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Inuit Perspectives on Arctic Environmental Change

May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2010 | Exhibitions
This Communication to Public Audiences proposal from the University of Colorado, Boulder, is based on current NSF-funded research =, HSD 0624344, "The Dynamics of Human-Sea Ice Relationships: Comparing Changing Environments in Alaska, Nunavut and Greenland." A collaboration of the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Colorado Museum, the principal investigato and team will develop a small traveling exhibit that hightlights aspects of environmental change in the Arctic as observed by Inuit Elders in Clyde River, Nunatvut, Canada. The exhibit will also include a section that informs the visitor on starting an oral history research project similar to the work of the principal investigator. An oral history take-home guide and material on the Web are being produced

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0747075
Funding Amount: 74679

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Shari Gearheard
    Principal Investigator
    University of Colorado
  • Elizabeth Sheffield
    Co-Principal Investigator
    National Snow and Ice Data Center
  • James Hakala
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Geoscience and geography | History/policy/law | Social science and psychology
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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