So much has been said about Greenland in the recent weeks in the U.S., Denmark and elsewhere in Europe that one feels the Greenlanders themselves might find it challenging to convey important messages about their country and its future.
My European Game of Politics: Crisis and Survival course at DIS – Study Abroad had the honour and the pleasure of meeting with Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Head of Mission at the Greenland Mission to the EU. Together with my students and, we held an open talk about what happened in the history of Greenland and the Greenlanders and how taking full ownership of affairs in their country after centuries of colonial presence of Europeans needs to be a well-thought process that might but does not mean independence in the foreseeable future.
