Map of this season’s fieldwork activities

In the spring of 2022, Arctic Hub organized a coordination workshop for researchers from the humanities and social sciences. The purpose was to create an overview of fieldwork activities, and here you can see the result.

Af Nicoline Larsen & Jula Maegaard-Hoffmann

The 2022 field season has started, and after several years of travel restrictions, this year is set to be an extremely busy one.

That was also why Arctic Hub held an online workshop in the spring, putting researchers from the humanities and social sciences together. Here, they shared information about which research activities they have planned for the field season 2022/2023. The idea was to create a space where researchers could spot possible collaboration opportunities and draw on each other’s experiences.

At the interactive workshop, they jointly plotted their respective research projects and fieldwork activities onto a map of Greenland. They also provided other relevant information, such as whether they lacked a translator or research assistant, needed good advice on accommodation, etc.

We would like to share the information we obtained at the workshop with you. Also, to the many of you who did not participate in the workshop, since it initially only concerned Greenlandic and Danish research institutions.

But we would also like to invite everyone outside the research world to take a closer look at the map. Here you can get an insight into what kind of research projects are taking place in your local area. You can also see if there are any collaboration opportunities available for you. Maybe you can accommodate researchers for a few nights? Or maybe you’re just the translator they’re looking for?

The projects on this map do not provide a complete overview of ongoing research projects and field campaigns in Greenland. Find more research projects at ISAAFFIK, where researchers have the opportunity to register their research projects.

This November we will repeat the success of coordinating research projects. And you can already sign up here.

Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq

Tasiilaq

26. April – 4. May: Sanne Vammen Larsen & Karin Buhmann (SDU)

Research on socially just transitions in the Arctic with a view to normative aspects and the communicative aspects to ensure public participation of local communities to define their futures with understanding of the natural science and technical aspects and the societal and economic impacts and implication. Contact Karin Buhmann and Sanne Vammen Larsen.

Nuuk

August 26–31: AAU, Lill Rastad Bjørst

FACE-IT scenario workshop: LIFE IN THE FJORD – today and in the future Friday August 26 (9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) Hotel Hans Egede, Nuuk + participation in Arctic Circle Greenland Forum. Contact Lill Rastad Bjørst.

All year: Pinngortitaleriffik – Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Tobias Vonnahme

Nuup Kangerlua weekly to monthly sampling, whole year.

Late August: DIIS, Ulrik Pram Gad

Preferably around the Arctic Circle Greenland Forum.

Fall: Nord University, Astri Dankertsen

INDHOME: INDIGENOUS HOMEMAKING AS SURVIVANCE – A RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE NORWEGIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (SAMISK III) https://site.nord.no/ihas/ Contact Astri Dankertsen.

April/May May/June – Pinngortitaleriffik – Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Kristine Lynge-Pedersen

Research about locals perceptions about Tourism in Nuuk. Qualitative interviews in Nuuk April-May 2022 PPGIS survey in Nuuk May-June 2022. Contact Kristine Lynge-Pedersen.

26. April – 4. May: SDU, Sanne Vammen Larsen & Karin Buhmann

Research on socially just transitions in the Arctic with a view to normative aspects and the communicative aspects to ensure public participation of local communities to define their futures with understanding of the natural science and technical aspects and the societal and economic impacts and implication. Contact Karin Buhmann and Sanne Vammen Larsen.

2022-2023: KU, Miriam Cullen

Climate adaptation in Greenland through the lens of postcolonialism with the goal of ensuring that the human rights of Greenlandic people (such as right to self-determination, to enjoy one’s culture, to health, to housing) are being met to the same standard as in other parts of the Danish Realm in the context of the foreseeable consequences of climate change. We are now looking to get in touch with: Greenlandic people who might be interested to talk about this (locals, officials, business owners, academics), people who can provide interpretation services, as well as researchers who might be interested to share their own findings or are interested in this research. Contact Miriam Cullen.

Early August: AAU, Henrik Halkjær, Laura James 

Project “Sustainable Arctic Cruise Communities”: https://www.nord.no/no/om-oss/fakulteter-og-avdelinger/handelshogskolen/forskning/forskningsprosjekt/Sider/Caring4Cruise.aspx Or find out more on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sustainable-Arctic-Cruise-Communities-118615586674580

April-June, UiT: Martin Svingen Refseth

Visiting scholar at Ilisimatusarfik. Project: ”URBTRANS”. Read more at: https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/300929?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&Prosjektleder=Torunn+Berge Contact Martin Svingen Refseth.

Kujalleq Kommune

Narsaq

All year: Narsaq Research Station, Lise Autogena

Researchers in Narsaq, we would like to host you at Narsaq Research Station – we can help with local contacts, translation etc. Read more at: www.narsaqresearchstation.gl or write to Lise Autogena.

