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Telling the Good Story:A Conversation With Minik Rosing on Research Collaboration and Research in Greenland
No full textIn this chapter, Anne Merrild Hansen interviews Minik Rosing, Professor of Geology at the State Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, and Chairman of the Ilisimatusarfik Board of Directors. The interview is presented in its raw form and involves personal reflections from Minik and Anne on their motivations behind conducting collaborative research in Greenland and the challenges that it also brings. Anne asks Minik about his research on the origin of life on Earth and the influence of life on the geological evolution of the Earth, and they further discuss what an appropriate research approach entails for foreign researchers, as well as locals. Finally, they reflect on how research can contribute to stimulate a harmonious development of society in Greenland
Comparative expectations of resource development in selected Greenland communities
No full textThis chapter presents a study carried out in Greenland between May 2017 and October 2019. The aim of the study is to explore how people in different regions of Greenland relate to former, existing and planned exploration and extraction projects in their areas. Exploration and exploitation of natural resources is known to contribute to major changes at individual, community and national levels. Each settlement in Greenland is unique and even settlements that are relatively close together and appear superficially similar can have very different experiences of and expectations for resource development. The chapter deals with an explanation of the methodology and ethical considerations, followed by a short description of extractive industries in Greenland, the basic regulatory framework and an introduction to the towns and settlements included in the study. It deals with interpretations of some of the results before concluding with a brief account of the implications of the study for improving participation in Greenland
Introduction
No full textThis introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book aims to inform the key participants in extractive projects – namely, the communities, the host governments and the investors – about good practice for effective community engagement. It considers the international standards that have emerged in recent years regarding public participation, especially in respect of indigenous peoples. The book examines a mix of binding treaties, “soft law” standards and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 which straddles both hard and soft law, containing elements of both. It presents several case studies with the aim of identifying lessons for improving community engagement in Arctic extractive industries. Each of these is quite distinct, examining different aspects of the participatory processes, to facilitate an assessment of what works in the particular context investigated
Arctic Voices: Strategies for Community Engagement
No full textThis chapter focuses on how in future improved public participation can contribute to mitigating profound and undesired impacts of extractive projects on the living conditions of peoples across the region. Participation in decision-making processes is to a large extent expected to ensure that development takes place in a manner that is in line with local and indigenous people's wishes and aspirations for the future, while also supporting the possibility of realising these aspirations. Public participation should follow international standards applicable in Arctic states as well as the domestic legal requirements in all the Arctic countries. Citizens are primarily involved and participate in a particular period in the life cycle of an extractive project, namely in relation to impact assessment processes carried out by companies to prepare for an application for a production licence. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book
Development of Jurisprudence Research Through Engagement of Students
No full textThis book is a collection of articles written by researchers at Aalborg University, affiliated with AAU Arctic. The articles are about how the researchers in their respective projects work with stakeholders and citizens in different ways, for example in connection with problem formulation, data collection, analysis and conclusions and / or knowledge dissemination. The book aims to collect and share experiences from researchers active in engaging research in the Arctic. The articles reflect on the inclusive methods used in the Arctic research, on the cause and purpose thereof, while the methods are exemplified to serve as inspiration for other researchers
Industrial Development in Nuuk and Sermersooq:Empowerment Through Action Research
No full textThis chapter recounts an action research project aimed at co-constructing action points for industrial development in Nuuk and Sermersooq. The project intended to create an intersubjective understanding of how to pursue avenues of industrial policy and private‒public endeavours aimed at supporting processes of industrial development and growth. The project evolved in three steps. First, 14 conversations were conducted in which the researchers engaged with a subset of key actors who represented a variety of views on drivers, opportunities, and barriers for industrial development. Second, based on these conversations, scenarios were derived for future development that reflected the clash between tradition-bound and modern development, as well as the dichotomy of disjunctive and conjunctive avenues of change. Third, a wider subset of key actors explored the scenarios at a workshop in Nuuk and developed a series of propositions from which 19 action points were derived. Describing the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the project and the practical content of the project stages, the chapter reflects on the appropriateness of the methods employed and the importance of local competencies for action. Finally, the chapter provides recommendations on doing action research targeting industrial development and policy in the setting of the Greenlandic capital
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