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Carving out Climate Testimony: Inuit Youth, Wellness & Environmental Stewardship

做出气候见证：因纽特青年、健康

基本信息

批准号：
NE/X002462/1
负责人：
Jen Bagelman
金额：
$ 56.62万
依托单位：
Newcastle University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FX002462%2F1
关键词：
Carving out Climate Testimony Inuit

项目摘要

Climate change has a disproportionate impact on the Canadian Arctic with temperatures rising twice as fast compared to elsewhere in the world. This impact has caused warming of the oceans, a rapid decline in sea-ice extent and duration, and widespread permafrost thaw. As academics and health practitioners have noted, these ecological changes directly impact the mental health and wellbeing of Inuit communities (Willox et al., 2020; IRC, 2016). In this context, our project particularly focuses on Inuit youth (18-24 yrs). As President of The National Inuit Youth Council, Brian Pottle, emphasized at COP26, urgent attention is needed to understand 'increasing mental health risks' facing youth due to climate change (Kaschor 2021). Our project addresses this pressing issue through an innovative and community-driven approach that views Inuit youth not simply as 'at-risk' but pivotal agents of change (Watt-Cloutier, 2018). Through the use of Inuit-storytelling methodologies our project elevates youth and local voices to identify impacts as well as solutions to address a dramatically changing climate in Northern Canada. Moreover, our project has designed critical new spaces, and established the necessary collaborations, for youth to disseminate this knowledge to policy-makers, academics and wider publics. Our project takes a staged approach which empowers Inuit youth across diverse regions. In the first stage we focus on Tuktoyaktuk, piloting our approach alongside youth leaders and with support of Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation (TCC). In the second stage our team will engage youth in the three other regions of Inuit Nunangat where our team has existing links: Kuujuaq, Makkovik and Kangilliniq.Addressing Theme 1 of this call, Arctic Ecosystems and their Impact on Inuit Communities, our project asks the two-fold question: how does climate change impact Inuit youth and what are the resilience factors that enhance mental health and wellbeing? Our project is especially interested in innovative forms of adaptation key to continued livelihood and cultural continuity. National Inuit Strategy on Research (NISR) has noted that this question of health is a vital Inuit research priority (ITK, 2018:5). Specifically, our project explores how changes to terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems (sea-ice and coastal processes, freshwater, snow, permafrost thaw, and changing marine ecosystems) impact mental health and wellbeing. Our interdisciplinary team with expertise across the physical and social sciences takes a community-engaged approach to this research (Bagelman, 2016; Hall, 2005; Igloliorte, 2009; Wiebe et al., 2020). Additionally, we have developed an Inuit-led structure and methodological pathway for community members to themselves determine how these systems are experienced. This approach is a corrective to a problem identified by NISR: that there exists 'science research bias' and a lack of social science perspectives addressing Inuit priorities (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2018: 4). Our project is critical given that Inuit youth remain chronically underrepresented in shaping climate policy (Watt-Cloutier, 2015). Addressing this problem and the cross-cutting themes of this call, our project co-develops Inuit-specific storytelling methodologies for documenting indicators and determinants of Inuit community health and resilience. We work with an Inuit understanding of 'storytelling' and sharing (Inuktitut: Unikkausivut) which refers to verbal but also artistic expressions (Bertrand, 2019). Working alongside Inuit artists (Milestones) we explore how long-standing practices of storytelling, or testimony, can be used as a material and intergenerational method to visually convey climate testimony and shape policy that enhances resilience strategies. As Co-Investigator Silla Watt- Cloutier has argued, these tools depart from conventional methods which do not adequately address cultural and embodied experiences (Watt-Cloutier, 2018)

气候变化对加拿大北极地区的影响不成比例，气温上升速度是世界其他地区的两倍。这种影响导致海洋变暖，海冰范围和持续时间迅速减少，以及广泛的永久冻土融化。正如学者和卫生从业人员所指出的，这些生态变化直接影响因纽特人社区的心理健康和福祉（Willox等人，2020；IRC, 2016）。在这方面，我们的项目特别关注因纽特青年（18-24岁）。正如全国因纽特青年理事会主席布莱恩·波特尔（Brian Pottle）在第26届联合国气候变化大会上强调的那样，需要紧急关注气候变化给青年带来的“日益严重的心理健康风险”（Kaschor 2021）。我们的项目通过创新和社区驱动的方法解决了这一紧迫问题，该方法不仅将因纽特青年视为“风险”，而且将其视为变革的关键推动者（Watt-Cloutier, 2018）。通过使用因纽特人讲故事的方法，我们的项目提高了青年和当地的声音，以确定影响以及解决方案，以应对加拿大北部急剧变化的气候。此外，我们的项目还设计了关键的新空间，并建立了必要的合作，让年轻人将这些知识传播给决策者、学者和更广泛的公众。我们的项目采取分阶段的方法，赋予不同地区的因纽特青年权力。在第一阶段，我们将重点放在图克托亚图克，在图克托亚图克社区公司（TCC）的支持下，与青年领袖一起试行我们的方法。在第二阶段，我们的团队将与因纽特人努南加特的其他三个地区的年轻人接触，我们的团队在这些地区有联系：Kuujuaq、Makkovik和Kangilliniq。针对本次会议的主题1“北极生态系统及其对因纽特人社区的影响”，我们的项目提出了两个问题：气候变化如何影响因纽特青年，以及增强心理健康和福祉的复原力因素是什么？我们的项目特别关注对维持生计和文化连续性至关重要的创新适应形式。国家因纽特人研究战略（NISR）指出，健康问题是因纽特人研究的重要优先事项（ITK, 2018:5）。具体来说，我们的项目探讨了陆地、淡水和沿海生态系统（海冰和沿海过程、淡水、雪、永久冻土融化和不断变化的海洋生态系统）的变化如何影响心理健康和福祉。我们的跨学科团队拥有物理和社会科学的专业知识，采用社区参与的方法进行这项研究（Bagelman, 2016; Hall, 2005; Igloliorte, 2009; Wiebe et al., 2020）。此外，我们还开发了一个因纽特人主导的结构和方法途径，供社区成员自己决定如何体验这些系统。这种方法是对NISR发现的一个问题的纠正：存在“科学研究偏见”，缺乏解决因纽特人优先事项的社会科学视角（因纽特人Tapiriit Kanatami， 2018: 4）。考虑到因纽特青年在制定气候政策方面的代表性长期不足，我们的项目至关重要（Watt-Cloutier, 2015）。为了解决这一问题和本次呼吁的跨领域主题，我们的项目共同开发了针对因纽特人的讲故事方法，用于记录因纽特人社区健康和复原力的指标和决定因素。我们根据因纽特人对“讲故事”和分享的理解（因纽特语：Unikkausivut）进行工作，这既指口头表达，也指艺术表达（Bertrand, 2019）。与因纽特艺术家（里程碑）一起，我们探索了如何将长期以来的讲故事或证词的做法用作一种材料和代际方法，以视觉方式传达气候证词并制定政策，从而增强复原力战略。正如联合研究员Silla Watt-Cloutier所认为的，这些工具与传统方法不同，传统方法不能充分解决文化和体现经验（Watt-Cloutier, 2018）。