Traditional Knowledge Transect: Engaging Communities in Discussions of Environmental Change through a Dog Sled Expedition Across Northeastern Alaska

传统知识横断面：通过横跨阿拉斯加东北部的狗拉雪橇探险让社区参与环境变化的讨论

• 批准号: 0505736
• 负责人: Henry Huntington
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Huntington Consulting
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2007-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0505736&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Traditional; Knowledge; Transect; Engaging; Communities

In Alaska, present and potential impacts of climate and environmental changes are of primary concern for many communities. Many Alaska villages are looking for ways to cope with these impacts, from increasingly unsafe hunting conditions due to changing weather and ice conditions, to the relocation of their homes due to severe coastal erosion. It often happens that individual observations, voices and needs of communities and community members, are not heard because they get caught in generalizations of Arctic change and broad projections of what Arctic regions are likely to experience. In recent years, the voices of Arctic communities have been getting stronger. Arctic indigenous peoples have been speaking out about their observations and concerns, often through collaborative work with northern researchers. This project builds on this work and focuses on two important themes in understanding human dimensions of recent environmental change in the North. 1) Traditional knowledge of the environment and local responses to change are key to understanding both the nature of changes, and the possibilities and needs for adapting to change. 2) Finding creative ways for engaging Arctic indigenous peoples in research to understand their knowledge and concerns.Researchers will visit six communities in Alaska-Circle, Fort Yukon, Venetie, Arctic Village, Kaktovik and Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse-along a transect from the center of the state to the north coast, using a variation of the Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) approach to gather baseline information from communities. The project will join the Go North! dogsled expedition set to begin in February, 2005. Using the dogs and land travel as our point of entry for discussions and activities, we hope to forge a different relationship with communities than would be developed through standard research approaches. The project will address crucial topics of climate change, its impacts, and potential responses and adaptations in rural Alaska communities. Through the Go North! online educational effort, we will interact with schoolchildren about our research, our findings, and our experiences, as was done successfully on Go North!'s 2004 journey in theNorthwest Territories and Nunavut.Core research questions: 1) At the level allowed by the RRA/transect approach (i.e. larger number of communities, relatively short amount of time), what are the key differences and similarities between communities along the transect in terms of local impacts of climate and environmental change, and the ways climate change is perceived and discussed in the communities? 2) How do communities react to the transect approach (via the dogsled expedition), and how does this approach compare and contribute to other methods and methodologies for engaging northern communities in climate and environmental change research?

在阿拉斯加，气候和环境变化当前和潜在的影响是许多社区最关心的问题。许多阿拉斯加村庄正在寻找应对这些影响的方法，从由于天气和冰情变化导致的日益不安全的狩猎条件，到由于严重的海岸侵蚀而搬迁家园。社区和社区成员的个人观察、声音和需求经常被忽视，因为他们陷入了对北极变化的概括和对北极地区可能经历的广泛预测中。近年来，北极社区的呼声越来越强。北极土著人民通常通过与北方研究人员的合作来表达他们的观察和担忧。该项目以这项工作为基础，重点关注两个重要主题，以了解北方近期环境变化的人类影响。 1) 关于环境的传统知识和当地对变化的反应是理解变化的本质以及适应变化的可能性和需求的关键。 2) 寻找创造性的方法让北极土著人民参与研究，以了解他们的知识和关切。研究人员将沿着从州中心到北海岸的横断面走访阿拉斯加环线、育空堡、维内蒂、北极村、卡克托维克和普拉德霍湾/戴德霍斯的六个社区，使用快速农村评估（RRA）方法的变体从社区收集基线信息。该项目将加入Go North！狗拉雪橇探险将于 2005 年 2 月开始。利用狗和陆地旅行作为我们讨论和活动的切入点，我们希望与社区建立一种不同于通过标准研究方法建立的关系。该项目将讨论气候变化、其影响以及阿拉斯加农村社区的潜在应对和适应等关键主题。通过北上！通过在线教育工作，我们将与学童就我们的研究、发现和经验进行互动，就像“向北！”2004 年在西北地区和努纳武特地区的旅程中所成功完成的那样。核心研究问题：1) 在 RRA/样带方法允许的水平上（即，社区数量较多，时间相对较短），样带沿线社区之间在气候和气候对当地影响方面的主要差异和相似之处是什么？ 环境变化，以及社区如何看待和讨论气候变化？ 2) 社区对样线方法（通过狗拉雪橇探险）有何反应，以及该方法如何与其他让北方社区参与气候和环境变化研究的方法和方法进行比较和贡献？