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Abstract
In this chapter, I examine processes of place-making in Qaanaaq, North Greenland which display how its marginality is produced on different scales. I focus on the mutual co-shaping of local everyday practices and infrastructural systems, which I term ‘infrastructural encounters’. Through stories of key infrastructural sites in Qaanaaq, such as its hotel, satellite ground station and telecommunication station, as well as the local concept “down south” which describes the world south of Qaanaaq, the chapter highlights how infrastructural encounters act in the ongoing making of Qaanaaq, leading to extractive processes in the circulation of people and information, marginalization of Qaanaaq’s internet users and remote control of infrastructure. I draw on fieldwork conducted across multiple sites in Greenland, including interviews with locals and representatives from various functions in Qaanaaq. Through this exploration of infrastructure and everyday life, the chapter sheds light on the ways in which marginality is produced and sustained, and the role that telecommunication infrastructures play in shaping the experiences of those positioned as living ‘on the margins’.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Mobilities on the Margins : Creative Processes of Place-Making |
Editors | Björn Thorsteinsson, Katrin Anna Lund, Gunnar Thór Jóhanneson, Guðbjörg Jóhannesdóttir |
Number of pages | 26 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publication date | Nov 2023 |
Pages | 197-223 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-41346-9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-031-41344-5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2023 |
Series | Arctic Encounters |
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ISSN | 2730-6488 |
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IMAGINE PoCo: Imagining Independence - Greenland's Postcolonial Politics of Comparison
Gad, U. P., Bjørst, L. R., Ren, C., Abildgaard, M. S., Jacobsen, R. B., Rud, S., Strandsbjerg, J. & Hansen, K. G.
01/02/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research