The Mining Project : an ex-colonist mining for gold in Greenland

• Main Author: Havsteen-Mikkelsen, Gudrun E., 1992-
• Other Authors: Listaháskóli Íslands
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Vöruhönnun; Grænland; Námugröftur; Gull; Sjálfstæði (stjórnmál); Greenland; kalaallit; Kalaallit Nunaat
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/28111

This project is all at once; a critique and an exploration addressing natural resources, power, promises and the people of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat). A search for gold and other valuable minerals lead to a field trip to the wWest coast of Greenland in order to escape, create and explore. Greenland’s mining industry, its diverse geology and respective challenges are explored, discussed and interpreted by a Danish woman. Issues of colonisation, economic growth and financial market interests, concerning Greenland’s resources, are visualised in the narrative of this project. The project criticiszes the current mining strategy of Greenland and encourages the nation to detach themselves from Denmark.