EAGER: Geoheritage and Two-Eyed Seeing - Advances in Interdisciplinary Earth Science Research, Learning, and Inclusion through Shared Ways of Knowing

EAGER：地质遗产和两只眼睛看到的——通过共享认知方式在跨学科地球科学研究、学习和包容性方面取得进展

• 批准号: 2136139
• 负责人: Erika Vye
• 金额: $ 29.67万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-11-01 至 2023-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2136139&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Geoheritage; Two; Eyed; Seeing

Geoheritage and Two-Eyed Seeing (GTS) is an exploratory place-based project that combines Indigenous knowledge with geoscience education and research. A project team that crosses disciplines, generations and cultures will study dynamic and interconnected geologic and human stories about the landscape’s past, present, and future. The project will employ equitable knowledge exchange and other ways of knowing to understand the foundations of Earth processes. GTS aligns with the pressing societal need to expand and support diversity in the geoscience community. The project engages innovative interdisciplinary perspectives and new expertise, which challenges conventional ways of thinking about the Earth. The project aims to broaden considerations of the relationships between people, landscapes, and Earth systems processes. The work is expected to contribute to the evolving field of geoheritage in the United States. Results will demonstrate how braided knowledge system approaches nurture and complement deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and increase awareness of Indigenous histories, language, and knowledge of geologic landscapes among the broader public. The diverse team will also cultivate social consciousness through shared dialogue on critical issues related to belonging, access, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BAJEDI) through amplifying currently underrepresented knowledge sets in the geoscience community. The project will result in the creation of a geoatlas that includes geologic, geographic and cultural data, which will be available to a range of stakeholders in the Great Lakes Region. The project also engages tribal and non-tribal youth in digital storytelling and geoheritage research. In this project setting, the Keweenaw region of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Lake Superior, GTS explores relationships with the Earth through the lens of both Anishinaabe-gikendaasowin (Anishinaabe knowledge) and Western science with two objectives: 1) the creation of a geoatlas – a publicly accessible, exploratory geoheritage database that combines physical, cultural, and geographic datasets that will serve the scientific community, educators, local tourist entities, land use planners, and the broader public; and 2) cultivate youth leaders by fostering cultural competency in tandem with other essential skills for career paths in the geosciences. To achieve these goals an interdisciplinary team of Great Lakes Indigenous knowledge holders, geoscience/geospatial researchers, and two cohorts of tribal and non-tribal youth will braid knowledge sets documenting the way that Nibi (water), Mishomis Grandfathers (rocks), Miskwaabik (copper), and geologic processes have guided and continue to mold culture and life. These qualitative data will be integrated as innovative geoheritage data layers in the geoatlas expressing these relationships in a holistic way offering potentially transformative impacts for the development of digital storytelling and long-term geoheritage research and increased cultural competency among the broader public. Further contributions of this work include: a) cultivating a diverse geoscience community by introducing youth to geoscience career pathways through multi- disciplinary, -cultural, and –directional learning about Earth systems processes; b) creating foundations for transformative place-based, inclusive, and culturally-appropriate K-12 Earth science and higher education geoheritage curriculum, both informed by GTS project deliverables; and c) fostering a more diverse and equitable geoscience community through elevating currently underrepresented Indigenous knowledge sets in the geosciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

地球遗产和双眼看（GTS）是一个探索性的地方为基础的项目，结合土著知识与地球科学教育和研究。一个跨学科，跨世代和跨文化的项目团队将研究动态和相互关联的地质和人类故事，关于景观的过去，现在和未来。 该项目将采用公平的知识交流和其他方式来了解地球进程的基础。GTS与扩大和支持地球科学界多样性的迫切社会需求保持一致。该项目采用了创新的跨学科视角和新的专业知识，挑战了对地球的传统思维方式。该项目旨在扩大对人、景观和地球系统过程之间关系的考虑。这项工作预计将有助于在美国不断发展的地质遗产领域。结果将展示编织知识系统方法如何培养和补充对不同观点的更深入理解，并提高更广泛公众对土著历史，语言和地质景观知识的认识。多元化的团队还将培养社会意识，通过对有关归属感，访问，正义，公平，多样性和包容性（BAJEDI）的关键问题的共同对话，通过放大目前在地球科学界代表性不足的知识集。该项目将创建一个地理图集，其中包括地质、地理和文化数据，将提供给五大湖区域的一系列利益攸关方。 该项目还让部落和非部落青年参与数字讲故事和地质遗产研究。 在这个项目设置中，密歇根州上半岛的基韦诺地区的上级湖，GTS探索与地球的关系，通过透镜的Anishinaabe-gikendaasowin（Anishinaabe知识）和西方科学有两个目标：1）创建地理地图集----一个可公开访问的、探索性的地理遗产数据库，它结合了自然、文化和地理数据集，将为科学界、教育工作者、当地旅游实体、土地使用规划者和更广泛的公众; 2）通过培养文化能力以及地球科学职业道路的其他基本技能来培养青年领袖。为了实现这些目标，一个由五大湖土著知识持有者、地球科学/地理空间研究人员以及两组部落和非部落青年组成的跨学科团队将编制知识集，记录Nibi（水）、Mishomis Grandfathers（岩石）、Miskwaabik（铜）和地质过程引导并继续塑造文化和生活的方式。这些定性数据将作为创新的地质遗产数据层整合到地理地图集中，以整体的方式表达这些关系，为数字故事和长期地质遗产研究的发展提供潜在的变革性影响，并提高更广泛公众的文化能力。这项工作的进一步贡献包括：a）通过对地球系统过程的多学科、多文化和多方向学习，向青年介绍地球科学职业道路，培养多样化的地球科学社区; B）为变革性的、基于地方的、包容性的和文化上适当的K-12地球科学和高等教育地球遗产课程奠定基础，两者都以全球技术服务项目的可交付成果为依据;以及c）通过提升目前在地球科学中代表性不足的土著知识集来培养一个更加多样化和公平的地球科学社区。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。