Editing Voices of Thunder (section)

=Joining the BearWatch Project=

My PhD research is part of a larger project: ‘Bearwatch: Monitoring Impacts of Arctic Climate Change using Polar Bears, Genomics and Traditional Ecological Knowledge’.

In the summer of 2019, just before I joined the project in the fall, two workshops were co-organized to discuss and document community testimonies on the multiple impacts of the polar bear quota reductions on Gjoa Haven hunters and other community members. 

The recordings of these workshops and its accompanying notes were transferred to me in 2020. I was requested to translate Gjoa Haven’s experiences into an academic publication, as to share them with a larger academic audience. 

This "assignment" made me feel uneasy however; 

'''"Who was I to convey the lived experiences of people who I had never even met, and provide context to a situation that I had no connection to?"''' 

<div class="next_choice"> What would you do?


The most straightforward solution to these questions seems to be to organize a call with the Gjoa Haven HTA, and have a conversation about what they expect from such a publication. The Principle Investigators of the project are supportive and are willing to organize such a meeting. 

'''"Keep going"''' to find out what happens after setting-up this call. 


Or, 


First gather more information on the workshops that were conducted in 2019. '''"Detour to Cut 3".'''


Or, 


'''"Stay with the Trouble"''', to explore some of the complexities underlying such a project. 
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<span class="pop-up stay-with-the-trouble link" data-page-title=" Politics_of_Recognition " data-encounter-type="Stay-with-the-trouble">[[Politics of Recognition|Stay with the trouble: The Politics of Recognition]]</span>

<span class="detour to-cut-3 link" data-page-title="Wayfaring the BearWatch Project" data-section-id="10" data-encounter-type="detour">[[Wayfaring the BearWatch Project#Going on the Record|Detour to Cut 3: Workshops Summer 2019]]</span>