Branding Greenland as a form of expression of national identity? Cover Image

Branding Grenlandii formą ekspresji tożsamości narodowej?
Branding Greenland as a form of expression of national identity?

Author(s): Dominika Bartnik-Światek
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Greenland; nation branding; national identity; Branding Greenland

Summary/Abstract: In the times of globalisation there is a tendency for countries to differentiate from others. More and more governments decide to launch professional nation branding campaigns in order to communicate to a broad public what a particular country has to offer as well as what values and images it wants to be associated with. Greenland is an example of a country that after a long period of colonisation and establishing self-government, in 2009 began to redefine its identity and reveal it to the world. A branding campaign has been implemented to communicate a newly defined image of Greenland. This campaign has been carried out using mainly social media and the tools that the Internet has to offer. The aim of this paper is to explore the concept of nation branding and to define the relation between nation branding and national identity. The purpose is also to analyse what images of Greenland as a brand are presented by “Pioneering nation” campaign.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 207-213
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish