https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf <p>Grønlandsk Kultur- og Samfundsforskning publicerer fagfællebedømte artikler om Grønland med kultur- og samfundsvidenskabeligt fokus inden for de forskningsområder, der er repræsenteret ved Ilisimatusarfik / Grønlands Universitet: Humaniora, Teologi, Samfundsfag, Sundhedsvidenskab, Professionspraksis m.v.</p> Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland da-DK Grønlandsk Kultur- og Samfundsforskning 2794-6738 <p>Alle rettigheder er forbeholdt forfatterne af artiklerne og <em>Grønlandsk Kultur- og Samfundsforskning</em>. Artikler må linkes til, citeres og downloades til ikke-kommercielle formål. Artiklerne må bruges med kildeangivelse efter de normale akademiske standarder: forfatternavn(e) samt tidsskrift, årgang, nummer og sidetal. Artiklerne må kun genudgives af forfatterne med udtrykkelig tilladelse fra <em>Grønlandsk Kultur- og Samfundsforskning</em>. Forfattere kan uploade deres artikler til et institutionelt arkiv.</p> https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/144695 Flemming A. J. Nielsen Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 10.7146/gksf.vi.144695 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/144698 <p>The Body’s Nightmare: Sensuous Arctic Noir<br>The works of Mads Peder Nordbo have attracted the attention of audiences from around the globe by incorporating elements of the Arctic Noir genre into a uniquely Greenlandic setting. Drawing on the framework established by French philosopher Michel Serres in his analyses of the phenomenology of sense perception as well as the work of feminist scholar bell hooks on ideas of healing love,<br>this article explores Nordbo’s use of sensory experience in his novels. Focusing on Nordbo’s use of the vastness, desolation, and cold of the Arctic environment as an opponent as dangerous as any human killer with a revolver, this article examines how the full sensory experience of nature in conjunction with the human struggle create an almost unbearable tension which is faced simultaneously by the reader and the works’ protagonists.</p> Jette Rygaard Copyright (c) 2024 Jette Rygaard og Ilisimatusarfik 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 7 26 10.7146/gksf.vi.144698 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/144699 <p>On 8 September 2010, the first Greenlandic crime novel was published by Greenlandic publishers Atuagkat. The novel, entitled The Tattooed Message, is written by the Greenlandic author Kristian Olsen, better known as ‘aaju’. This article examines how The Tattooed Message utilizes the genre(s) of crime fiction and how Greenlandic culture is embedded in the narrative structure of the novel.<br>The article has a glocal double perspective: A global one that asserts the novel’s use of crime fiction genre conventions and a local perspective that highlights the novel’s Greenlandic point of departure, while at the same time demonstrating how the two perspectives are structurally interconnected. The article begins with an explanation of the prevailing genre conventions of crime fiction followed by an analysis of The Tattooed Message showing how Greenlandic culture is intertwined in the novel and rooted in its literariness and plot.</p> Annemette Hejlsted Copyright (c) 2024 Annemette Hejlsted og Ilisimatusarfik 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 27 44 10.7146/gksf.vi.144699 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/145143 <p>2023 marks a milestone in the history of Greenlandic media. It is both the 41st anniversary of the first tv-programs broadcast to a Greenlandic audience in the Greenlandic language (November 1, 2023) and Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa &amp; TV’s (KNR-TV) 10th year as a so-called niche channel broadcasting mainly in-house productions in Greenlandic. The footage produced over this period provides<br>unique glimpses into aspects of everyday life from all over Greenland, creating an invaluable media archive that is housed and maintained by KNR-TV. Through an analysis of this media archive supplemented by a survey of viewers’ perceptions of KNR-TV and its tv-programs, this article examines two central questions: 1) What is the role of the archive in KNR-TV programming? 2) How do viewers experience the many rebroadcasts on KNR-TV? It also examines the relationship between decreases in KNR-TV’s daily viewership and the rise of online media services as well as some of the challenges posed to the digitization of KNR-TV’s archive.</p> Aviaq Fleischer Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 45 58 10.7146/gksf.vi.145143 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/145148 <p>In this paper I examine the meaning expressed by the verbal suffix -galuar in modern West Greenlandic, a polysynthetic language with complex word-internal morphology. To examine -galuar, I have analyzed every occurrence of this suffix throughout Niviaq Korneliussen’s novel Naasuliardarpi (2020). On the basis of 364 occurrences in total, I identify the following meanings expressed by -galuar in combinations with other affixes and an array of moods: Epistemic modality (hypothetical scenario), deontic modality (‘should’), boulomaic modality (regret/annoyance), provocation (disbelief), polite inquiry, factual situations in mutual<br>opposition, and finally the meaning ‘in vain’. I find that the scope of -galuar is usually sentential and that in all combinatory constructions -galuar adds the meaning of something unrealized. Therefore, I suggest that -galuar should be regarded<br>as a modal marker of irrealis or potentialis. I then go on to discuss whether the different meanings expressed through uses of -galuar should be categorized as polysemy of -galuar, or if the diversity of possible meanings is instead a symptom<br>of a highly abstract meaning of -galuar. Preferring the latter point of view, I discuss whether -galuar should be regarded as lexical or grammatical in modern West Greenlandic.</p> Therese Lind Benhardt Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 59 80 10.7146/gksf.vi.145148 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/145152 <p>In the debates in Greenland during the last 75 years on the future for Greenland it has been discussed what could be regarded as legitimate and non-legitimate at a given time. Furthermore, comparisons have been made with other countries, areas, population groups, and events in the world. Nine interviews have provided a basis for the broad qualitative study. In the analysis, possible structures for a typology of visions on the future for Greenland are sought in the answers of the informants. Five cross-cutting topics are chosen and analyzed as indicators: 1) legitimacy focus, 2) constitutional focus, 3) considerations about finances, 4) reference to the Danish constitution, and 5) use negative comparison. In addition, two cross-cutting topics are analyzed as potential indicators: Positive comparison and assessment of the societal process. In conclusion of the analysis, a typology of four types of visions for Greenland is identified: A) advocates of Decolonization, B) advocates of independence, C) advocates of ‘rigsfællesskab’, and D) advocates of Christianity. The question is still when a new narrative will quantitatively reach such a scale that it can turn into a qualitative change in the form of a new legal status for Greenland.