ABSTRACT
In Greenland, many young people are forced to move far away from home to get an education. They leave behind family, friends, and familiar surroundings. While some enjoy life far away from their parents, others suffer severe homesickness; their families are, physically, far away but can be reached via different kinds of materialities (including mobile media technologies, e.g. Skype and FaceTime). The chapter is an analysis of the asynchrone experience of living with the triangle of education, mobility and domestication. It is also a methodological attempt to intertwine the material, sensory impressions and atmospheres that arise, which can be captured in film with the reflections of written language.
