Planning: Measuring Wind Direction Change on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge

规划：利用传统生态知识测量阿拉斯加圣劳伦斯岛的风向变化

• 批准号: 2221731
• 负责人: Jon Rosales
• 金额: $ 7.89万
• 依托单位: Saint Lawrence University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221731&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Measuring; Wind; Direction; Change

This planning award lays the foundation for a participatory project to assess climate change impacts on prevailing wind direction on a Bering Sea island. Observation and interpretation of wind direction are components of traditional ecological knowledge in the Bering Strait region. For Indigenous St. Lawrence Islanders, wind direction is relevant to terrestrial wayfinding and sea ice navigation. Although there is little scientific data on prevailing wind direction on St. Lawrence, residents possess knowledge of wind patterns and construct shelters with prevailing winds in mind. This work asks whether wind direction has changed recently and will test whether wind direction can be reconstructed in the absence of instrumentation. This planning award supports travel to St. Lawrence Island to develop collaborative relationships with Savoonga residents and to conduct initial assessment of Indigenous knowledge about wind direction. The PI will assess level of interest in and knowledge of wind direction while training a local student on qualitative research methods. Two focus groups will be held in the village, facilitated by a local coordinator. These focus groups will include elders and hunters knowledgeable about wayfinding and wind conditions. Should planning activities prove successful, the PI plans to develop a standard research proposal to explore whether wind direction can be reconstructed through study of structure orientation and grass lay direction complemented by Indigenous knowledge.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该规划奖项为评估气候变化对白令海岛屿盛行风向的影响的参与性项目奠定了基础。风向观测和解释是白令海峡地区传统生态知识的组成部分。对于圣劳伦斯岛原住民来说，风向与陆地寻路和海冰导航有关。尽管关于圣劳伦斯盛行风向的科学数据很少，但居民了解风型并根据盛行风建造避难所。这项工作询问风向最近是否发生变化，并将测试是否可以在没有仪器的情况下重建风向。该规划奖项支持前往圣劳伦斯岛的旅行，与萨翁加居民建立合作关系，并对土著风向知识进行初步评估。 PI 将评估对风向的兴趣和知识水平，同时对当地学生进行定性研究方法的培训。两个焦点小组将在当地协调员的协助下在村里举行。这些焦点小组将包括了解寻路和风况的长者和猎人。如果规划活动取得成功，PI 计划制定一项标准研究提案，探索是否可以通过研究结构方向和草地方向并辅以本土知识来重建风向。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得支持通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。