Vivi Voldresearcher, has been awarded the prestigious Emma Goldman Snowball Award.
– I was incredibly humbled when I got the award, Vivi Vold tells AG.
Vivi Voldresearcher, has been awarded the prestigious Emma Goldman Snowball Award.
– I was incredibly humbled when I got the award, Vivi Vold tells AG.
She says that it was a great experience and particularly emphasizes being in the company of other strong women who work tirelessly in fields characterized by resistance.
– It was more to be in the same room as other incredibly strong and fantastic women who work tirelessly in fields and spaces that can be both hard and full of resistance, Vivi Vold tells.
The award means a lot for her work in recognizing Inuit knowledge from cities and settlements in South Greenland, especially Nanortalik and Narsarmijit.
Over the years, Vivi Vold has criticized structures that favor Western, Eurocentric knowledge production and overlook the knowledge possessed by Inuit people.
She emphasizes that the award is not only about herself, but about the communities and students she works with, and about making their stories and experiences visible.
– It means an incredible amount to my work and the work that many women do in colonial and structurally challenging spaces. Having this recognized and appreciated in a way we don’t normally experience gives motivation to continue and confirms that the work makes a difference, she says.
The Emma Goldman Snowball Award is an annual prize awarded by the Dutch FLAX Foundation to support research and work on feminism and inequality issues in Europe.
