The Great White Beast
What had become clear at the final workshops, at the ASM conference and was also reiterated at the interviews was that most people expected Mx. Science to re-present, or reveal a clear underlying message about science or scientists, at some point. The majority of people who approached me at the conference, asked me about my underlying methodology or "what" my presence was supposed to represent.
The Great White Beast is a figure that conjures many associative frames. Firstly, and foremost reference to polar bears, or more accurately a moniker that is employed within Inuit custom, to respectfully avoid talking about polar bears’ (Jimmy Qirqut, Gjoa Haven Elder, 2022), it also gestures towards the great white beast of colonialism, while simultaneously evoking a frame of powers and agencies that extend beyond our own comprehension or capacities: a “beast of a problem”.