ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I broaden my scope beyond family life and the home by analysing the flows of visitors and guests entering and leaving a house, and the material goods they may bring along in order to be shared and redistributed. The practice of visiting, and of being visited, is reliant on various implicit verbal and nonverbal ways of showing or demanding hospitality, with respect to inviting, greeting, and receiving visitors and guests, and the subsequent exchange of stories and news. Material items such as foodstuffs and presents form an indispensable part of hospitality, in relation to both everyday visits and festivals such as Christmas or milaartut. Here, communication takes place by way of these goods, which may also be regarded as extensions of persons, and this type of communication is indeed quite explicit and visible. I show that different types of goods, such as Greenlandic country food and store-bought products, are treated differently with respect to sharing. On occasion, money also circulates between visitors/guests and hosts, which I discuss in respect to gambling.
