Cross-cultural collaboration
Paths to the Arctic converge in coproduction
“A lot of what I’ve learned is the academic history of exploitation of communities in the Arctic. Iʼm trying to teach myself as much as I can such that when I’m in a position that I am leading a project, that I have input to make sure that things are done correctly” -Margaret Anamaq Rudolf
Read MoreDesigning accessible research for rural communities
“I think that the first thing that agencies have to acknowledge is there’s an extreme power imbalance between what value we put on scientific knowledge and what value we put on local knowledge.”
Read MoreCollaborating with agencies, communities
“I’m more and more impatient with the slow pace of science and feel like at the rate the world is changing these days, we really need to make progress.”
Read MoreBuilding bridges with sea ice
“I think as humans, especially when it’s in our backyard, we want to feel like we have a process, that we have ownership in that, and we have agency to make our voices heard.”
Read MoreArctic diplomacy and Native Movement
“I think the more that we talk about our differences and our full stories and how they’ve informed where we’re at, that is how we make the community stronger for whatever we face.”
Read MoreStorytelling as a conduit of culture
“Since our existence is glued together by stories and songs and language, all of our laws and everything, I have a certain way of looking at stories that the next generation won’t be able to accommodate.”
Read MoreTwo career paths from El Yunque to Alaska
“When you get out to the real world the skills that you need are going to be really varied. I think that’s helpful for a new generation of scientists, be aware that there’s not one way to do it.”
Read MoreNavigating oceans and grad school
“Antarctica, it’s fascinating from the scientific point of view, but you don’t have a community that depends on the sea ice in Antarctica.”
Read MoreMaking connections with neighbors and ancestors
“It’s so overwhelming. The scope of problems we face in our communities, let alone climate change on an international or world level problems, sanitation issues, landfill issues”
Read MoreBreaking the ice with a steam bath in rural Alaska
“I told him we have a sand dune that’s erupting in the middle of our airstrip and there was a tribal member who got stuck in a sinkhole.”
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