</p> Klaus Georg Hansen Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 83 103 10.7146/gksf.vi.145152 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/145153 <p>Unlike legal systems in Denmark or many other countries, the Greenlandic Penal Code does not include the concept of punishment. Instead, the Code contains several diverse sanctions intended to prevent reoffences through treatment. This article explores this particular legal structure by examining cases of Greenlandic citizens sanctioned for treatment with or without deprivation of liberty. Based on an archival study of records held by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Greenland Police, this article maps the number of Greenlandic citizens sanctioned for treatment with or without deprivation of liberty in either Greenland or Denmark along with<br>the assessment of their mental state and place of treatment. The findings show that 49 of the 160 individuals convicted were sent to Denmark for treatment and rehabilitation within the prison service, forensic psychiatry, or forensic intellectual disability services. The most common types of crime among the convicted were violent. This article recommends that a new registration practice is needed to methodologically generate a representative picture of the convicted population.</p> Mette Rømer Annemette Nyborg Lauritsen Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 105 122 10.7146/gksf.vi.145153 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/145154 <p>While the Greenlandic National Health Service aims to involve citizens in the prevention and treatment of illnesses, it remains unclear how such patient involvement can be understood, developed, and implemented in contemporary hospital care. As part of a larger study, this article contributes to filling this gap in knowledge by identifying and discussing drivers and barriers to patient involvement in a Greenlandic hospital care context. It draws on empirical data generated from 2018-2020 via semi-structured research interviews and field observations at Greenland’s national hospital in Nuuk, Dronning Ingridip Napparsimavissua. A<br>total of 11 patients and 14 healthcare professionals were included in this study to ensure variation regarding age and sex, patients’ diagnoses, place of residence, and other socio-demographic factors. Healthcare professionals were also invited to participate based on their medical specialty and experience. Observations of bedside care situations and other interactions between healthcare professionals and patients, including informal conversations, were conducted. Findings were analysed using Malterud’s systematic text condensation, constituting the following themes: ’Patients’ perspectives on the organization of care’; ’Health professionals’ perspectives on the organization of their work’, and ’Organizational barriers to patient involvement’. Based on a critical discussion of these findings, it is concluded that patient involvement will not be accomplished by simply focusing on patients’ health competencies and actions. To ensure that hospital care is provided in real partnership with patients and families, it is crucial that patient treatment is reorganized to include a more patient-oriented approach, and that healthcare professionals become aware of the significance of patients’ perspectives and develop new skills to integrate humanistic healthcare into their clinical practice.</p> Lene Seibæk Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 123 144 10.7146/gksf.vi.145154 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/145155 <p>Aging is one of the central issues of political welfare discussions in Kalaallit Nunaat. While the national policy supports senior adults’ remaining in their own homes for as long as possible, there are a number of challenges to be faced before this goal can be achieved. This article addresses one of these challenges, the ability of seniors to effectively navigate the urban environment in Nuuk. Based<br>on interviews with older adults, this work focuses on seniors’ experience of the existing design of urban spaces within Nuuk and the possibilities of creating a more elder-friendly environment. Our analysis demonstrates how the current distance to urban centers and shops present challenges to the quality of life among self-sufficient older people. It also highlights how lack of public transport,<br>footpaths, and amenities, such as benches, present obstacles to completing daily activities, like shopping and social engagements, while also generally adding to the difficultly of outdoor pursuits.</p> Randi Sørensen Johansen Tenna Jensen Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 145 163 10.7146/gksf.vi.145155 https://tidsskrift.dk/gksf/article/view/145156 <p>People in Greenland experience disparate sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes relative to populations in other circumpolar countries and Denmark. SRH in Greenland is intrinsically linked to multiple levels of an individual’s life, including family, partner relationship, healthcare access, and unique sociocultural factors. In this article we advocate for the use of ecological systems theory to design SRH programs in Greenland that incorporate the many interrelated systems that affect individual health outcomes. We introduce key concepts and strengths of ecological systems models for SRH programs, and we elucidate specific constructs of ecological systems theory that complement the existing Greenlandic health environment. We suggest that ecological systems theory is culturally congruent with how people in Greenland understand the interconnectedness of individuals, families, communities, and the natural and built environment. Incorporating ecological systems theory in SRH program design may promote interorganizational collaboration of SRH services, and integrate SRH education across family, school, and healthcare settings.</p> Malory Peterson Gitte Adler Reimer Elizabeth Rink Copyright (c) 2024 Forfatter(e) og tidsskrift 2024-05-06 2024-05-06 165 187 10.7146/gksf.vi.145156