ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES – Prospects for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 Era and Beyond Keynote presentations and other highlights from the Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI) Nuuk, Greenland August 22-26, 2008 Ilimmarfik, the University Campus that hosts Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland Edited by Birger Poppel and Yvon Csonka Topics in Arctic Social Sciences, volume 6, 2011 ARCTIC SOCIAL SCIENCES – Prospects for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 Era and Beyond Keynote presentations and other highlights from the Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI) Nuuk, Greenland August 22-26, 2008 Edited by Birger Poppel and Yvon Csonka International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland Nuuk, Greenland, 2011 Topics in Arctic Social Sciences, volume 6, 2011 © 2011 International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) All rights reserved. Topics in Arctic Social Sciences, volume 6, 2011 (A series of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association) ISSN 1021-5891 ISBN 978-87-90197-1-86 Published by International Arctic Social Sciences Association Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland P.O. Box 1061 3900 Nuuk, Greenland This book is available from International Arctic Social Sciences Association’s Secretariat Stefansson Arctic Institute Borgir, Nordurslod IS-600 Akureyri, Iceland Tel: (+354) 460 8980 and (+354) 460 8984 Fax: (+354) 460 8989 E-mail:
[email protected] Web-site: www.iassa.org After 2011, check the Internet for secretariat location. The publication is funded by: The WILLUM KANN RASMUSSEN FOUNDATION via the Ilisimatusarfik Publication Fund, and The Government of Greenland, Department of Education and Research. Cover photo: Ilimmarfik, the University Campus that hosts Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland.