Inuit Studies Conference October 2012: Learning From the Top of the World

2012 年 10 月因纽特人研究会议：向世界之巅学习

• 批准号: 1230789
• 负责人: William Fitzhugh
• 金额: $ 20.51万
• 依托单位: Smithsonian Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-15 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1230789&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inuit; Studies; Conference; October; 2012

The proposal is to provide funding to the 18th biennial gathering of Arctic scholars known as the Inuit Studies Conference (ISC) for broadening participation of Arctic indigenous people, students and early career scientists in the conference and to support digital media platforms to widen the public audience for the conference. The 18th ISC will be addressing the central theme, "Inuit/Arctic/Connections: Learning from the Top of the World," which will be held for the first time in the "Lower '48" at the Smithsonian Institution 24-28 October, 2012. The conference will address the outstanding issue of the Arctic world today, it's rapidly changing climate and the dramatic reduction of sea ice that is transforming a "frozen" world into a seasonally ice-free environment. These physical changes have already had a profound impact on Arctic cultures and residents, on the natural resources that sustain northern peoples, and for the first time directly affect the wider world as a result of new access to formerly frozen lands and waters. The conference will focus on communicating new research on a broad array of northern topics and will raise awareness about these issues in a series of plenary sessions, workshops, symposia, panel discussions, media events, and exhibitions.An important part of the NSF support will be to expand the traditional format by situating ISC-18 in a contemporary digital environment by developing an extensive website and by broadcasting key sessions and events in streaming media with interactive communication techniques. This proposal seeks funds to ensure participation of young as well as seasoned scholars and to implement a digital communication plan that expands the impact of the conference from attendees to the wider world.

该提案将为第18届北极学者会议提供资金，该会议被称为因纽特研究会议(ISC)，旨在扩大北极土著人民、学生和早期职业科学家对会议的参与，并支持数字媒体平台，以扩大会议的公众受众。第18届ISC将讨论“因纽特人/北极/联系：从世界之巅学习”这一中心主题，该会议将于2012年10月24-28日在史密森学会举行。这次会议将讨论当今北极世界的悬而未决的问题，气候的快速变化和海冰的急剧减少正在将一个“冰冻”的世界转变为一个季节性的无冰环境。这些自然变化已经对北极文化和居民产生了深刻影响，对维持北方人民生计的自然资源产生了深远影响，并由于获得以前冻结的土地和水域的新途径，首次直接影响到更广泛的世界。这次会议将集中于就广泛的北方主题交流新的研究成果，并将通过一系列全体会议、研讨会、专题讨论会、小组讨论、媒体活动和展览来提高人们对这些问题的认识。NSF支持的一个重要部分将是通过开发一个广泛的网站并通过使用互动通信技术在流媒体上播放关键会议和事件来扩展传统格式，将ISC-18置于当代数字环境中。这项提议寻求资金，以确保年轻和经验丰富的学者的参与，并实施一项数字传播计划，将会议的影响从与会者扩大到更广泛的世界。