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Communication | Formidling - peer review

Grønlandiseringen under Hjemmestyret har resulteret i forestillinger om en essensbaseret ’rigtig’ grønlandsk identitet i identitetsdiskursen i Grønland. Igennem mit feltarbejde i populærmusikscenen i Nuuk har jeg oplevet en anden identitetsdiskurs basseret på forestillinger om grønlandsk identitet s… Grønlandiseringen under Hjemmestyret har resulteret i forestillinger om en essensbaseret ’rigtig’ grønlandsk identitet i identitetsdiskursen i Grønland. Igennem mit feltarbejde i populærmusikscenen i Nuuk har jeg oplevet en anden identitetsdiskurs basseret på forestillinger om grønlandsk identitet som noget mere inkluderende, komplekst og erfaringsbaseret. Med fokus på rockbandet Chilly Friday og sangerinden Nina Kreutzmann og med referencer til anden forskning indenfor området forsøger jeg her at identificere denne diskurs, for at påvise at essensbaserede forestillinger om grønlandsk identitet bliver udfordret i populærmusikscenen i Nuuk. Læs mere

Research | Forskning - peer review

The theoretical concept of 'everyday life' is ambiguous. Different theoretic approaches offer different epistemological comprehensions of the concept. These have implications for research in everyday life. For the purpose of clarifying the analytical perspective in a Ph.D.-project carried out in and… The theoretical concept of 'everyday life' is ambiguous. Different theoretic approaches offer different epistemological comprehensions of the concept. These have implications for research in everyday life. For the purpose of clarifying the analytical perspective in a Ph.D.-project carried out in and around a hospital ward in Dr. Ingrids Hospital in Nuuk, the concept of everyday life is discussed from two different angles: a sociological-phaenomenological approach and an approach to everyday life based on a critical psychological theory of practice. Questions of subjectivity, practice and social change are put on the agenda in order to discuss how change can be brought about through humanistic health research. Læs mere

Research | Forskning - peer review

The article presents and analyses 20 photographs taken by ten young people in Paamiut, Greenland. The photographs were taken as a part of workshop facilitated by photographer Tina Enghoff and journalist Anette Molbech and later published as part of a book. The workshop was one of the many activities… The article presents and analyses 20 photographs taken by ten young people in Paamiut, Greenland. The photographs were taken as a part of workshop facilitated by photographer Tina Enghoff and journalist Anette Molbech and later published as part of a book. The workshop was one of the many activities in the community mobilization program Paamiut Asasara. The photos, their titles and narrative texts are analyzed, using the method of a close reading with a clear focus on the photos themselves, combined with a contextual analysis of the photos. Transparency into the step-by-step analysis is used to secure plausibility of the results. The study shows that the photographs present the following themes: (1) searching for strength; (2) moving forward (to be on the move); (3) the will to choose and to make changes; (4) a longing for close relationship; and (5) valuing love, i.e. to love and to be loved. These themes are understood in the context of traditional Inuit story-telling and in the present situation of the young people in Paamiut as part of the Paamiut Asasara program. Læs mere

Research | Forskning - peer review

I denne artikel undersøges indhold i og betydningen af unges teater monologer – som de fandt sted i forbindelse med C:ntact’s teater-opsætning med en gruppe unge i Paamiut. Forestillingen bestod af 8 monologer, der blev fremsat af de unge. Da der var tale om monologer undersøges det, hvad der er det… I denne artikel undersøges indhold i og betydningen af unges teater monologer – som de fandt sted i forbindelse med C:ntact’s teater-opsætning med en gruppe unge i Paamiut. Forestillingen bestod af 8 monologer, der blev fremsat af de unge. Da der var tale om monologer undersøges det, hvad der er det specifikke i netop monologen som udtryksform i denne bestemte kontekst. Det undersøges her, hvordan monologen i form af fortælling har indgået i Inuits kultur i fortællinger af myter, sagn og eventyr. Dernæst undersøges indholdet i de unges nutidige dialoger. Der afsluttes med en refleksion over betydningen af de unges dialoger i den konkrete kontekst samt mere generelt som en bestemt udtryksform. Artiklen bygger på interviews med de unge deltagere og med andre borgere i Paamiut samt på et spørgeskema og statistik om udviklingen i Paamiut. Læs mere

Research | Forskning - peer review

Med afsæt i læringsprocesser i Fisker- og fangerakademiet i Paamiut i Grønland vises det, hvordan man kæder social ansvarlighed sammen med økologisk ansvarlighed. På denne måde knytter læringsprocessen an til community resiliens. Der gives derefter en kort sammenstilling af denne undersøgelses resul… Med afsæt i læringsprocesser i Fisker- og fangerakademiet i Paamiut i Grønland vises det, hvordan man kæder social ansvarlighed sammen med økologisk ansvarlighed. På denne måde knytter læringsprocessen an til community resiliens. Der gives derefter en kort sammenstilling af denne undersøgelses resultater med andre undersøgelser af læring, livskvalitet og resiliens i inuit samfund. Derefter diskuteres dette i forhold til teorier om social økologi og undervisning i bæredygtig udvikling. Metoden er en form for dokument-collage, hvor der bruges både interviews og dokumenter til at belyse den bæredygtige pædagogik i både dens konkrete og dens globale sammenhæng. Læs mere

Research | Forskning - peer review

The chapter describes the programme Paamiut Asasara. The programme mobilised the local community from locally defined values and promoted shared community resilience as well as individual and family resilience.

