Regions: Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: social sciences, traditional knowledge, social adaptation, resilience
| Principal Investigator: | Rawluk, Andrea (2) |
| Licence Number: | 14620 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2011
2009
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| Issued: | Oct 05, 2009 |
| Project Team: | University of Alberta (University of Alberta) |
Objective(s): To learn more about how different generations in Aklavik respond to changes both in the community and on the land with an idea that is called “intergenerational resilience”. In particular, the project looks to: 1). Learn what “resilience” means to Gwich’in community members in Aklavik. 2). Understand how individuals, households, and communities work with and adapt to change. 3). Understand how individuals might respond to changes in the future.
Project Description: The objective of this project is to learn more about how different generations in Aklavik respond to changes both in the community and on the land with an idea that is called “intergenerational resilience”. In particular, the project looks to learn what “resilience” means to Gwich’in community members in Aklavik, understand how individuals, households, and communities work with and adapt to change, and understand how individuals might respond to changes in the future. Fieldwork will be carried out in Gwich’in community of Aklavik, NWT, using individual (in-person) interviews and a community workshop. The interviews will be semi-structured, consisting of both structured and open-ended questions. The aim is to interview a total of 45 individuals. The community is small, and the researcher will aim to balance sampling across socio-cultural areas (education, employment status, land-based activities) in order to capture perspectives of the community (versus sub-populations in the community). To best ensure this desired balance, the researcher will recruit participants through snowball sampling. The reseracher will prepare and give to the community a plain language report, will conduct a scenario workshop with those interviewed to work with the data collected in the first visit, continue to develop community scenarios, and give an presentation or workshop to/with Aklavik to disseminate the final results of the project. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from September 29, 2009 to November 28, 2009.
