“A Sense of Seal” in Greenland: Kalaallit Seal Pluralities and Anti-Sealing Contentions

• Published in: Études Inuit Studies
• Main Author: Graugaard, Naja Dyrendom
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones (CIÉRA) 2020
• Subjects: Inuit knowledge; Kalaallit seal hunting; human–animal relations; EU seal regime; colonial narratives; decolonizing methodologies; Savoirs inuit; chasse aux phoques des Kalaallit; relations homme-animal; régime européen des phoques; récits coloniaux; méthodologies de décolonisation; anthro-se; scipo; Greenland; Phoques; Études/Inuit/Studies; Groenland; inuit; kalaallit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7202/1081810ar; http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1081810ar

This article questions the conceptual terms upon which Inuit hunting practices are deemed acceptable in current international seal regimes. Specifically, the article examines how Kalaallit–seal relations in Greenland unsettle Euro-American seal regimes. It argues that the current narratives of Inuit...