Inuit Collaborative Workshop in Preparation for the Smithsonian Exhibit, Narwhal, Inuit and Ice in a Changing Artic, 2017

该奖项支持2015年秋季在加拿大努纳武特池塘湾举行的研讨会和社区会议，以征求因纽特人社区成员的想法和建议，计划于2017年7月在史密森尼自然历史博物馆举办“独角鲸：变化中的北极因纽特人和冰”展览。该展览被设想为先前资助的北极社会科学研究奖“利用因纽特人的传统知识，指导关于独角鲸长牙功能的假设的发展”的社区外展计划的顶峰。2015年秋季研讨会包括长老和猎人（其中一些人参与了科学项目）、社区领袖、因纽特人组织、教育工作者、科学家和史密森尼的支持人员，他们将讨论拟议展览的各种主题。此外，还将与哈姆雷特大会代表和塘湾猎人和诱捕者组织举行会议。拟讨论的展览主题包括自然科学家和因纽特人社区成员如何合作，以扩大他们对独角鲸解剖、生理学、行为和北极的了解；独角鲸如何随着环境的变化而变化和适应，以及这些变化如何影响以独角鲸为食物和民间传说的当地人；最后一个主题是研究因纽特人、欧洲人和亚洲人如何创造艺术品、传说和民间传说，代表他们如何随着时间的推移，包括到现在，理解独角鲸。为了确保因纽特人的声音是展览建设的一个组成部分，池塘湾社区的成员将被邀请参加一个由因纽特人代表组成的审查小组，与展览团队合作，以确保准确性和因纽特人的观点，池塘湾猎人和捕兽者组织的成员也将被邀请参加，作为对独角鲸的传统知识及其在展览中的表现的审查。此外，他们还将与当地艺术家会面，这些艺术家将被委托展示土著狩猎、独角鲸行为和因纽特人关于独角鲸的传说的图片和艺术渲染，这些都将包括在展览中。讲习班的最后一部分将以青年为重点，目的是收集信息和想法，以吸引北极地区的土著儿童，并扩展到世界各地的其他土著文化。

This award supports a workshop and community meetings in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada Fall 2015 to solicit ideas and advice from Inuit community members for a planned "Narwhal: Inuit and Ice in a Changing Arctic" exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History planned for July 2017. The exhibit was envisioned as the capstone of the community outreach plan for a previously funded Arctic Social Science research award "Using Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Traditional Knowledge, To Guide The Development Of Hypotheses On Narwhal Tusk Function." The Fall 2015 workshop includes elders and hunters (some of whom collaborated on the science project), community leaders, Inuit organizations, educators, scientists, and Smithsonian support staff to discuss a variety of themes for the proposed exhibit. In addition, meetings will be held with Hamlet Assembly representatives and the Hunters and Trappers Organization of Pond Inlet. The proposed Themes for the exhibit to be discussed include how natural scientists and Inuit community members collaborate to expand their knowledge of narwhal anatomy, physiology, behavior, and the Arctic; how narwhals are changing and adapting as their environment changes and how these changes are affecting local people who depend on the narwhal for food and folklore; and a final theme that would examine how people from Inuit, European, and Asian cultures have created artwork, legends, and folklore representing how they have understood narwhals through time, including up to the present. To ensure that Inuit voices are an integral part of the construction of the exhibit, members of the Pond Inlet community will be approached to participate on a review panel of Inuit representatives to work with the exhibit team in order to ensure accuracy and Inuit perspectives Members of the Pond Inlet Hunters and Trappers Organization will also be invited to participate as reviewers for the traditional knowledge of the narwhal and its presentation in the exhibit. In addition, their will be meetings between scientists and local artists, who will be contracted to represent pictorial and art renderings of indigenous hunting, narwhal behavior, and the Inuit legend of the narwhal to be included in the exhibit. The final part of the workshop will be youth-focused in order to elicit information and ideas that will appeal to indigenous children in the Arctic, as well as extend to other indigenous cultures around the world.