Integrating Traditional and Scientific Knowledge through Collaborative Natural Science Field Research: Identifying Elements for Success

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Huntington, Henry P., Gearheard, Shari, Mahoney, Andrew R., Salomon, Anne K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: traditional knowledge; fieldwork; collaborative fieldwork; ecology; black leather chiton; Katharina tunicata; sea ice; collaboration; Alutiiq; Inuit; connaissances traditionnelles; étude sur le terrain; étude collaborative sur le terrain; écologie; chiton noir; glace de mer; Clyde River; Greenland; Nunavut; Qaanaaq; alutiiq; Arctic; Barrow; Groenland; inuit; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67190

We discuss two recent projects to examine the role of collaborative environmental fieldwork both in research and in the interactions between academically trained researchers and experienced local residents. The Bidarki Project studied black leather chitons (Katharina tunicata) in the lower Kenai Pen...