Muskox multiplications:the becoming of a resource, relations and place in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland
In the mid-1960s, 27 muskoxen were translocated from Northeast Greenland to Tatsip Ataa near Kangerlussuaq in West Greenland. In just a few decades, these 27 individuals reproduced to become a population of many thousand – now the largest population of muskoxen in Greenland. This article examines hu...
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ftalborgunivpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/521e84c5-0ade-4a72-9daf-257c634eae10 2024-06-23T07:44:54+00:00 Muskox multiplications:the becoming of a resource, relations and place in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland Andersen, Astrid Oberborbeck 2022 https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/521e84c5-0ade-4a72-9daf-257c634eae10 https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2060619 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128966829&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/521e84c5-0ade-4a72-9daf-257c634eae10 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Andersen , A O 2022 , ' Muskox multiplications : the becoming of a resource, relations and place in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland ' , Acta Borealia , vol. 39 , no. 1 , pp. 75-94 . https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2060619 Muskox Natural resources Greenland Multispecies ethnography anthropology biosocial /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/sustainable_cities_and_communities name=SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production article 2022 ftalborgunivpubl https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2060619 2024-06-10T15:09:00Z In the mid-1960s, 27 muskoxen were translocated from Northeast Greenland to Tatsip Ataa near Kangerlussuaq in West Greenland. In just a few decades, these 27 individuals reproduced to become a population of many thousand – now the largest population of muskoxen in Greenland. This article examines human-muskox relations in present-day Kangerlussuaq and Greenland as biosocial multiplications. Muskox – human encounters shape muskoxen as well as human sociality in Kangerlussuaq, and – ultimately – they take part in the shaping of Kangerlussuaq as a place. Through an ethnographic exploration of three sites of muskox-human engagements ̶ a human settlement on the installations of a former US air base, an empty slaughterhouse and the landscape in which muskoxen live and are hunted ̶ the article unfolds the processes through which muskoxen and humans shape each other and multiply. Diverse relations, meanings, and values come out of muskox-human encounters, and only some result in the muskox becoming a resource, understood as an element that can be utilized in a rational way, where the outcome can be measured in a specific (economic) value. Some of the meanings and values embedded in muskox-human encounters and the relations that come out of them overlap with the notion of resource, while others exceed it. Understanding how muskox become a resource, and how they do not, is crucial when wanting to understand human-muskox relations and to manage muskoxen sustainably. In the mid-1960s, 27 muskoxen were translocated from Northeast Greenland to Tatsip Ataa near Kangerlussuaq in West Greenland. In just a few decades, these 27 individuals reproduced to become a population of many thousand – now the largest population of muskoxen in Greenland. This article examines human–muskox relations in present-day Kangerlussuaq and Greenland as biosocial multiplications. Muskox–human encounters shape muskoxen as well as human sociality in Kangerlussuaq, and – ultimately – they take part in the shaping of Kangerlussuaq as a place. The ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Acta Borealia Greenland Kangerlussuaq muskox Aalborg University's Research Portal Greenland Kangerlussuaq ENVELOPE(-55.633,-55.633,72.633,72.633) Acta Borealia 39 1 75 94 |
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Muskox Natural resources Greenland Multispecies ethnography anthropology biosocial /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/sustainable_cities_and_communities name=SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production Andersen, Astrid Oberborbeck Muskox multiplications:the becoming of a resource, relations and place in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland |
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In the mid-1960s, 27 muskoxen were translocated from Northeast Greenland to Tatsip Ataa near Kangerlussuaq in West Greenland. In just a few decades, these 27 individuals reproduced to become a population of many thousand – now the largest population of muskoxen in Greenland. This article examines human-muskox relations in present-day Kangerlussuaq and Greenland as biosocial multiplications. Muskox – human encounters shape muskoxen as well as human sociality in Kangerlussuaq, and – ultimately – they take part in the shaping of Kangerlussuaq as a place. Through an ethnographic exploration of three sites of muskox-human engagements ̶ a human settlement on the installations of a former US air base, an empty slaughterhouse and the landscape in which muskoxen live and are hunted ̶ the article unfolds the processes through which muskoxen and humans shape each other and multiply. Diverse relations, meanings, and values come out of muskox-human encounters, and only some result in the muskox becoming a resource, understood as an element that can be utilized in a rational way, where the outcome can be measured in a specific (economic) value. Some of the meanings and values embedded in muskox-human encounters and the relations that come out of them overlap with the notion of resource, while others exceed it. Understanding how muskox become a resource, and how they do not, is crucial when wanting to understand human-muskox relations and to manage muskoxen sustainably. In the mid-1960s, 27 muskoxen were translocated from Northeast Greenland to Tatsip Ataa near Kangerlussuaq in West Greenland. In just a few decades, these 27 individuals reproduced to become a population of many thousand – now the largest population of muskoxen in Greenland. This article examines human–muskox relations in present-day Kangerlussuaq and Greenland as biosocial multiplications. Muskox–human encounters shape muskoxen as well as human sociality in Kangerlussuaq, and – ultimately – they take part in the shaping of Kangerlussuaq as a place. The ... |
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Muskox multiplications:the becoming of a resource, relations and place in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland |
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