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Meeting the President Architecture, Design and Conservation Danish Portal for Artistic and Scientific Research Aarhus School of Architecture // Design School Kolding // Royal Danish Academy How I met the President of Inatsisartut Jensen, Boris Brorman; Iversen, John Published in: Conditions Publication date: 2012 Document Version: Early version, also known as pre-print Link to publication Citation for pulished version (APA): Jensen, B. B., & Iversen, J. (2012). How I met the President of Inatsisartut. Conditions, 2012(11&12), 40-43. 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Oct. 2021 40 6 8 12 11 14 16 22 26 28 34 38 40 44 50 52 54 58 60 64 68 70 72 74 78 80 82 88 92 108 110 114 115 116 120 124 126 134 146 148 150 152 154 156 160 168 170 174 178 190 192 196 200 204 208 216 220 224 228 230 232 244 246 258 258 The globe as common ground – From anThropocene To anThropocieTy! by Kent Martinussen greenland belongs To all greenlanders – all ground is common ground by MiniK rosing crediTs map oF greenland map oF The world FuTure norTh 2050 interview: lawrence c. smiTh infographic: hisTorical Timeline organizing introduction by MiniK rosing why is Transparency greenland necessary? an interview with anders meilvang and anne meTTe chrisTiansen common knowledge a conversation with michael hardT independenT From whom? by boris brorMan jensen how i meT The presidenT oF inaTsisarTuT by boris brorMan jensen human righTs by peter sutton infographic: greenland and alcohol infographic: demographic greenland inner landscapes by aMalia lynge pedersen dk–gl relaTions an interview with kirsTen ThisTed arcTico an interview with rolF Tamnes selF governance – auTonomy and originaliTy: who are The greenlanders? an interview with Jens dahl infographic: economy and The greenlandic shark as an exporT connecTing introduction by MiniK rosing language poliTics interview: ivalu søvndahl peTersen infographic: greenlandic language so close —so Far aparT interview: asii chemniTz narup sisimiuT seen From Facebook by frida foberg and Mie dinesen (aarch) greenland moTher cloud by Matthew jull and leena cho From cold war To arcTic baTTle? interview: klavs a. holm project: greenland connecTing migraTing introduction by MiniK rosing poinTs oF view by susan carruth infographic: occupaTion in greenland infographic: migraTion in greenland human perFormance, comForT and saFeTy in The cold by øystein nordruM wiggen and hilde færeviK aT The edge oF The world interview: børge ousland infographic: Tourism some recenT sTraTa oF sermersuaq: liFe on The world’s second largesT ice sheeT by Mason white project: greenland migraTing culTivaTing introduction by MiniK rosing The power oF imaginaTion by MiniK rosing why socieTies collapse by jared diaMond green(peace)land — To greenpeace on greenland by conditions organized by naTure, envisioning greenland: conTesTed naTureculTures in The making by carina ren exhibiTing greenland by david winfield norMan greenland as The avanT-garde oF posT-carbon and posT-growTh economies? by julia Martin infographic: growTh in greenland Fragile gianT, discussing greenland’s land value by alice labadini & barbara elisabeth ascher, illustrated by franz walter infographic: Farming project: greenland culTivaTing inhabiTing introduction by MiniK rosing organizing hope an interview with simon simonsen, asii chemniTz narup and hermann berThelsen armelle caron maps oF nuuk, sisimiuT and iTToqqorToormiiT by tina harrington, siv bøttcher, boris brorMan jensen and MiniK rosing liFe aT The edge oF The world by MiniK rosing infographic: archiTecTural Timeline land adminisTraTion in greenland by thoMas riis block p – The greenlandic selF-image by MiniK rosing housing For healTh, healThabiTaT, ausTralia by paul phoures The aesTheTics oF necessiTy by joar nango an indeFiniTe dynamic landscape by boris brorMan jensen, alexandra b. Madirazza and sanne y. søndergaard (aarch) infographic: greenlandic seasons project: greenland inhabiTing postscript move on! an interview with olaFur eliasson colophon abouT This publicaTion editorial NUUK: MONday, February 13th, 2012 HOW I MET My planned day of sightseeing with a local American THE PRESIDENT guide around Nuuk has been cancelled because of bad weather. You don’t have to be OF in Greenland for very long to realize that all activities INATSISARTUT depend on the weather. It is very unpredictable, and things happen only if they are BY BORIS BRORMAN JENSEN