Songlines and Touchstones
A study of perinatal health and culture in Greenland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2388941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Montgomery-Andersen (Nordic School of Public Health), Ina K Borup, Ina Borup (Nordic School of Public Health) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-101 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/117718011300900107 |
| OpenAlex | W1579181387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
This paper aims to focus on how family and community in Greenland perceive support-giving during the perinatal period. It explores Greenlanders use of storytelling as a health-promoting tool in the perinatal period. It is research set in Greenland, but analysed in a larger context. Using an ethnographic approach to subject matter, the paper is based on a series of qualitative interviews and focus groups conducted between 2003 and 2011 with mothers and fathers. Ethnographic content analysis, interviews and dialogues with Culture Bearers were used to analyse and set the stories into a cultural perspective. The child was described as the centre of the family and the family as the bedrock of life. The mothers, fathers and Culture Bearers presented three main concepts in their stories: 1) my family ... a safe harbour, 2) the child as the centre of the family, and 3) the equal sharing of burden and joy
Ethnography · Focus group · Geography · Narrative · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Subject matter · Anthropology · Children's Rights and Participation · Community Health and Development · Gender Studies · Indigenous Studies and Ecology
“Today we are not good at talking about these things”
The influence of kinship networks and family relationships on pregnancy dynamics in North Greenland
An ecological approach to understanding Women’s reproductive health and pregnancy decision making in Greenland
Development context influences fertility and reproductive health decisions in Greenland amid economic and environmental change
Arctic homeland
From Decolonizing Psychology to the Development of a Cross-Indigenous Perspective in Methodology
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Health Promotion in Cervical Cancer Prevention among the Yakama Indian Women of the Wa’shat Longhouse
Utilizing Traditional Storytelling to Promote Wellness in American Indian Communities
Tackling complexities in understanding the social determinants of health
Living in Two Worlds
Kinship in Greenland – Emotions of Relatedness
Storytelling as a theory‐building activity
Women and Language in Transition
Learning From the Grandmothers
Talk that Talk
Reflections
Changes in Childbirth Knowledge
Decolonizing Methodologies
Culture-Making
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |