When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change

Uggianaqtuq (pronounced OOG-gi-a-nak-took ) is a North Baffin Inuktitut word that means to behave unexpectedly, or in an unfamiliar way. From the perspective of many hunters and elders in the Arctic, the weather has been uggianaqtuq in recent years. Inuit from two communities in Nunavut, Canada (Baker Lake and Clyde River), share their observations and perspectives on recent environmental changes. The CD-ROM is a pilot project that uses media technology, as opposed to written reports, as an alternative way to document and communicate Inuit observations and knowledge. It is a research product/report for the communities involved, as well as others interested in how Inuit are experiencing environmental change. Maps, text, photos, video and music are integrated to help illustrate the changes Inuit have observed in their environment and the impacts on their livelihoods. The integrated components allow the user to * search by topic or the person being interviewed * view interview clips in Inuktitut with English interpretations * view and print maps about environmental changes drawn by participants * view short videos with scenes from the communities * view summaries and photos of environmental changes and their impacts to the landscape and community life. The research project was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), grant number OPP-9906740, a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and an award from the Innovative Research Program at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder (CU).Uggianaqtuq（发音为OOG-gi-a-nak-took）是北巴芬因纽特语（North Baffin Inuktitut）中的词汇，意为"行为反常或举止生疏"。从北极地区众多猎人与长者的视角来看，近年来的天气状况已然呈现出该词所描述的反常特征。来自加拿大努纳武特地区两个社区——贝克湖（Baker Lake）与克莱德河（Clyde River）的因纽特人，分享了他们对近期环境变化的观察与见解。本光盘（CD-ROM）是一项试点项目，它摒弃书面报告形式，转而借助多媒体技术，作为记录与传播因纽特人观察成果及传统知识的替代方案。它既是相关社区的研究成果与报告，也可供其他关注因纽特人如何亲历环境变化的群体参考。项目整合了地图、文本、照片、视频与音乐等素材，用以直观呈现因纽特人所观测到的环境变迁，以及这些变化对其生计造成的影响。这些整合内容可为用户提供如下功能：* 按主题或受访人进行检索 * 观看带有英文译配的因纽特语访谈片段 * 查看并打印由参与者绘制的环境变化相关地图 * 浏览来自各社区的实景短视频 * 查看环境变化及其对地貌与社区生活造成影响的摘要与照片。本研究项目由美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation, NSF）资助（项目编号OPP-9906740），同时获得加拿大社会科学与人文研究委员会（Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SSHRC）的博士奖学金，以及科罗拉多大学博尔德分校（University of Colorado at Boulder, CU）环境科学合作研究所（Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, CIRES）创新研究项目的奖项支持。