Iceland and the Colonial Project
Author(s): Gavin Lucas; Angelos Parigoris
Year: 2013
Summary
This paper revolves around a central dilemma: whether to see Iceland as colonizer or colonized. On the one hand, it was linked to the Danish project of colonialism outside Europe, benefitting from access to exotic goods and influenced by ideologies of race and whiteness. On the other hand, Iceland was itself a dependency of Denmark, and from the nineteenth century, developed a discourse of nationalism and independence. This paper will examine the tensions of Iceland as colonizer/colonized exploring the intersection of colonialism and nationalism on the borders of Europe.
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Iceland and the Colonial Project. Gavin Lucas, Angelos Parigoris. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428291)
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Keywords
General
Colonialism
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Iceland
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Nationalism
Geographic Keywords
Iceland
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Western Europe
Temporal Keywords
19th-20th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -24.538; min lat: 63.391 ; max long: -13.499; max lat: 66.536 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 656