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Kort over feltarbejde – forår/sommer 2023

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Foråret og sommeren er højsæson for at se forskere på feltarbejde i Grønland. Her kan du blive klogere på, hvad de går og laver.

 

Af Nicoline Larsen & Jula Maegaard-Hoffmann

 

Som lokal kan det være rart at vide, hvilke forskningsprojekter, der finder sted, der hvor man bor. Ofte er forskerne også interesserede i at inddrage lokale i deres forskningsprojekter, fx som forskningsassistenter, tolke, interviewpersoner eller bådoperatører.  

 

Derudover kan det også være en stor fordel for forskerne at vide, hvad hinanden laver. På den måde kan de skabe nye samarbejder, og de kan dele kontakter og erfaringer med hinanden.  

 

Derfor afholder Arctic Hub online workshops, hvor vi sætter forskere fra forskellige fagområder sammen. Her fortæller de hinanden om, hvilke forskningsaktiviteter de har planlagt for den forestående feltsæson.  

  

På workshoppen udfylder de i fællesskab et interaktivt kort over Grønland, hvor de plotter deres forskningsprojekter ind. Derudover fortæller de os, hvis de for eksempel mangler en oversætter eller en forskningsassistent. 

 

Den viden vil vi gerne dele med jer. Både jer forskere, som ikke deltog i workshoppen, men også alle jer udenfor forskningsverden. Her kan I nemlig blive klogere på, hvad det er for nogle forskningsaktiviteter, der finder sted i jeres lokalområde. I kan også se, om der er nogle gode samarbejdsmuligheder for jer. 

  

Projekterne på det her kort giver ikke et fuldstændigt overblik over alt igangværende feltarbejde i Grønland. Du kan finde flere forskningsprojekter på ISAAFFIK, hvor du som forsker også altid har mulighed for at registrere dit forskningsprojekt. 

  

Til foråret gentager vi succesen med at koordinere forskningsprojekter sammen. Du kan allerede nu tilmelde dig her. 

Avannaata Kommunia  

Ilulissat 

Spring 2023

ClimateNarratives is an interdisciplinary research project in the climate sciences, with activities facilitated in a longterm dialogue with local organisations, partners and artists. In Ilulissat our main partner is Arctic Culture Lab.  

Ragnhild Freng Dale, Senior Researcher, Vestlandsforsking (Norway): rfd@vestforsk.no. Read more: https://climatenarratives.w.uib.no/ 

 

Spring 2023

This project focuses on the evolution and (re)qualification of working relationships between humans and sled dogs, which are shaped by different contexts from contemporary issues such as environmental changes or tourism development. Ilulissat/Disko Bay area. Looking for local expertise!

Aug/Sep 2023 – FACE-IT-project + AMAP/CAFF process on co-production of knowledge
The overarching objective of FACE-IT is to enable adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic. Read more: https://www.face-it-project.eu/ 

Spring and fall 2023
Knowledge exchange through climate narratives and co-creation of new knowledge to better assess the relevance of physical and biological climate changes and their societal consequences for Indigenous communities in Greenland and Fiji. Read more; https://climatenarratives.w.uib.no/

Two projects by Anders Øgaard

1. Visting museums, sites and Ilulisat Icefjordcenter relevant for national and virtuel schoolteaching. 2.Observations and interviews related to teachers using distance teaching.” 

  • Anders Øgaard Associate professor, PhD Institute for Learning, Ilisimatusarfik: andgaard@uni.gl 

Qeqqata Kommunia 

Sisimiut 

Spring 2023

This project focuses on the evolution and (re)qualification of working relationships between humans and sled dogs, which are shaped by different contexts from contemporary issues such as environmental changes or tourism development. 

February 2023

By using the experimental-archaeological approach through fieldwork during a spring season in Sisimiut, the purpose of the project is to construct a dog sled and drive with sled dogs.  This is to gain an understanding of the construction details etc.

Late summer, early fall 2023 

I am investigating grammatical features of Kalaallisut for linguistic analysis.

