Collaborative Research: Co-designing Infrastructural Futures in Alaska

合作研究：共同设计阿拉斯加的基础设施未来

• 批准号: 2321931
• 负责人: Todd Nicewonger
• 金额: $ 69.11万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2321931&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Co; designing; Infrastructural

Climate change, erosion, and poorly suited housing pose serious threats to the infrastructure of dozens of northern Alaskan villages. In many of these communities, people must decide whether to protect in place, undertake a managed retreat, or relocate entirely. Each decision seriously impacts livelihood and well-being. This project investigates housing strategies that Alaska Native communities are using to adapt to climate change and how these strategies might be improved by involving more user perspectives in planning processes. Through outreach activities and participatory workshops, researchers will work with Alaska Native communities and with policymakers to develop, share, and evaluate possible housing solutions. This project will generate publicly accessible multimedia products to educate, engage, and disseminate design prototypes, local resources, data, and relocation planning tools. This research explores how co-design practices are being used in infrastructural planning projects and the impact that these practices have on how communities make decisions about whether to protect in place, engage in managed retreat, or relocate. Five intersecting research objectives guide this investigation: (1) Gather insights on the experiences of residents in housing projects in recent decades, (2) Identify the specialized tools, communicative practices, and modeling activities through which housing experts design infrastructural solutions with and without Alaska Native communities, (3) Map the flow of information and expertise included in housing decisions, (4) Comparatively analyze and explore various data sets through the creation of multimodal forms for broadening participation in planning activities, and (5) Establish access to knowledge that bridges academic research, building science policies, and the rich stores of local experience. This project will generate timely scholarship on housing futures in Alaska and advance understanding of participatory climate adaptation strategies.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.

气候变化，侵蚀和适合的住房对数十个阿拉斯加北部村庄的基础设施构成了严重威胁。在许多社区中，人们必须决定是否要保护，进行托管撤退或完全搬迁。每个决定都严重影响生计和福祉。该项目调查了阿拉斯加原住民社区用于适应气候变化的住房策略，以及如何通过在计划过程中涉及更多用户的观点来改善这些策略。通过宣传活动和参与式研讨会，研究人员将与阿拉斯加本土社区以及政策制定者合作开发，共享和评估可能的住房解决方案。该项目将生成公共访问的多媒体产品，以教育，参与和传播设计原型，本地资源，数据和搬迁计划工具。这项研究探讨了如何在基础设施计划项目中使用共同设计实践，以及这些实践对社区如何做出决定是否适当，参与托管务虚会或搬迁的影响。 Five intersecting research objectives guide this investigation: (1) Gather insights on the experiences of residents in housing projects in recent decades, (2) Identify the specialized tools, communicative practices, and modeling activities through which housing experts design infrastructural solutions with and without Alaska Native communities, (3) Map the flow of information and expertise included in housing decisions, (4) Comparatively analyze and explore various data sets through the creation of多模式的形式，用于扩大计划活动的参与，以及（5）建立知识的访问权限，使学术研究，建立科学政策以及当地经验丰富的商店。该项目将在阿拉斯加的住房期货上及时获得奖学金，并提高对参与性气候适应策略的了解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估评估的评估值得支持的。