Empowering young people to become advocates for traditional knowledge throught ICT. A TMC hackathon at a North Slope STEM camp in Barrow AL 2014 http://mobilecollective.co.uk/ Arctic Circle Edinburgh 2017

1. Hacking Traditional
Knowledge
An Arctic Science Hackathon
Brian Fuchs, TMC
Diana Mastracci-Sanchez, ESRI
Arctic Circle
21 November, 2017

2. The Idea

3. ● Native peoples: Inupiaq / Inuit
● Many possible synergies with science
○ Wildlife
○ Ice
● But also tensions
○ Need for privacy (i.e. hunting grounds)
○ History of exploitation of local resources by outsiders
Traditional Knowledge: Alaskan North Slope

4. Students + tech + challenges
=
new ideas + new advocates

5. The Hack
Arctic Science

6. Summer 2014
STEM camp
North Slope High School students
Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska

7. Picture of students from blog
Activities
Hands-on hacking with Arduino
Learning about traditional knowledge
App brainstorming

8. Design an app which
Helps the local community and scientists
Uses local traditions and scientific information
Minimizes tensions between scientists and
community
The Challenge

9. Follow-on
The App

10. Stakeholders
● Students/Schools
● Local community (hunters)
● Scientists
● Environmentalists

11. Design Requirements
● Photos
● Location
● No server-side storage
● User controls all information/sharing
● Easily configurable by provider

22. Read more...
The course wiki
http://arcticscience.pbworks.com/
The blog post
http://mobilecollective.co.uk/barrow-hacking-for-climate-change-ii/
The app (Sara Coleman)
https://github.com/bcfuchs/animal_spotter_2

23. Contact
brian@mobilecollective.co.uk