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Abstract
This study aims to understand the emotional labour and relationship building in connection to the expected mining industry in Greenland. Greenland mining is often portrayed as something that could create an economic basis for national independence which makes politicians curious about what a potential “partnership” could make possible. Envisioning future relationships (in debates about mining in Greenland) also set the framework for reinterpretation and redefinition of the past, to give meaning to promised new development; hence, this kind of future-making tends to be contested. The analysis centres around stories of what could be (if Greenland really was a place of mining), and the theoretical framework makes use of Ahmed’s and Wetherell’s interpretations of affective economies. Thus the study discusses emotional labour with a special focus on partnership, emotions and filtration, while visiting affective scenes and sites related to the mining of Greenland’s minerals. Greenland’s current position as a state in formation, while still reconciling with experiences from the past, affects relationship building, the openness to flirtation, and sometimes creates conflicts and hieratical structures between the potential partners to be.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e23 |
Journal | Polar Record |
Volume | 56 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISSN | 0032-2474 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Aug 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Keywords
- Greenland
- Arctic
- Extractive industries
- Uranium
- Politics
- Affect
- Emotions
- Mining
- Civil society
- Partnership
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REXSAC: Resources, Extractive Industries and Sustainable Arctic Communities (REXSAC)
Sörlin, S., Roberts, P., Avango, D., Bjørst, L. R., Larsen, J. N., Sejersen, F. & Thisted, K.
24/06/2016 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research
Activities
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Mining Emotions - Affective Approaches to Resource Extraction
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer) & Kirsten Thisted (Lecturer)
15 Jun 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Denmark-Greenland mining after(lifes) and legacies
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer), Dag Avango (Panel member) & Frank Sejersen (Panel member)
11 Jun 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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REXSAC coordination board meeting, 2019-03-11
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Participant)
3 Nov 2019Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
Press/Media
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Grønland satser på nye job og arbejdskraft fra udlandet
19/10/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media