Study title

Interviews of Self-Identifying Inuit in Greenland and in Diaspora 2022-2024

Dataset ID Number

FSD4128

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4128
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4128

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Duncan, Sarah (University of Eastern Finland)

Abstract

The data consists of semi-structured interviews with Inuit in Greenland and the diaspora. The data was originally collected for the author's doctoral dissertation, which examined the significance of music and soundscapes for the Inuit's self-perceived well-being in Greenland and the diaspora.

The interviews focused on music, environmental soundscapes, and their connections to the interviewees' own experiences of well-being. In the questions about music, the interviewees were asked about making and listening to music, as well as how making and listening to music made them feel. The questions about soundscapes explored the sounds the interviewees heard in and outside their home environments and their experiences of those sounds. In addition, they were asked about changes in the environmental soundscape, compared the soundscape of their current living environment to those of other places they visit or have lived, and discussed how they anticipate the soundscape of their environment changing in the future. Inuit living in the diaspora were asked only questions regarding soundscapes.

The background information includes the timing of the interview and whether it was conducted in person or online.

Keywords

acoustics; emigration; identity; indigenous peoples; music; sound

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Community, urban and rural life (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Migration (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Duncan, Sarah (University of Eastern Finland)

Funders

• Agnes and Taavi Lehtinen Fund
• Saastamoinen Foundation
• University of the Arctic's north2north
• Letterstedtska Association

Collection Dates

2022-01-01 – 2024-12-31

Nation

Greenland (Denmark), Denmark

Geographical Coverage

Greenland, Denmark

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People who identify as Inuit in Greenland and the diaspora

Time Method

Longitudinal

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Non-probability: Respondent-assisted

The author used advertisements, invitations and snowball sampling to find interviewees.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview (Interviews in Nuuk, Greenland were conducted in face-to-face)

Web-based interview (Interviews with people living in the diaspora were conducted online)

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

18 interview transcripts in ODT format.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The author has anonymized the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Duncan, Sarah (University of Eastern Finland): Interviews of Self-Identifying Inuit in Greenland and in Diaspora 2022-2024 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-09-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4128; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4128

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Duncan, Seira (2025) Music, water and 'Greenlandic silence': the impacts of songs and soundscapes on self-represented well-being among Inuit. Joensuu, PhD diss, University of Eastern Finland. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-61-5744-3