Berry Plants and Berry Picking in Inuit Nunangat: Traditions in a Changing Socio-Ecological Landscape

Boulanger-Lapointe, Noémie; Gérin-Lajoie, José; Collier, Laura Siegwart; Desrosiers, Sarah; Spiech, Carmen; Henry, Gregory H. R.; Hermanutz, Luise; Lévesque, Esther; Cuerrier, Alain

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“…However, Cuerrier and colleagues also noted limited consensus regarding changes in vegetation and in animal abundance and quality. Research in Kangiqsujuaq has also focused on documenting ice formation and safe snowmobile trails (Tremblay et al, 2006), the availability of berries (Boulanger‐Lapointe et al, 2019) and changes in sea ice thickness (Dufour‐Beauséjour et al, 2018). The long‐term environmental and socioeconomic impacts of mining activities in the region is also a subject of concern (Duhaime, Bernard, & Comtois, 2005; Rodon & Lévesque, 2015).…”

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“All the problems in the community are multifaceted and related to each other”: Inuit concerns in an era of climate change

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Collings

2020

American J Hum Biol

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Objective: Human dimensions of climate change research in the Arctic often proposes ways for local communities to adapt to changes to their environment, foregrounding problems posed by climate change while treating social, political, and economic factors as background conditions. We explore the relevance of this research paradigm for Inuit by examining how Inuit from Kangiqsujuaq present and discuss the major issues facing their community. Methods: We thematically code and analyze the responses of 107 Inuit to three free-response questions about the problems facing their community and the best things about their community. The data were collected as part of a questionnaire for a project focused on food security and food sharing conducted in Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, in 2013 to 2014. Results: Few respondents mentioned issues relating to climate change among the most pressing problems faced by their community. Rather, a suite of interconnected social and economic issues, particularly substance abuse and the cost of living, emerged as the main concerns of Kangiqsujuarmiut. However, the environment was a central theme in respondents' favorite thing about their community.Conclusions: In light of the concerns identified by Inuit, we argue that much research on climate change makes incorrect a priori assumptions and consequently fails to capture aspects of Arctic socioecological systems that are essential for how Inuit are responding to climate change. An inductive, open-ended approach can help produce research more relevant to communities. | INTRODUCTIONRates of climate change in the Arctic are rapid and significant (ACIA, 2004), and research on climate change in the region is accordingly prolific. Alongside natural science research that focuses on topics including sea ice measurement and modeling, permafrost melt, vegetation changes, and of course, polar bears, a veritable industry attends to the human dimensions of climate change. The currently dominant paradigm in this area of scholarship draws on

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“All the problems in the community are multifaceted and related to each other”: Inuit concerns in an era of climate change

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2020

American J Hum Biol

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“…In boreal and Arctic communities, the harvesting of wild plants, particularly wild berries, contributes significantly to a subsistence diet (Thornton, 1998;Hupp et al, 2015;Boulanger-Lapointe et al, 2019). In the Arctic, where terrestrial non-native plant spread remains small relative to other regions (Wasowicz et al, 2020), communities are increasingly implementing prevention and control measures to protect important wild berry harvesting areas (Spellman and Swenson, 2012;Leask and Winter, 2017).…”

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Harnessing the Power of Community Science to Address Data Gaps in Arctic Observing: Invasive Species in Alaska as Case Examples

