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Alaska Voices Update – End of Season 1

October 15, 2020

White text on a blue background reads Alaska Voices, Stories from the far North. Univeristy of Alaska Fairbanks. Gold star in the top right corner.

The first season of Alaska Voices is coming to a close. Stay tuned for updates on future developments as we explore what comes next for the project. Thank you to our contributors, organizers, and listeners for all of your support.

Learning as a scientist when to say “I don’t know”

October 1, 2020

Shawn, a man with dark hair, and Emily, a woman with short hair and bright smile, in front of a patterned kelp background.

“I was always the kid getting outside and getting lost and grimy and playing with frogs and cutting trees.”

Designing accessible research for rural communities

September 28, 2020

Erica, a young woman with short brown hair, and Ryan, a man with a goatee and glasses, smile in front of an orange sunset sky.

“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.”

Collaborating with agencies, communities

September 24, 2020

Scott and Terry smile in front of an Alaskan sunrise/sunset timelapse.

“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.”

Partnerships

September 21, 2020

Erin and Joanna smile in front of a blueberry bush.

“As a leader you’re not there to tell people what to do. You’re there to support them succeeding at what they already can do best or helping them learn to do something better.”

Finding nature and ourselves in cities

September 17, 2020

Rick and Naomi put their heads together and smile in front of a mountain and streams.

“I’m definitely interested in expanding access to nature because I do think it’s really important for mental health and spirituality and physical health.”

Making spaces for varied voices

September 14, 2020

Scott and Bob smile in front of smokey trees.

“It’s easy to be satisfied with incremental change when the incremental change is not affecting you.”

Leveling the ivory tower

September 10, 2020

An older man and younger woman look at the camera. Behind them a wall of snow rises.

“As a mentor it’s important for me to advocate for my students, especially as undergraduates you really feel like you’re at the bottom and you have no power.”

Building bridges with sea ice

September 7, 2020

Two women smile in front of a close-up picture of a snowflakeʼs ice crystals.

“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.”

Loud, critical, ambitious: sexism in science

September 3, 2020

Jessica and Jessie smile in front of a bed of lichen and leaves.

” I have to be able to be on my toes and defend all of the work that my team has done, and yet if I question any of the work any of the other teams have done, immediately I’m called in the office.”