In 2010, when news from Greenland was a rare event, Nancy Campbell spent a winter as artist-in-residence on the island of Upernavik. She worked alongside the Kalaallisut-speaking community, learning the language (also known as West Greenlandic) just as it was being classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.
The language taught her far more about the ecology and rich culture of Greenland than any climate report. Meanwhile, the community was already feeling the effects of climate breakdown, and Nancy soon discovered that traditional knowledge, language and ...
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