Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: social sciences, aboriginal community, traditional knowledge, environmental change
| Principal Investigator: | Lantz, Trevor C. (29) |
| Licence Number: | 16940 |
| Organization: | University of Victoria |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2022
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
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| Issued: | Jan 28, 2022 |
| Project Team: | Trevor Lantz, Jackie Ziegler, Emma Street, Kate Curtis, Zander Chila, Karen Dunmall, Sharon Snowshoe, Sarah Lord |
Objective(s): To work with Inuvialuit and Gwich’in experts to document and share local observations of environmental conditions.
Project Description: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4753. The core objective of this research is to work with Inuvialuit and Gwich’in experts to document and share local observations of environmental conditions. Over time this will build a record of observations, against which future changes can be compared. To document local observations this research will employ methods including participatory photo-mapping, participatory-video, web-based mapping, photo-elicitation interviews, and field based video-interviews. This research will employ participatory multimedia mapping (PMM) techniques to integrate digital video and photography with interviews with local experts. PMM combines participatory photography and video, web-based mapping, and lived experience interviews to capture the participant’s experience out on the land in the Beaufort Delta Region. The PMM protocol was developed and tested in 2010. It successfully recorded local observations grounded in traditional knowledge, and linked these observations of disturbances and anomalous environmental conditions with geo-referenced photos, which were entered into a web-based map. From 2010-2018, the protocol has been implemented by Inuvialuit and Gwich’in monitors in Inuvik, Aklavik, Tuktoyaktuk, and Fort McPherson. In 2019, interviews will focus on changes in water levels and traditional knowledge about Pacific salmon species. Specifically, the research team will use semi-structured interviews and, where possible, land-based observation to document environmental conditions with photographs, and videos georeferenced using GPS units. The research team will communicate the results of the research on an ongoing basis by providing plain language summaries to the Hunters and Trappers Committees and Renewable Resource Council (HTCs / RRCs) in each community the team works in. Plain language deliverables will also be made available to interested community members and schools. The research team will continue to provide periodic oral presentations at the regular meetings of regional co-management organizations (Inuvaluit Game Council, Gwich'in Renewable Recourse Board, Fisheries Joint Management Committee). When there is interest, the team will also give oral presentations to HTCs / RRCs. Members of my research group will also continue to deliver public presentations at the Western Arctic Research Centre in Inuvik. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from January 5, 2022 to December 31, 2022
