An Interdisciplinary Approach to Documenting Knowledge: Plants and Their Uses in Southern Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Whitecloud, Simone S., Grenoble, Lenore A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Arctic; ethnobotany; linguistics; language; Inuit; local knowledge; plants; Groenland; Arctique; ethnobotanique; linguistique; langue; connaissance locale; plantes; Champignons; Nuuk; Arctique*; inuit; inuits; kalaallisut; Nanortalik; Qassiarsuk
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67409

The native language of west Greenland, Kalaallisut, is robust, with over 50 000 speakers among approximately 56 000 inhabitants. However, many people in Nuuk, the capital and largest city, believe traditional knowledge of plant uses has been lost as a result of extensive Danish contact. Our findings...