TY - JOUR

T1 - Thule as frontier

T2 - Commons, contested resources, and contact zones in the high arctic

AU - Hastrup, Kirsten

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s).

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Arctic commons

KW - Contact zone

KW - Environment

KW - Governance

KW - Greenland

KW - Resources

KW - Sustainability

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087677077&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3167/AJEC.2020.290102

DO - 10.3167/AJEC.2020.290102

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85087677077

VL - 29

JO - Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

JF - Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

SN - 1755-2923

IS - 1

M1 - 0102

ER -