Research | Forskning - peer review

Paamiut Youth Voice (PYV) is a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project, exploring youth perceptions, experiences, and the promotion of well-being in Paamiut, Greenland. Active youth participation remained a key challenge in the development of the local community through the locally initiated com… Paamiut Youth Voice (PYV) is a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project, exploring youth perceptions, experiences, and the promotion of well-being in Paamiut, Greenland. Active youth participation remained a key challenge in the development of the local community through the locally initiated community mobilisation programme Paamiut Asasara. The challenges of youth participation in PYV are investigated in order to explore the implications of youth participation in PAR projects. The discussion of challenges is based on a methodological account of experiences from the research process clarifying how youth participation in the PYV project took place. Results are presented, concerning the young people’s understandings and experiences of engagement and participation. Læs mere

Research | Forskning - peer review

The Uttermost Part of the Earth: Islands on the edge ... and in the centre of the North Atlantic

The Shetland Islands are a good example of what island cultures and societies can tell us about the construction and maintenance of national identities, as well as the way in which historical perspectives and internalised ideas influence how we locate parts of Britain. How do these - other islands b… The Shetland Islands are a good example of what island cultures and societies can tell us about the construction and maintenance of national identities, as well as the way in which historical perspectives and internalised ideas influence how we locate parts of Britain. How do these - other islands become part of the national mental map? And how do islanders themselves incorporate - Britishness into their cultural identity? For the ―Northern Isles‖ of Orkney and Shetland, their geographical position has historically meant being an outpost of the British Isles, at its Northern ―edge,‖ as noted by Sandy Cluness, Convenor of the Shetland Islands Council, in an interview with The Journal: ―We are on the periphery and have all the higher costs that come with that and not many of the advantages. This chapter demonstates that the cultural heritage of the Scottish Northern Islands actually insists on being ―other, often resisting, and sometimes opposing, the dominant, national historical and political narratives. The Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland are therefore of real interest in terms of exploring the complex and adaptable nature of representing ―otherness‖ within British identity, and the way islanders actively utilise their economic, political and cultural-historical environment to create a multiplicity of localised island identities within the national narrative. Læs mere

Research | Forskning

This thesis deals with the phenomenon of distrust and trust between young men with minority ethnic backgrounds and public sector employees at the face-to-face level of interaction. The focus is on trust and distrust which can be understood as cultural resources – a valuable approach to researching t… This thesis deals with the phenomenon of distrust and trust between young men with minority ethnic backgrounds and public sector employees at the face-to-face level of interaction. The focus is on trust and distrust which can be understood as cultural resources – a valuable approach to researching trust and distrust largely under-represented in the trust literature. A common source of conflict is often a lack of confidence or distrust in the authorities; therefore, winning the confidence of minority ethnic groups in these communities is essential to easing tensions, along with reducing civil unrest, antisocial behaviour, crime and unnecessary public spending. The purpose of this in-depth study, based on nine months of ethnographic fieldwork in and around two residential housing estates, is to contribute towards understanding the microprocesses at play in distrust and trust building processes between public sector employees and young men with minority ethnic backgrounds, an under-researched and often misunderstood area. The central focus is on the relationship between the young men with minority ethnic backgrounds, a team of youth workers, a job consultant and a police officer. This study explores the relationships from the perspectives of some of the young men and the aforementioned professionals, thus exploring the relationship from both sides of the coin. The thesis draws primarily on data gathered during fieldwork i.e. in-depth and ethnographic interviews, observations and artefacts such as media and local authority reports. In addition to the empirical material, the study explores a key governmental policy to investigate how the (previous) government names and frames people with minority ethnic backgrounds. Analysing this policy helps to locate the fieldwork and interactants into the wider cultural and structural context, while at the same time, contributes towards explaining why some local authority actors use certain frames and not others when talking about the young men with minority ethnic backgrounds. A number of research questions have guided the process which revolves around the experiences of the young men with minority ethnic backgrounds and the aforementioned professionals. The problem formulation is: How can trust (and distrust) be understood as a cultural resource and what are the implications for public sector employees who work with young men with minority ethnic backgrounds in the community? The thesis offers a discussion of the theoretical framework, methodological and ethical considerations along with issues pertaining to reliability and validity. Thereafter follow five analytical sections, the first of which offers a unique insight into the dynamics and mechanisms at play when a researcher (outsider) first enters a field setting. Amongst other methodological issues, this chapter presents a theoretical discussion about the significance of trust in relation to the researcher entering the field. Subsequently, the thesis reports finding one: Governmental Distrust Frames, which derives from analysing the aforementioned key government policy document. Next the thesis reports finding two: local authority institutionalised distrust frames. Through focusing on the ethnographic, this section explores the attitudes of some local authority actors towards a group of young men with minority ethnic backgrounds who reside in and hang out in a local residential housing estate. The main focus of this chapter is on the relationship between a team of youth workers and the young men, which can be described best as highly distrustful. Following this, the thesis reports finding three: trust and distrust as cultural frames or resources. The fieldwork data suggest that the young men with minority ethnic backgrounds use trust and distrust as cultural frames (resources) to organise their relationships with public sector employees. During this process, they rely upon a number of cultural tools such as injustice and justice to create both distrust and trust frames around individual employees. The last analytical chapter reports finding four: negotiating cultural frames. The last part of the chapter looks closer at the relationship between the young men with minority ethnic backgrounds, the job consultant and the police officer to consider how they negotiate cultural frames to achieve and maintain trust. The final chapter sets out the conclusions and implications for theory, research and practice and proposes some recommendations for practice based on the findings and conclusions of the study. This chapter outlines the overall contributions of the thesis along with the limitations and recommendations for future research. Læs mere

Research | Forskning - peer review

The Danish Left and the Constitutional/Lisbon Treaty: not so sceptical after all.