understand the scientific work within the climatechange. In order to do so we make a laboratory of immidiate meetings between greenlandic artists and international researchers. This workshops involve both sharing, developing, and new perspectives of explaining research and arts.

from the 17-22 of june 2024

Looking for: it would be great to meet researchers that would be interested in this project.

Contact: hanne@freezeproductions.dk

Affiliation: Teater freezeProductions

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My postdoctoral project is part of a larger project that examines postcolonial apologies and forced child removals in different contexts. My own project (2023-2026) ethnographically investigates Denmark’s past interventions into family life and ”child welfare” in Greenland and claims for reconciliation. The project is at the early stage of data collection, including archival material and indepth interviews with Greenlandic ”child migrants” who have been brought to Denmark through various ”child welfare” interventions.

Looking for: researchers/collaborators for my project

Contact: saana.hansen@helsinki.fi

Affiliation: University of Helsinki

Link: Postcolonial Apology And Legacies of Problematic Pasts – Comparative study on reconciliation processes regarding children's forced removal, migration and childcare regimes (helsinki.fi)

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Our comparative ethnographic project looks at postcolonial apology as a political and moral act, which attempts to voice, redefine and redress previously silenced pasts. With postcolonial apology, we refer to ritual, public acts of reconciliation (with possible reimbursements) that address colonial atrocities. Political apologies, of which postcolonial apology is a particular example, are grounded on an anticipative premise that acknowledging injustices and reckoning with problematic pasts will result in transforming dominant historical narratives and bringing about a reconfigured future.

The three case studies in the project focus on childcare regimes, which removed or migrated children from their homes in order to ensure them what was conceived as "a better future". The PI of the project, Katja Uusihakala, studies the state apology to British child migrants given in 2010 and its follow-up in the ongoing Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in the UK, which has included child migration programs as one of its key cases. Her focus is particularly on the reconciliation process related to white child migrants sent to colonial Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). The second case, undertaken by PhD candidate Hanna Rask, concentrates on history of state interventions targeted at Indigenous families in Canada, from Indian Residential Schools to ongoing over-representation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system. She examines how legacies of the past child welfare and educational policies are addressed in today's child welfare system in Ontario, Canada. The third member of our research team is Saana Hansen, whose post-doctoral research focuses on Danish Government's interventions on the family politics of indigenous people in Greenland. It investigates especially the truth and reconciliation process related to the displacement of Inuit children from their families and their emplacement into Danish foster families and child-care institutions during 1950s-1970s.

Respectively, the childcare policies in each of the three cases went hand in hand with political pursuits to strengthen the colonial social order, national strategies of cultural assimilation, and the ideology of imperial whitening. Through ethnographic, multi-sited fieldwork, our project explores the effectiveness of postcolonial apologies in terms of moral, political, relational and temporal transformations they purport to bring about. Furthermore, our comparative approach is integral to making sense of "imperial durabilities" (as Ann Laura Stoler 2016 phrases it) - of how the Empire lingers in the present. Importantly, we examine how the receivers of apology - the formerly removed and relocated children - critically reflect upon the legacies of colonial childcare policies and the significance of the processes of reconciliation in their lives.

Keywords

childcare regimes, child migration/displacement, postcolonial apology, colonial legacies, colonial archive, political emotions, truth and reconciliation, silencing of the past, intergenerational memory and responsibility, welfare politics, children's best interests, kinship and state, kinning and de-kinning
The project is funded by Koneen Säätiö (Kone Foundation), Finland.

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Postcolonial Apology And Legacies of Problematic Pasts

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Our comparative ethnographic project looks at postcolonial apology as a political and moral act, which attempts to voice, redefine and redress previously silenced pasts. With postcolonial apology, we refer to ritual, public acts of reconciliation (with possible reimbursements) that address colonial atrocities.

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GlacioBasis Nuuk- under the umbrella monitoring project GEM (Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program),
Running of a mass balance program on a local mountain glacier, Qassinnguit Sermiat, in the Kobbefjord area near Nuuk.

Contact: ame@asiaq.gl

Affiliation: Asiaq Greenland Survey

Link: g-e-m.dk

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I work with the ClimateBasis subprogram of Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) in Qeqertarsuaq and am also involved with the Greenland Integrated Observing System (GIOS) project and the Horizon2020 Protect project on sea level rise and cascading climate impacts.

Contact: ach@asiaq.gl

Affiliation: Asiaq - Greenland Survey

Links: g-e-m.dk - GIOS – Greenland Integrated Observing System - Projecting Sea-Level Rise: from Ice Sheets to Local Implications (protect-slr.eu)

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Christian Koch Madsen | Arctic archaeology

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Christian Koch Madsen | Arctic archaeology

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My main projects focuses on the Thule Inuit in South Greenland between first settlement and colonization in the late 1770's CE: when was the region settled, how many people lived there, how were they organized, use the land and sea, and how did this change over time?

Looking for: Overview of ongoing research projects in Greenland

Contact: christian@natmus.gl

Affiliation: Greenland National Museum & Archives

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As a part of my PhD project, I will be doing fieldwork in Ilulissat and Sisimiut (Greenland), where I will collaborate with local mushers. This is to investigate the historical relationship between humans and dogs, including socialization, training, and traditions. The purpose is to gather and disseminate knowledge about Greenlandic sled dog culture.

14. -18. March in Ilulissat, 18. - 31. March in Sisimiut

Looking for: Contacts- local mushers in Sisimiut and Ilulissat, research collaboration.

Contact: egvi@uni.gl

Affiliation: Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland)/ University of Copenhagen

Link: https://www.instagram.com/theqimusseqproject/

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Samantha Ruth Brown | Greenlandic foodways

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Samantha Ruth Brown | Greenlandic foodways

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This project seeks to engage with South Greenlandic community members and food professionals to understand the how and whether their traditional foods can be used across contexts (at home, in the supermarket, in local or foreign restaurants, etc.) through interviews and ethnographic fieldwork. I am especially interested in the use of iginneq and other fermented foods.

Looking for: People to interview who are interested in South Greenlandic food cultures, as well as food-related places to visit. I would be especially excited for an opportunity to go on a hunting trip with a group and/or to learn how iginneq and other fermented foods are made.

May 25-June 18, 2024 with additional future trips

Contact: sbrown20@uoregon.edu

Affiliation: University of Oregon

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Innovative community engagement for building effective resilience and Arctic Ocean pollution-control governance in the context of climate change.

We will study pollution and its impacts on the ecosystems and communities at ocean-coast-land interface in three regions in the European Arctic: Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), Iceland and Svalbard. We will work together with the communities and stakeholders to co-develop pollution monitoring, mitigation and adaptation strategies, as well as policy recommendations for pollution-control governance.

The project is an Horizon Europe project and funded by the European Union. Will take place at Qaqortoq, Narsaq, Nanortalik (Kalaallit Nunaat), Akureyri, Husavik (Iceland), and Svalbard.

project duration: 01.01.2024-31.12.2026

We look forward to engage with interested local individuals, communities, schools, colleges, industries and organizations. We value and welcome any feedback.

Contact: thora.herrmann@oulu.fi (scientific coordinator) and elise.lepy@oulu.fi (project manager).

Affiliation: University of Oulu, Finland (Lead Coordinator)

Links: https://arcticeberg.eu/project/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arcticeberg/