Multi-Disciplinary Arctic Sea Ice Research Symposium, (In-Person)

Bringing together researchers and practitioners from different backgrounds, this symposium is a platform for discussions on Arctic Sea Ice.

Understanding sea ice change around the Arctic and its impacts requires thinking beyond and across traditional disciplinary boundaries. While research into the physical science of sea ice often receives most of the attention, sea ice research is equally pervasive within the social sciences and humanities, e.g. anthropological studies of the role of sea ice in northern and Indigenous communities, economic and geopolitical analyses of the impact of sea ice loss, or arts and humanities investigations into how sea ice is depicted by Indigenous and non-Indigenous makers and within visual, material, and literary cultures. Moreover, Indigenous knowledge, creativity, and relationships to the land further disrupt disciplinary silos and indicate important local sites of experience. Engaging these diverse approaches presents an opportunity to improve our understanding of sea ice as a human and natural system and encourage cross-disciplinary and community collaboration.

This event is hosted by the University of Aberdeen as part of the British Acadamy Funded project, From the Floe Edge, in collaboration with West Baffin Co-operative and Duke University.