possible. This is probably why Greenlanders have learned to say "perhaps" (Immaqa). “I will come round and pick you up Monday morning and give you a tour of Nuuk, immaqa.” Maybe that is the reason why Greenlanders are often accused of being fatalistic. This may to some extent be true, but anyone who mistakes a level-headed attitude to life with resignation or a lack of confidence in their own ability to act should take a trip to Greenland with “Immaqa Airlines,” in order to put their prejudices to the test. I can understand the pragmatic attitude to life you have to adopt here, but my nervous system tells me that I have difficulties “ Those who have dared venture accepting that the forces of out in the flooded streets of Nuuk smile nature continually overrule my plans. Being stranded on a to each other indulgently.” deserted island or being lost in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet would be easier to accept. But this is the capital of Greenland, and right next to the hotel you can buy authentic Thai food as well as a freshly brewed cafe latte. Here, culture ought to rule supreme, but it does so only on the surface. Even in the center of the largest town of Greenland, nature always has a strong presence. It is always right there in your face, even when the weather is fine. People here don’t tend to complain a lot about the weather. The weather is a shared condition of life. ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN IVERSEN, AARCH ORG AN IZING 42 6 8 12 11 14 16 22 26 28 34 38 40 44 50 52 54 58 60 64 68 70 72 74 78 80 82 88 92 108 110 114 115 116 120 124 126 134 146 148 150 152 154 156 160 168 170 174 178 190 192 196 200 204 208 216 220 224 228 230 232 244 246 258 258 The globe as common ground – From anThropocene To anThropocieTy! by Kent Martinussen greenland belongs To all greenlanders – all ground is common ground by MiniK rosing crediTs map oF greenland map oF The world FuTure norTh 2050 interview: lawrence c. smiTh infographic: hisTorical Timeline organizing introduction by MiniK rosing why is Transparency greenland necessary? an interview with anders meilvang and anne meTTe chrisTiansen common knowledge a conversation with michael hardT independenT From whom? by boris brorMan jensen how i meT The presidenT oF inaTsisarTuT by boris brorMan jensen human righTs by peter sutton infographic: greenland and alcohol infographic: demographic greenland inner landscapes by aMalia lynge pedersen dk–gl relaTions an interview with kirsTen ThisTed arcTico an interview with rolF Tamnes selF governance – auTonomy and originaliTy: who are The greenlanders? an interview with Jens dahl infographic: economy and The greenlandic shark as an exporT connecTing introduction by MiniK rosing language poliTics interview: ivalu søvndahl peTersen infographic: greenlandic language so close —so Far aparT interview: asii chemniTz narup sisimiuT seen From Facebook by frida foberg and Mie dinesen (aarch) greenland moTher cloud by Matthew jull and leena cho From cold war To arcTic baTTle? interview: klavs a. holm project: greenland connecTing migraTing introduction by MiniK rosing poinTs oF view by susan carruth infographic: occupaTion in greenland infographic: migraTion in greenland human perFormance, comForT and saFeTy in The cold by øystein nordruM wiggen and hilde færeviK aT The edge oF The world interview: børge ousland infographic: Tourism some recenT sTraTa oF sermersuaq: liFe on The world’s second largesT ice sheeT by Mason white project: greenland migraTing culTivaTing introduction by MiniK rosing The power oF imaginaTion by MiniK rosing why socieTies collapse by jared diaMond green(peace)land — To greenpeace on greenland by conditions organized by naTure, envisioning greenland: conTesTed naTureculTures in The making by carina ren exhibiTing greenland by david winfield norMan greenland as The avanT-garde oF posT-carbon and posT-growTh economies? by julia Martin infographic: growTh in greenland Fragile gianT, discussing greenland’s land value by alice labadini & barbara elisabeth ascher, illustrated by franz walter infographic: Farming project: greenland culTivaTing inhabiTing introduction by MiniK rosing organizing hope an interview with simon simonsen, asii chemniTz narup and hermann berThelsen armelle caron maps oF nuuk, sisimiuT and iTToqqorToormiiT by tina harrington, siv bøttcher, boris brorMan jensen and MiniK rosing liFe aT The edge oF The world by MiniK rosing
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