NABO IPY US National Science Foundation proposal

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Summary- IPY & Island Connections

This proposal requests US IPY support to provide zooarchaeological support to the MARENA and NORCLIM IPY projects, and to work with our international colleagues in Scandinavia, Holland, Canada, and the UK as part of the Human & Biotic Systems in the Polar Regions (Humans in Polar Regions) emphasis area in carrying out international cross disciplinary system science. While this proposal has necessarily focused upon the US IPY MARENA contribution in zooarchaeology, the published record of the NABO research team may serve to demonstrate how the insights of zooarchaeology can be integrated with archaeobotany, geoarchaeology, historical climatology, and environmental modeling (Church et al. 2005; Dugmore et al 2007, Buckland et al 1996 Simpson et al. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 McGovern et al 2007). We are attempting to make use of the pulse of IPY opportunity to do something collaborative, innovative, and new in this key portion of the circumpolar north. We are proposing an ambitious, potentially transformative program of multi-scalar three-island integrated research which will directly address key elements of the NSF IPY solicitation under Humans in Polar Regions (p. 7) “adaptations of humans and polar communities to life in the polar environment…and how these adaptations developed over time….; the factors contributing to vulnerability, resilience, and sustainability of human cultures in the arctic…..historical or extant forces driving social and economic organization in polar regions; the impact of migrations and culture contact …responses of resource utilization, world economy, and global politics to impacts of polar climate change; the nature and extent of social transformations induced by large scale resource utilization…influence of these transformations on the relationship between demographic, economic, and social trends, and ultimately how they impact the environment”. This program of international research is closely integrated with the expressed needs of the northern communities with whom we have worked – outreach, K-12 education, aid with cultural/environmental tourism, and with inter-community coordination. In education, we are committed to fully integrating younger scholars in formal field schools, multi-level peer-mentoring field teams, school-based curriculum development, and informal education (digital teaching tools, presentations, hands-on sessions, media cooperation at national and international levels) and will integrate new and existing educational initiatives with this proposal. Our project also seeks to achieve a lasting IPY legacy by establishing lasting links in science, education, and outreach between island communities in the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland as well as strengthening and expanding links between participating scientists and institutions. Data management and curation is a key concern, and this project draws upon a long term NABO effort to create and maintain directly comparable data sets on the regional scale. US IPY support for this project will connect arctic islands, northern residents, interdisciplinary collaborators & students in a new, ambitious, and transformative program of research and education squarely within the IPY tradition.