Ocean Sciences session on Coastal co-production of Knowledge
Melissa Moulton
The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. Every two years, the Ocean Sciences Meeting unifies the oceans community to share findings, connect scientists from around the world, and advance the impact of science. The Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024 is co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS).
Session ID: 195485
Session Title: HD001: Indigenous and Earth system science collaborations to co-create knowledge about coastal change
Topic Area: Human-Ocean Dynamics
Session Description and link to abstract submissions.
Abstracts are due Sept. 13, 2023. Please consider submitting an abstract and please distribute to your networks. We aim to have broad representation from the Indigenous community.
The program committee will determine the format(s) for the session after the submission closes, and this is based on the number of abstracts the session receives. So it may be oral, lightning, and/or poster format (see descriptions here). There will be no virtual sessions in this meeting.
Session Description
Bringing Indigenous, social, and Earth system sciences together in collaborative partnerships creates the potential for new, holistic, and justice-centered knowledge to emerge. Indigenous knowledge systems are place-based observations and practices based on lived experiences developed over multiple generations. Indigenous knowledge systems are keenly attuned to local changes in relationships between the atmosphere, ocean, and ecosystems that constitute the web of life. Earth system sciences can complement Indigenous knowledge systems by co-exploring the underlying large-scale causes of coastal change and enabling prediction of future change. Collaborations between these knowledge systems can lead to a novel and more comprehensive understanding of coastal environments, and these types of collaborations are changing the paradigm of how science is translated into meaningful actions.
This session will highlight research and experiences that bring together examples of Indigenous, social, and Earth system science collaborations that are justice-centered and co-create knowledge about coastal change to provide highly-usable and culturally-relevant information for communities. We are interested in examples of convergence science collaborations related to or involving climate adaptation and coastal hazard mitigation, intergenerational and interdisciplinary collaborations, practicing Indigenous data sovereignty, co-governance approaches, and that are driven by culturally appropriate methodologies and indicators for informing Indigenous community decisions.
Primary Chair
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Co-chairs
University of Texas at Austin
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras
Louisiana State University
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Research Scientist/Engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory
Affiliate Faculty, Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
https://depts.washington.edu/uwefm/wordpress/home/people/melissa-moulton/
Project Scientist, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
https://staff.ucar.edu/users/mmoulton
I acknowledge that the land I live and work on at NCAR is the Traditional Territory of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute. I recognize that at the UW I work, teach, and learn on the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish people and the shared waters of the Suquamish, Tulalip, and Muckleshoot nations.