23 March 2025 | 09:00 - 12:00 (MST)
Closed Session / By Invitation Only - ON-SITE ONLY
Room: UMC Fourth Floor - 415
Organiser: Vera Kuklina (The George Washington University, USA)
Event Description:
The Arctic is changing quickly and most of these changes are related to degradation of the cryosphere. That is why the future research should be focused on Frozen Commons (FC), defined as the ice, snow, and permafrost landscapes collectively used and governed by communities and numerous non-local stakeholders. While significant knowledge exists around biophysical characteristics of the cryosphere, this remains largely separate from its cultural and social understandings among local and Indigenous communities, culminating in poor integration around the use and governance of Frozen Commons in a rapidly changing Arctic. An enhanced understanding of interacting processes in the social, cultural, technological, environmental, and governance domains for frozen commons is critical to framing sustainable Arctic futures. This workshop will bring together artists, scholars, and representatives of Indigenous and local communities for developing a deeper understanding of FC resilience and sustainability. As a result, the implications for future research priorities of transdisciplinary ARctic research will be formulated.