Book Project: Greenland (in German)

Greenland is on the way becoming a small Nordic nation. By establishing self-government (Selvstyre) from 2009 Greenland elites continue the path in an increasing independence from the Kingdom of Denmark. A development that began in the early 1970s, where a "more Greenlandic Greenland" was demanded by Greenland students who did not wanted to be "Northern Danes". This approach has been accompanied by a rapid social and cultural change. Against this backgroun… Mehr anzeigen

For the first time the volume brings together the scientific evidence on Greenland for a German-speaking audience. However, it is intended to be not a pure science book. The goal is to win Greenland-interested readers who want to know and understand the modern Greenland. Unlike previous research on Greenland, writing about Greenlanders is not only done by scientists from Germany, Austria or Denmark. Rather, Greenlandic researchers speak for themselves.

The … Mehr anzeigen

The book project is already associated with high costs for the authors, since many of them had to let translate their texts to German. Since this book was not created in a project context, there are no financial resources available for the publication. Unfortunately, all attempts to find a foundation that promotes this book project, were without success. I often got a very positive feedback, but a funding could not be realized due to the respective foundat… Mehr anzeigen

The result is a book with about 300 pages. For the publication of the book in Budrich publishing a printing cost amount of 2,500 euros will be charged. An additional 500 euros are necessary to allow proofreading of the book. The remaining 300 euros are for delivery and packaging costs, transaction fees and a voluntary fee for Startnext. Should you support the bokk with more than the necessary 3,300 euro, an art project could be integrated or color photogra… Mehr anzeigen

My name is Frank Sowa, I am a sociologist and researching since 2000 about Greenland. In my master thesis I examined the impact of globalization on the culture of the Greenlandic Inuit in my PhD-thesis I addressed the impact of the ecological discourse in a postcolonial society taking Greenland as an example.

This presented book project is an affair of the heart. After Greenlanders have repeatedly complained to me that "the world"do not know how they live t… Mehr anzeigen