Résumés
Abstract
In this article, we explore the connection between industrial certification schemes and the articulation of identity within a broader context of Greenlandic independence. As a heuristic tool to explore ethno-political visions and interferences that emerge from the process of national independence, we draw on three sustainability labels used within the Greenlandic fisheries, hunting and tourism sectors. Drawing on their framings of sustainability, we examine whether and in what ways voluntary marked-based certification schemes under the auspices of the Greenland Self-rule Government add to how research has previously defined Greenlandic identities. We further discuss how these certification schemes contain, speak to, support, or contest ethno-national categories with relevance to Greenlandic nation building. In conclusion, we argue that certification regimes in Greenland draw on old as well as emerging categories of collective identity, contributing to the continuous repositioning of Greenland’s key economic sectors in post-colonial nation building.
Keywords:
- Certification,
- nation building,
- fisheries,
- sealing,
- tourism
Résumé
Dans cet article, nous explorons le lien entre les systèmes de certification industrielle et la formulation de l’identité dans un contexte plus large d’indépendance du Groenland. Nous explorons les visions ethno-politiques et les interférences qui émanent du processus d’indépendance nationale comme outil heuristique, en nous appuyant sur trois labels de durabilité utilisés dans les secteurs de la pêche, de la chasse et du tourisme au Groenland. En nous basant sur leur conception de la durabilité, nous cherchons à savoir si et dans quelle mesure les systèmes de certification volontaires et enregistrés sous la tutelle du gouvernement autonome du Groenland ajoutent à la manière dont la recherche a précédemment défini les identités groenlandaises. Nous examinons également la manière dont ces systèmes de certification contiennent, évoquent, soutiennent ou contestent les catégories ethno-nationales pertinentes pour la construction de la nation groenlandaise. En conclusion, nous soutenons que les régimes de certification au Groenland s’appuient sur des anciennes et émergentes catégories d’identité collective, contribuant ainsi au repositionnement continu des secteurs économiques clés du Groenland dans la construction de la nation postcoloniale.
Mots-clés :
- Certification,
- construction de la nation,
- pêche,
- chasse au phoque,
- tourisme
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