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Spellman²,

Davis³

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The Arctic is undergoing large-scale changes that are likely to accelerate in future decades such as introductions and expansions of invasive species. The Arctic is in a unique position to prevent new introductions and spread of existing invasive species by adopting policies and actions aimed at early detection. Responding to threats from invasive species to minimize impacts to ecosystems, communities, food security, and northern economies will necessitate extensive observations and monitoring, but resource managers often face decisions without having adequate data and resources at hand. Local observing programs such as citizen science and community-based monitoring programs present attractive methods for increasing observing capacity that span contributory and co-created approaches while raising awareness of an issue among stakeholders. While the co-created model has been widely applied and encouraged in the Arctic context, contributory citizen science programs offer an additional tool for addressing observing needs in the Arctic. We showcase three contributory citizen science programs related to freshwater, terrestrial, and marine environments that have supported the objectives of the Alaska Invasive Species Partnership. We discuss criteria for achieving ARIAS priority actions at the participant scale related to participants’ motivation and participants’ understanding of the value of their contributions, at the programmatic scale, for example promoting accessible, reciprocal, and transparent knowledge exchange, and at the policy and science scale where management action is data driven. The approach is aimed at successful integration of citizen science into Arctic policy making. Finally, we discuss challenges related to broader global data collection and future directions for contributory citizen science within Arctic observing networks.

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“…We have already made reference above to Mātauranga Māori (Ataria et al 2018, Makey and Awatere 2018, Wehi et al 2019 a , 2019 b ) as one cohesive Indigenous worldview that includes knowledge system structure and function associated with the Indigenous Nations of Aotearoa ‐New Zealand. In a recent knowledge synthesis report, Levac et al (2018) identified and provided a brief overview of other prominent knowledge system models that are grounded within Indigenous ways of knowing, including but not limited to Kaswentha , Two‐Row Wampum, and Haudenosaunee knowledge management (Ransom and Ettenger 2001, Whitlow et al 2019, Barnhill‐Dilling et al 2020); Anishinaabe Minobimaadiziwin , Good Life (Debassige 2010, Chiblow 2019, Awāsis 2020); Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Chanteloup et al 2018, Boulanger‐Lapointe et al 2019, Wiseman and Kreuger 2019); Medicine Wheel learning and teaching (LaFever 2016, Marchand et al 2020), Etuaptmumk , Two‐Eyed Seeing, from the Mi'kmaw Nation (Bartlett et al 2012, Martin et al 2017, Rowett 2018); and Ubuntuism (Chemhuru 2019, Gwaravanda 2019). Recently, there has been a global explosion in scholarship focusing on the role of Indigenous knowledge systems in ecology and natural resource management.…”

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A cultural framework for Indigenous, Local, and Science knowledge systems in ecology and natural resource management

Varghese

Crawford

2020

Ecological Monographs

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The relationship between Indigenous, Local, and Science knowledge systems has been the subject of much debate over the past few decades, especially in ecology and natural resource management. In this monograph, we review available scholarship to develop a pragmatic framework for representation of knowledge systems in general, with specific emphasis on productive engagement between individuals from different communities and cultures. We distill operational definitions/explanations of fundamental concepts associated with data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. With these concepts clarified, we reconsider previous applications of sociocultural knowledge system thinking, focusing on system structure and function. Our analysis leads to convergence on a set of fundamental knowledge system processes and actor roles that have emerged repeatedly across many of the scholarly disciplines. We embed these key concepts within a general framework for operational characterization of sociocultural knowledge systems. In order to demonstrate existing and potential applications of the knowledge system framework, we present and discuss major trends in recent ecology and natural resource management literature. Finally, we propose that continued and collaborative development of this general framework can serve as a pragmatic tool for individuals from Indigenous, Local, and Science knowledge systems who wish to engage in reciprocal and meaningful dialogue with members of other knowledge systems, especially regarding the highly uncertain global future of ecology and natural resource management.

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Berry Plants and Berry Picking in Inuit Nunangat: Traditions in a Changing Socio-Ecological Landscape

Cited by 43 publications

References 50 publications

“All the problems in the community are multifaceted and related to each other”: Inuit concerns in an era of climate change

“All the problems in the community are multifaceted and related to each other”: Inuit concerns in an era of climate change

Harnessing the Power of Community Science to Address Data Gaps in Arctic Observing: Invasive Species in Alaska as Case Examples

A cultural framework for Indigenous, Local, and Science knowledge systems in ecology and natural resource management

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