Kivalina, Alaska, USA
Situated on a barrier island along the northwest coast of Alaska is the village of Kivalina, an Iñupiaq community of about 450 people. Framed by the Chukchi Sea to the West and Arctic tundra to the East, Kivalina lies within the Iñupiaq homeland that has supported seasonal subsistence activities for millennia. While Iñupiaq people have always adapted to a changing environment, rapidly accelerating social and climatic transformations create new and difficult challenges to daily life.
Situated on a barrier island along the northwest coast of Alaska is the village of Kivalina, an Iñupiaq community of about 450 people. Framed by the Chukchi Sea to the West and Arctic tundra to the East, Kivalina lies within the Iñupiaq homeland that has supported seasonal subsistence activities for millennia. While Iñupiaq people have always adapted to a changing environment, rapidly accelerating social and climatic transformations create new and difficult challenges to daily life.
Ongoing work & interests:
Women hunters project
Local hazards storymap
Kivalina Sea Ice Project
Past work:
Kivalina Search & Rescue (SAR) wilderness first aid & emergency rescue course (June 2023)
Climate change knowledge exchange workshop (June 2022)
Kivalina Archive
Engaged Ethnography Lab (EEL)
Women hunters project
Local hazards storymap
Kivalina Sea Ice Project
Past work:
Kivalina Search & Rescue (SAR) wilderness first aid & emergency rescue course (June 2023)
Climate change knowledge exchange workshop (June 2022)
Kivalina Archive
Engaged Ethnography Lab (EEL)
Inuit Nunaat, Ilulissat, Greenland
Set above waters teeming with life and an ever-changing icefjord, the Inuit of Ilulissat, Greenland relied heavily upon sled-dog teams, kayaks and skin boats, and their intimate, embodied knowledge of the land, sea, and weather around them. Now, after centuries of colonial entanglement with the Kingdom of Denmark and continued climate disruptions, Greenland Inuit face a melting homeland and political interest from world powers interested in resource extraction and military presence in the Arctic.
Set above waters teeming with life and an ever-changing icefjord, the Inuit of Ilulissat, Greenland relied heavily upon sled-dog teams, kayaks and skin boats, and their intimate, embodied knowledge of the land, sea, and weather around them. Now, after centuries of colonial entanglement with the Kingdom of Denmark and continued climate disruptions, Greenland Inuit face a melting homeland and political interest from world powers interested in resource extraction and military presence in the Arctic.
Ongoing work & interests:
Women hunters project
Greenland Inuit food systems, fisheries management & cultural revival
Past work:
Glaciology & Indigeneity course; University of Washington, Ilisimatusarfik University & the Illu Art and Science Hub (August 2023)
Women hunters project
Greenland Inuit food systems, fisheries management & cultural revival
Past work:
Glaciology & Indigeneity course; University of Washington, Ilisimatusarfik University & the Illu Art and Science Hub (August 2023)
Sápmi, Inari, Finland
The vastness of Inari Lake is best known by the Inari Sámi, who have resided around it since time immemorial. With historical abundances of land and lake, the Inari Sámi were best known for hunting and fishing as well as their costumes of blue, yellow, red, and green. Now, overfishing and commercial development paired with changes in climate threaten the ways in which Inari Sámi people can choose to express their culture.
The vastness of Inari Lake is best known by the Inari Sámi, who have resided around it since time immemorial. With historical abundances of land and lake, the Inari Sámi were best known for hunting and fishing as well as their costumes of blue, yellow, red, and green. Now, overfishing and commercial development paired with changes in climate threaten the ways in which Inari Sámi people can choose to express their culture.
Ongoing work & interests:
Women hunters project
Youth engagement & intergenerational knowledge exchange
Past work:
Sámi Education Institute partnership on Civic Education in the Circumpolar North (October 2022)
Women hunters project
Youth engagement & intergenerational knowledge exchange
Past work:
Sámi Education Institute partnership on Civic Education in the Circumpolar North (October 2022)