Qaqortoq

Aug-sep: Lausanne University, Laine Chanteloup

I am part of a 4 years project that was funded by Switzerland on the impact of climate change on fjords ecosystem. We are a large interdisciplinary team and most of the team will go to Narsaq and Narsasuaq in July and august to do some measurement linked to DNA of fish, temperature, soilsetc… Me I a human geographer and I would like to develop some photo contest and interviews with narsaq community and Narsasuaq community to have a better understanding of the perception of the fjords and its changes. I will be in the region this summer in august but it will be a first visit in order to prepare more fieldwork during the following year. Contact Laine Chanteloup.

Late august: Ilisimatusarfik, Gestur Hovgaard

As part of the project “”Sustainable Value Chains in Nordic Coastal Communities”” (NorValue) we are on fieldtrip in Nanortalik, Qaqortooq and Narsaq in the period 3-14 of march, and we expect to be on a similar trip again in the latter part of August. Happy to hear from people working in Southern Greenland. Contact: Gestur Hovgaard

May: Ilisimatusarfik, Vivi Vold

20.-24. august : AAU, Carina Ren, Anne Merrild & Simon Barndof

A THRIVING SOUTH – NATURE, COMMUNITY, BUSINESS Research conference on sustainable development of agriculture and tourism in South Greenland 24 AUGUST 2022, QAQORTOQ. Contact Carina Ren.

Nanortalik

May: AAU, Rikke Becker Jacobsen, Ecotip 

Research project will involve local knowledge in Nanortalik and Upernavik. As part of the project, three social science researchers will include the latest local knowledge from different regions in Greenland – more specifically South-Central and North-West Greenland. They will interview local fishermen and citizens to pick up on what changes have been observed locally over the last 10 years in the marine environment and biodiversity. They would also like to talk to local citizens about what changes in catching and fishing have meant to them and their city. Read more here: https://www.oceandecade.dk/news/nyhed?id=94e639d1-c1fe-410d-b64e-067628b66bd6

Rikke Becker Jacobsen and Sun Dyremose will visit Nanortalik May 5-12. Kristen Ounanian will visit Upernavik in July. All three social scientists come from Aalborg University, Center for Blue Governance. Contact: Rikke Becker Jacobsen.

The ECOTIP project (www.ecotip-arctic.eu) is funded by the EU and is a major collaboration between the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Aalborg University, DTU and various other international partners. The research in Greenland is coordinated with other ongoing climate research projects in Greenland through the Arctic Hub and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources.

Qeqqata Municipality

Sisimiut

August: CBS, Liz Cooper

Project: Towards a Sustainable Cruise Tourism Industry: Organisational Communication, Tourist Behaviour and Community Well-being in the Ports of Greenland. Contact Liz Cooper.

Avannaata Kommune

Ilulissat

April – May, Ilona Mettiäinen

Greenland ice sheet conservation as a community designed response to climate change. Read more: https://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/grisco. Contact Ilona Mettiäinen.

Upernavik

May-June: Pinngortitaleriffik, Caroline Buchard

18. april – 2. May: Parnuna Egede Dahl

Feel free to connect with Parnuna Egede Dahl with research related to Uummannaq.

27. June – 9. July, AAU, Kristen Ounanian, Ecotip 

Research project will involve local knowledge in Nanortalik and Upernavik. As part of the project, three social science researchers will include the latest local knowledge from different regions in Greenland – more specifically South-Central and North-West Greenland. They will interview local fishermen and citizens to pick up on what changes have been observed locally over the last 10 years in the marine environment and biodiversity.

They would also like to talk to local citizens about what changes in catching and fishing have meant to them and their city. Read more here: https://www.oceandecade.dk/news/nyhed?id=94e639d1-c1fe-410d-b64e-067628b66bd6. Feel free to write me, Kristen Ounanian. I will be the one traveling and interviewing for EcoTip.

Qaanaaq

September: AAU, Mette Abildgaard

Fieldwork and one-on-one interviews w. locals in Qaanaaq (all ages) + interview military personnel. I plan to visit Qaanaaq and Thule Air base in September 2022 (dates not fixed yet). Fieldwork and one-on-one interviews w. locals in Qaanaaq (all ages) about their practices using communication technologies (phones, computers, etc) to understand the impact of the impending switch to flat-rate internet. In addition, I plan to interview military personnel at the base about their practices using communication technologies to understand the significance of these technologies in everyday life at the base. Contact Mette Abildgaard.

Other activities

Piotr Damski
Master thesis: “Labor market in adventure tourism in Greenland”. Contact: Piotr Damski