This seminar will be a hybrid event where the speaker will be presenting in-person and the talk will be streamed via zoom. Those who want to attend physically are more than welcome to join us in meeting room 929 at Eilert Sundts hus.
Abstract
Anthropological fieldwork seems to fulfil the dream of truly getting to know ‘other people’. Yet, it is not as easy as it may have seemed in earlier times. As the entire earthsystem seems to disintegrate, people are increasingly concerned about their future. In High Arctic Greenland, where I have worked over many years, everything seems in flux — and the future disappears before it has even manifested itself. How may we ‘read’ their story as anthropologists?
Biography
Kirsten Hastrup's primary work has been in Iceland and Greenland. In both of these places she has conducted long-term fieldwork and have delved deeply into the natural and social histories, and their conjunction. Hastrup's work on Iceland resulted in three monographs and numerous articles Source: Kirsten Hastrup - University of Copenhagen.