Collaborative Research: Full Scale Development: Native Universe - Indigenous Voice in Science Museums

《本土宇宙：博物馆中的本土声音》是由本土教育研究所、加州大学伯克利分校和夏威夷大学希洛分校合作开展的项目，以美国国家科学基金会资助的成功的宇宙蛇合作项目（DRL 07-14631/DRL 07-14629）为基础。宇宙蛇专业发展项目探索本土和西方科学之间的共性，使参与者能够将STEM作为博物馆项目和展览的切入点。原生宇宙致力于通过创建一个专业的发展项目，通过在项目和展览中注入土著的声音来促进系统的制度变革，从而进入下一个阶段。探讨的主题包括物种分布、环境脆弱性、人类系统的适应，以及地方、区域和全球层面的科学和政策问题。该项目旨在评估文化背景和接触与西方科学相结合的本土知识系统如何影响这些观点；发展可持续的机构能力，从多个角度介绍环境变化；在建立一个持久的实践社区的同时，创造包容的模式。项目设计依赖于基于土著声音和传统生态知识文献以及现行制度变革模型的概念框架。前端评估、总结性评估和过程评估将解决与科学博物馆如何促进参与和包容土著声音有关的问题，包括环境变化内容的呈现、准备阶段以及这一过程的模型的出现。数据收集的方法包括反思日志、post前问卷调查和半结构化的多点访谈，以衡量博物馆内部变化的程度和性质，以及员工如何发起、支持和维持变化。项目可交付成果包括在为期9个月的驻留期间开发的三个博物馆案例研究，游客的公共体验，最终的虚拟会议，以及致力于非正式科学教育中土著声音的博物馆之间的动态实践社区。博物馆驻留将在俄勒冈科学与工业博物馆、亚利桑那-索诺拉沙漠博物馆和阿拉斯加的北方博物馆举行。根据din<s:1>战略规划过程（包括启动、发展、实施和更新），将在每个站点进行深入的案例研究，并将Ìmiloa天文研究所作为机构变革的典范。每个场地的展品和项目都将被开发或扩展，以整合环境变化内容和本土观点。项目成果的传播将通过出版物、会议演示、视频、网络研讨会（每年四次）和虚拟会议来完成。预计该项目将影响超过120万合作机构的游客，以及博物馆工作人员的专业观众。原生宇宙可以为该领域提供有价值的解释工具，以理解和解决与整合文化视角和科学内容相关的挑战。博物馆案例研究将有助于了解科学学习的文化过程，并可能通过利用土著声音从文化基础的角度提高公众对环境变化的认识和理解，从而改变科学在博物馆中的呈现方式。总的好处是增加了土著个人对STEM的参与，提高了公众在环境变化领域的科学素养。

Native Universe: Indigenous Voice in Museums, a collaboration between the Indigenous Education Institute, University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Hawaii at Hilo, builds on the successful NSF-funded Cosmic Serpent collaborative (DRL 07-14631/DRL 07-14629). The Cosmic Serpent professional development project explores commonalities between native and western science, enabling participants to use STEM as an entry point for museum programs and exhibits. Native Universe endeavors to move to the next level by creating a professional development program which fosters systemic institutional change through the infusion of indigenous voice in programs and exhibits focusing on environmental change. Topics to be explored include species distribution, environmental vulnerability, adaptation of human systems, and science and policy issues on the local, regional, and global levels. This project is designed to assess how cultural background and exposure to indigenous knowledge systems integrated with western science influence these perspectives; develop sustainable institutional competence in presenting multiple perspectives on environmental change; and create models for inclusion while building an enduring community of practice. The project design relies upon a conceptual framework grounded in the literature on indigenous voice and traditional ecological knowledge, as well as current models for institutional change. Front-end, summative, and process evaluation will address questions related to how science museums facilitate engagement and inclusion of indigenous voice in the presentation of environmental change content, stages of readiness, and the emergence of models for this process. Methods for data collection include reflective logs, pre-post questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews at multiple points to measure the degree and nature of change within museums, as well as how change was initiated, supported, and sustained by staff. Project deliverables include three museum case studies developed during 9-month residencies, public experiences for visitors, a culminating virtual conference, and a dynamic community of practice among museums committed to indigenous voice in informal science education. The museum residencies will take place at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and the Museum of the North in Alaska. Intensive case studies will be conducted at each site following the Diné Strategic Planning Process (consisting of initiation, growth, implementation, and renewal) and featuring the Ìmiloa Astronomy Institute as a model for institutional change. Exhibits and programs have been identified at each site that will be developed or expanded to integrate environmental change content and native perspectives. Dissemination of the project findings will be accomplished through publications, conference presentations, videos, webinars (four per year), and the virtual conference. It is anticipated that this project will impact over 1.2 million visitors at the collaborating institutions, in addition to the professional audience of museum staff. Native Universe may provide valuable interpretive tools for the field to understand and address the challenges associated with integrating cultural perspectives and science content. The museum case studies will contribute knowledge about the cultural process of science learning, and may transform the way science is presented in museums by leveraging indigenous voice to enhance public awareness and understanding of environmental change from a culturally-grounded perspective. The overall benefit is increased participation of indigenous individuals in STEM and increased public science literacy in the area of environmental change.