  • Line Mikkelsen Professor University of California, Berkeley: mikkelsen@berkeley.edu

Kangerlussuaq 

Now – 2024 

This project explores the impact of the airport expansion project on communities in Greenland. Read more: https://infranorth.eu/ 

Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq 

Nuuk

Spring and fall 2023

Knowledge exchange through climate narratives and co-creation of new knowledge to better assess the relevance of physical and biological climate changes and their societal consequences for Indigenous communities in Greenland and Fiji. Read more: https://climatenarratives.w.uib.no/

Aug/Sep 2023 – FACE-IT-project 
The overarching objective of FACE-IT is to enable adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic. Read more: https://www.face-it-project.eu/ 

Late summer, early fall 2023 

I am investigating grammatical features of Kalaallisut for linguistic analysis.

  • Line Mikkelsen Professor University of California, Berkeley: mikkelsen@berkeley.edu

January – July 2023

This project is about climate change and the right of Indigenous Peoples under international law particularly in the overseas colonised territories of the state, with particular focus on Greenland and the Cook Islands. 

April 2023  

The research project aims to map and estimate the challenges and opportunities Greenlandic primary school teachers in remote areas may experience co-teaching during “blended synchronous classrooms” (BSC). 

Autumn 2023

I study the politics and practices of urban planning and development of Nuuk in the 1960s-1980s. My project is part of the project UrbTrans (based at UiT, Tromsø) which concerns how Nuuk have been planned and developed since the 1950s until today. Read more: https://en.uit.no/project/urbtrans 

8.-17. May 2023 

In this project, we examine how the modern Western dream of suburbia with its single-family houses unfolds in a Greenlandic context, in particular focusing on local traditions, the understanding of nature, community, infrastructure and consumption.

Tasiilaq 

April ’23

Combining snow measurements, data from climate models and local expertise on environmental changes, we try to understand how environmental changes, in particular the transition from snow to rain, influence quality of life in and around Tasiilaq. Read more: https://www.snow2rain.com 

Kommune Kujalleq  

 Narsaq & Qaqortoq  

June 2023

The project is specifically interested in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage area of “Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe” and explore knowledge and practices of two communities in relation to their close marine area. Read more: https://www.narsaqresearchstation.gl/news/immateriality-of-knowledge-and-practices-of-boreal-coastal-communities-regarding-the-marine-environment-intangible-cultural-heritage-between-two-coastal-regions-across-the-northwest-atlantic

Qaqortoq, Qassiarsuk, Igaliku, Qeqertarsuatsiaat 

Two projects by Anders Øgaard

1. Visting museums and sites relevant for national and virtuel schoolteaching . 2. Observations and interviews related to teachers using distance teaching.”

  • Anders Øgaard Associate professor, PhD Institute for Learning, Ilisimatusarfik : andgaard@uni.gl 

 Narsaq, Qaqortoq, Igaliku, Quassiarssuk 

April 2023 and August 2023

 I am part of the Greenfjord project which look at changes in two fjord system in south of greenland. I am working on ways greenlanders dwell with their fjord environment, changes that happens, knowledge and way of life linked to it.  Read more: https://greenfjord-project.ch/research/humans/  Looking for a student assistant to help with interviews and planning !

Narsaq  

Available between May and November 

Narsaq Research Station is an independent not for profit organisation facilitating research across the sciences, humanities and the arts for the benefit of the local community of Narsaq and the wider region of South Greenland.   

https://www.narsaqresearchstation.gl/  

 

Multiple municipalities

Nuuk, Tasiilaq, Narsaq, Qaqortoq, Nanortalik, Paamiut, Maniitsoq, Sisimiut, Aassiaat, Qasigiannguit, Ilulissat, Uummannaq, Upernavik  

Spring 2023: GreenBladder project
We plan to conduct a screening of all adults over age 40 in Greenland for bladder cancer to detect patients with early potentially curable tumor stages and improving the current very poor prognosis for bladder cancer patients in Greenland.  Read more: https://blacrest.com/greenbladder/ 

  • Tine Christiansen Clinical Trial Coordinator Aarhus University Hospital: tinechti@rm.dk  
  • Nathalie Fryd MD, PhD student, Aarhus University Hospital : natfry@rm.dk 

Kujataa, Sermersooq og Avannaa  

Many pregnant families in Greenland will have to travel long distances to give birth to their children.  This qualitative study focuses on the pregnant families’ perspectives and experiences with the birth care service i Greenland.  

  • Ingelise Olesen research coordinator Center for public Health in Greenland : uniiole@uni.gl