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Identity, urbanisation and political demography in Greenland
Jens Dahl, adjunct professor
Setting
The project is included in a network of projects and researchers, Metropolia Arctica Research Network, which has been in existence for about three years.
Project
From the early colonial days in the 18th century, Greenland's demographic structure including people's move from settlements to towns, has followed political decisions taken in Copenhagen and, after the introduction of Home Rule in 1979, inherited by the local authorities in Nuuk. In the 1970s, the Greenlandic resistance against this policy came to epitomize the defence of the traditional culture, which was associated with life in the settlements. This discourse regained some momentum towards the end of the millennium, but after the introduction of self-rule in 2009, a new discourse seemed to have taken over, which may change close to 300 years of demographic thinking and with significant impact on the roots and negotiation of identity.