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Emily |
Jul 11 2005, 06:54 PM
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that is really cool, what things are you learning
about the people in the little town? i think that its really awesome that you get to do these sorts of experiments and stuff. it doesnt seem that long ago that i had you as a teacher, but now i am going to the high school... i am very excited and i hope you are having a good time in canada. ~Emily~ |
Amy_Clapp |
Jul 11 2005, 06:59 PM
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Thanks Emily. It was a great to hear from you. It doesn’t seem that long ago to me either that you were in my class. Time flies! I am learning a lot about the people in the little towns, although it takes a long time and you have to be really patient. And I will say that although I feel as though I am learning a lot about these people, I know that I am really only getting to know them on the surface. It would take a really long time to get to know them really well.
However, a couple of things that I have found interesting is that in Tsiigehtchic, the community we were in in Canada, the people there have had a lot of interactions with scientists over the years, and not all of the interactions have been positive. Therefore, I got the feeling that the people of Tsiigehtchic are reluctant to work closely with scientists, because scientists haven’t always been respectful of their village or the knowledge that the people in their village have. So, Max and I are hoping that if we are very careful, we can make sure that the future interactions that they have with the PARTNERS Project people are positive as we would really like to get the community and especially students involved with what we are doing there. It has been very fun for me to talk with the people in these small villages to see what things that they have noticed changing as far as the climate/weather is concerned. These people live so close to the land, and their observations of what goes on in the land are very good—their historical knowledge is some ways provides a lot more evidence to what scientists are trying to prove and that is that there are climate changes that are happening quickly here in the Arctic. Examples of that include, how long certain fish run the rivers, what types of insects they are seeing, when the ice has been breaking up in the past few years and when different animals are doing things. |
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