Hybrid identities. Mapping Greenland in between the Arctic and Scandinavia

Beskrivelse

The paper will explain how the Greenlanders build their identity in the meeting or overlaying of two different maps: Te Scandinavian/European and the Inuit Circumpolar. The paper will give e brief introduction to the mental map of the Greenlanders as this has changed through different phases of nation building. The presentation will end with the ideal map: what the Greenlanders wish the map would look like, as contrasted to the postcolonial realities.

Periode	5 dec. 2009
Begivenhedstitel	Orient North. Mapping Nordic Literary Cultures.
Begivenhedstype	Konference
Arrangør	UCLA, Berkeley and BYU
Placering	Los Angeles, USAVis på kort