Thule as frontier: Commons, contested resources, and contact zones in the high arctic

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Located in Northwest Greenland, the Thule region is a remarkable frontier zone. This article focusses on the undecided nature of the frontier in both time and space. The article explores the unstable ground upon which 'resources' emerge as such. The case is made in three analytical parts: The first discusses the notion of commons and the implicit issue of spatiality. The second shows how the region's living resources were perceived and poses a question of sustainability. The third centres on the Arctic as a 'contact zone'; a place for colonial encounters and a meeting ground between human and nonhuman agents.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer0102
TidsskriftAnthropological Journal of European Cultures
Vol/bind29
Udgave nummer1
ISSN1755-2923
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2020

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
I want to thank all the participants in the workshop on Northern Resource Frontiers whose comments helped me clarify my argument. The organizers of the workshop, Marianne Elisabeth Lien and Frida Hastrup are thanked for their invitation to a very productive conversation, and for important comments to several drafts. The anonymous reviewers, as well as the editors of AJEC are likewise thanked for their critical comments, enabling me to improve the article. Fieldwork in Thule has been possible through an ERC adv. grant (229459-Waterworlds, 2009-2014) and by support from the Carlsberg and Velux Foundations (2014-2017).

Funding Information:
I want to thank all the participants in the workshop on Northern Resource Frontiers whose comments helped me clarify my argument. The organizers of the workshop, Marianne Elisabeth Lien and Frida Hastrup are thanked for their invitation to a very productive conversation, and for important comments to several drafts. The anonymous reviewers, as well as the editors of AJEC are likewise thanked for their critical comments, enabling me to improve the article. Fieldwork in Thule has been possible through an ERC adv. grant (229459 – Water-worlds, 2009–2014) and by support from the Carlsberg and Velux Foundations (2014–2017).

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