Colonisation then and now in Avanersuaq

• Published in: Nordicum-Mediterraneum
• Main Author: Martin Binachon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Akureyri 2022
• Subjects: fieldwork report english; anthro-se; art; Greenland; Ilulissat; Nuuk; Qaanaaq; Avanersuaq; greenlander*; Inughuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33112/nm.17.2.3; https://doaj.org/article/36315a5743f644589e633b6f4247f02f

How does colonialism affect the Inughuit People of Avanersuaq today? In October and November 2021, I went to Qaanaaq, Ilulissat and Nuuk to find out. I had written my masters thesis on the colonisation of the Inughuit and now I wanted to see for myself. Although I had interviewed Greenlanders about my research, I had not before been able to travel to the region owing to the pandemic. Although the weather created some challenges, in the end I stayed for 3 weeks in Greenland, listening to local people.