NNA Track 2: Unangam Ulaa Project: Culturally-informed adaptation of the ancient Aleutian semi-subterranean dwelling for sustainable and resilient Arctic housing.

导航新北极（NNA）是美国国家科学基金会的十大构想之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的融合科学挑战。北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和全球的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA支持从地方到国际规模的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，并整合知识的共同生产。这个奖项部分实现了这一目标。乌南加姆乌拉是阿留申群岛和阿拉斯加半岛乌南加人的传统房屋，通常由草皮建造，部分埋在土壤表面。这项“新北极导航”（NNA）项目支持对乌南加姆乌拉的建筑和设计进行科学调查，以确定如何利用现代材料适应古老的建筑技术，创造专为阿留申群岛设计的节能住宅，并将其转移到其他北极地区。这项工作将在这些恶劣的环境条件下，将古代和现代关于建筑环境的专业知识整合到新的建筑结构中，以增加结构的弹性，并帮助当地居民适应不断变化的气候。这笔赠款将支持几项活动，这些活动将汇集来自土著社区的领导人、政府官员、工程师和在大学受过培训的科学家。该项目侧重于与发挥领导作用的土著社区共同生产知识。研究小组还将与库克湾原住民启航组织（CINHS）合作，该组织为安克雷奇的阿拉斯加原住民和美国印第安人社区提供早期儿童教育服务。在这个项目中测试的假设是，Unangam Ulaa的古代建筑技术是否可以应用于现代材料来建造节能住宅。模型方法将是ADDIE（分析、设计、开发、实现和评估），该项目将重点放在前三个阶段。分析阶段的基础是首先向乌南加族长老学习。一个语言小组将与乌南加族长老合作，以更深入地了解乌南加族乌拉的古代建筑、使用和文化意义。一个档案研究小组将收集有关乌南加姆乌拉的现有人种学数据。一个人类学小组将与在乌南加姆乌拉进行发掘的考古学家合作，以获得更多的见解。一个建筑团队将与工程师和建筑师一起学习古代建筑设计，并将其改造成现代材料，以开发一个规模原型。一个社会科学家团队将创建一份知情同意书，并申请机构审查委员会批准该项目在下一阶段（五年实地研究）实施。每个小组将发表一篇关于他们的方法、发现和建议的论文。可能的结果将是一份全面的发现文件和一个团队，为为期五年的实地工作的第二阶段（实施和评估）做好准备，首先使用古代材料，然后是现代材料，在阿留申地区建造和使用Unangam Ulaa。该项目由“新北极导航”和“刺激竞争性研究既定计划”（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. The Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, and integrates the co-production of knowledge. This award fulfills part of that aim.The Unangam Ulaa is the traditional house of the Unangax people in the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, typically constructed from sod and partially buried into the soil surface. This Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) grant supports a scientific investigation into the construction and design of the Unangam Ulaa to determine how ancient construction techniques can be adapted using modern materials to create energy efficient dwelling specifically designed for the Aleutians yet transferrable to other Arctic regions. This work will integrate ancient and modern expertise about the built environment in these harsh environmental conditions into new built structures to increase resiliency of the structure and to help local populations adapt to a changing climate. This grant will support several activities bringing together leaders from an Indigenous community, government officials, engineers, and scientists trained in universities. The project focuses on co-production of knowledge with an Indigenous community in the leadership role. The research team will also collaborate with the Cook Inlet Native Head Start (CINHS) organization, which provides early childhood education services to the Alaska Native and American Indian community in Anchorage.The hypothesis being tested in this project is whether ancient construction techniques of the Unangam Ulaa can be applied to modern materials to build energy efficient dwellings. The model approach will be ADDIE (analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate) with this project focusing on the first three phases. The foundation of the analysis phase will be to first learn from Unangax elders. A linguistic team will work with Unangax elders to gain a deeper appreciation of the ancient construction, use, and cultural significance of the Unangam Ulaa. An archival research team will gather available ethnographic data about Unangam Ulaa. An anthropological team will work with archaeologists who have conducted excavations on Unangam Ulaa to gain insights. A construction team will work with engineers and architects to learn about ancient construction design and adapt them into modern materials to develop a scale prototype. A social scientist team will create an informed consent form and apply for institutional review board approval for the project to be implemented during the next phase (five-year field study). Each team will produce a paper on their methodology, findings, and recommendations. Likely outcomes will be a comprehensive document of findings and a team of people prepared for the second phase (implement and evaluate) of five-year field work building and using Unangam Ulaa in the Aleutian region first with ancient materials and then modern materials. This project is jointly funded by Navigating the New Arctic and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.