Talk by Kirsten Hastrup (Paris IAS fellow), within the framework of the LAS's seminar.

About the seminar

Dans ce séminaire sont discutés alternativement les travaux des chercheurs, des doctorants du Laboratoire et de chercheurs invités. Il s'agit pour les intervenants d'évoquer l'actualité de leurs recherches : des données, des réflexions, un colloque, un ouvrage ou article en cours.

About the talk

The presentation will analyse social life in Northwest Greenland (Thule) as constituted by climate, materials, and animals. Even though practically isolated from other human communities, the Northwest Greenlanders were always and inevitably embedded in global processes of motley kinds. They have been part of a collective of agents that has shifted both the place and the community around at various turns. On the basis of the analysis, it is suggestedthat anthropological sensitivities to detail may contribute to the general understanding of life in the Anthropocene in unexpected ways.

More informations (LAS's website)