NIRS will be closed for the winter and will open again for research stays in May

Kunst producerer ny viden 

“Mere end nogensinde er der brug for en anden tilgang til at skabe nye indsigter. Det kan kunstens og kulturens metoder bidrage til, fortæller idékvinde bag forskningshus i Sydgrønland”. Pages 20-23, skrevet af Niels Ole Qvist

“Forskningsstationen i Narsaq, smukt beliggende på grundfjeldet, er beskeden af ydre, men initiativet er fyldt med visioner”

Informationsavis udgivet af Arctic Hub om forskning i Grønland. Distribueret i grønlandsk presse

Artist and phd Rikke Luther spent time at NIRS. In collaboration with scientists in Denmark and Greenland, she is conducting research on glacial mud.

Maibritt Borgen, associate professor at the Laboratory for Artistic Research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, visited NIRS to conduct research into artistic research projects in Greenland.

As part of Nuuk International Film Festival and a special screening of Paninnguaq Lind Jensen and David Heilmann Ottossens film 'White Paper’, ARCTIC HUB invited cand. scient. pol. Rasmus Leander Nielsen, film director Paninnguaq Lind Jensen and NIRS board members Kristine Lynge-Pedersen and Lise Autogena to a panel discussion about resource use in Greenland and how film and research can add new perspectives to the public dialogue.

Zane Cooper’s research focused on the logistical, ideological, and historical entanglements between information infrastructures, energy production, and raw resource extraction.

In connection with Zane Cooper’s research, two workshops were organised by pedagogical head at Campus Kujalleq, Per Lykke Søndergaard, working with a-level and business students at Campus Kujalleq and teachers in South Greenland

Social science Master student from Ilissimatusarfik (University of Greenland) arrived on the 24th August to undertake research for her final year Master thesis on the mining industry in Greenland. Her visit coincides with the public consultation meeting on the Kuannersuit/ Kvanefjeld mine. She will be listening to opinions and perceptions of local residents in relation to the proposed rare earth mining projects at Killavaat Alannguat (Kringlerne) and Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld), in South Greenland.

GREENLAND-DENMARK 1721 + 300 = 2021

AALBORG UNIVERSITY COPENHAGEN

9-11 JUNE 2021