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Jónas Gunnar Allansson is currently a Ph.D. student in social anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His dissertation research project proposes to investigate how people in East Greenlandic hunting communities perceive and explain the social, environmental, economical and political processes that they define as important for the viability (sustainability) of their communities, now and in the future. These photos were taken in Kulusuk, East Greenland, in the spring of 2000. |
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| The town of Kap Dan on Kulusuk island |
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| Street life |
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| The houses are built straight on the rock as soil is almost none. This makes all pluming difficult |
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| All the houses are painted in bright and vivid colours and are referred to in that sense: the yellow house by the sea |
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| Children playing on the street |
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| Melting of snow in the spring |
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| The school in the village |
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| The hotel is situated mid-way between the airport and the village |
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| Tourism is growing rapidly in Greenland and day tours from Iceland to Kulusuk are popular |
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| Young drum dancer entertains tourist in the souvenir shop |
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| Flower of Greenlandic youth |
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| The sea around the island is frozen most part of the year |
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| Due to lack of soil people face difficulties burying their loved ones |
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| Artificial flowers are poplar on graves all around Greenland |
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| Sunset in Kulusuk |
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