Planning: Connecting Inupiaq and Veterinary Knowledge about Wildlife Diseases and Food Safety

气候变化及其对阿拉斯加病原体分布和传统储存做法的影响有可能对人类健康和生存产生不利影响。该项目记录了因纽特人对食品安全的传统理解和对阿拉斯加西北部常见的生存物种中野生动物疾病的知识。结合土著知识和兽医科学，PI团队将探索当地对食品安全和食源性疾病的看法，以及对生存物种病原体的了解。调查人员将评估当地对开发涉及生存食品安全的研究项目的兴趣，并合作确定适当的社会科学、监测和采样方法来回答社区问题。第一年的活动包括与当地居民举行虚拟和面对面的会议，这些居民对生存食品中的野生动物病原体感兴趣或了解。PI团队将奋进包括熟悉自给动物采购、加工和准备的所有阶段的参与者。利用研讨会的结构，调查人员和与会者将讨论土著和兽医的野生动物病原体的方法，确定趋同点和差异。如果当地有足够的兴趣，PI团队将促进合作开发研究问题和确定适当的方法，其中可能包括监测和采样，以及访谈和参与者观察。拟议工作的伦理方面将得到明确解决，因为食物方式的变化可能会对营养和福祉产生影响。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。

Climate change and its impacts on pathogen distribution and traditional storage practices in Alaska have the potential to adversely affect human health and subsistence. This project documents traditional Inupiaq understanding of food safety and knowledge of wildlife diseases in subsistence species common in Northwest Alaska. Combining Indigenous knowledge and veterinary science, the PI team will explore local perspectives on food safety and food-borne illness and knowledge of pathogens in subsistence species. Investigators will assess local interest in the development of a research project dealing with subsistence food safety and collaboratively identify appropriate social scientific, monitoring, and sampling methods to answer community questions. Year 1 activities involve virtual and in-person meetings with local residents with an interest in or knowledge of wildlife pathogens in subsistence foods. The PI team will endeavor to include participants familiar with all stages of subsistence animal procurement, processing, and preparation. Using a workshop structure, investigators and participants will discuss Indigenous and veterinary approaches to wildlife pathogens, identifying points of convergence and difference. Should there be sufficient local interest, the PI team will facilitate collaborative development of research questions and identification of appropriate methods, which may include monitoring and sampling, as well as interviewing and participant observation. Ethical aspects of the proposed work will be explicitly addressed, as changes to foodways may have impacts on nutrition and well-being.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.