Tasiilaq: Politics, Identity and Arts in the East Coast of Greenland
Abstract
This paper analyses and makes visible the situation of the Greenland’s East Coast in the decolonization and independence in relation to context. As main part of this research, it is analyzed some ethnographic information collected in Tasiilaq, the biggest city in this area. In addition, it is reviewed the historical process of colonial period and the consecution of the autonomic Home Rule, as well the Greenlandic progress to emancipation. This way, it is possible to value the importance of the politics in the cultural identification and artistic creation process.
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