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My poster abstract sits at https://github.com/Daniel-Mietchen/events/blob/master/New-Arctic-Bridging.md .
It's starting with an acknowledgement of the land.
Apparently no hashtag and just two tweets on the matter so far.
Plug for the Arctic Design Group
Plug for Inuit art gallery on Wednesday afternoon
First mention of data comes from someone making a plug for musical activities as part of the event.
Arctic Youth Ambassador – Eben Hopson (Utqiagvik)
Arctic Youth Ambassadors – Carter Price (Unalaska)
Performance by Eighth Blackbird, whose Wikipedia article did not have an image yet, so I took one.
Christina Bonsell on the Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER
Arctic Youth Ambassador – Gabriel Stenek (Shishmaref)
Donald A. "Skip" Walker, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Lars Nelson, North Slope Borough
Arctic Youth Ambassador – Kate McWilliams (Bethel)
Artic Youth Ambassador – Janelle Trowbridge (Nome)
Martin Jeffries, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Geneviève Vachon, Laval University
Arctic Youth Ambassador – Cade Terada (Unalaska)
Day 2 started with a panel discussion on "Land", which did involve the audience and went off into many wide directions, including fundamental questioning of science, art and engagement with indigenous communities.
Key point for me: someone said that we should find better ways to prioritize what we do research on, that this should be mapped more closely to what society actually needs, without replacing basic research for applied research, as is all too often the case. To me, the SDGs could provide such a mechanism to assist prioritization. They have their own problems, but they cover most of the essentials.
Greta Thunberg's "How dare you" speech at the UN from yesterday was also mentioned, leaving some in the audience puzzled, others energized.
Next discussion session: Oceans
Some communities are wary of scientists coming in, due to past experience with researchers just "parachuting in" and never giving back to the communities.
Some communities, though, do actively encourage scientists to come in, and they guide them in terms of how to engage with the community.
Several contributors to the discussion highlighted the importance of co-production of knowledge, and that researchers often miss opportunities here.
Next discussion: infrastructure
Day 3:
as per https://eri.virginia.edu/event/bridging-science-art-and-community-in-the-new-arctic/