Managing Social Science Data from the Arctic with ELOKA, ACADIS, NSIDC, and (Insert Many Other...
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Managing Social Science Data from the Arctic with ELOKA, ACADIS, NSIDC, and (Insert Many Other Acronyms Here!) Colleen Strawhacker, Peter Pulsifer, and Shari Gearheard [email protected] National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Presented for the GHEA Workshop November 4 th – 6 th , 2013
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Colleen Strawhacker, Peter Pulsifer, and Shari Gearheard National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado
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Managing Social Science Data from the Arctic with ELOKA, ACADIS, NSIDC, and (Insert Many
Other Acronyms Here!)
Colleen Strawhacker, Peter Pulsifer, and Shari [email protected]
National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado
Presented for the GHEA WorkshopNovember 4th – 6th, 2013
Big Data, Cyberinfrastructure, other “techy” terms here
Major movement to working with “big data”
The “democratization of science”
How do we make the most of using these data for analysis at different scales?
How do we ensure that data are preserved and curated for the future?
Quality of Recorded Metadata Over Time
The National Snow and Ice Data CenterCreates tools
for data access
Performs scientificresearch
Educates the public about the
cryosphere
Supports data users
Manages and distributes scientific data
Supports local and traditional
knowledge
NSIDC: An overview 5
ACADIS
ACADIS, a joint NSIDC UCAR and NCAR effort, will manage all Arctic data for NSF
ACADIS
Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service
Traditional and Local Knowledge
Important source of data to consider in the changing Arctic
Different from data from the physical sciences… how do we manage, preserve, curate it?
What about the considerations of the community whose knowledge we are working with?
Timothy Allen, BBC
ELOKA - Mission Statement
To provide data management and user support services to facilitate the collection, preservation, exchange, and use of local observations and knowledge of the Arctic.
©photo Shari Gearheard
** under review **
ELOKA Scope
Focus on documented forms of local and traditional knowledge (“data”)
Aim to work with community-driven projects
©photo Shari Gearheard
Community Web Sites – Documenting Oral Histories
Technology Preservation“Uggi” CD
Fox Gearheard, S. 2003. When the weather is uggianaqtuq: Inuit observations of environmental change. Boulder, Colorado USA: University of Colorado Geography Department Cartography Lab. Distributed by National Snow and Ice Data Center. CD-ROM.
The Creation of SIZONetConcerns from the Community
What data should be made public?Who should be able to contribute to the database?How will the data be contextualized?
These concerns are frequently mirrored in other ELOKA projects.
SIZONet: environmental monitoring database
https://eloka-arctic.org/sizonet
http://eloka-arctic.org/communities/yupik/
The Creation of the Yup’ik Place Names Atlas
Concerns from the CommunityWho should be able to add place names to
database?Who should have access to locations? Should
locations be hidden?Where should the database infrastructure be
housed?
Do these concerns sound familiar?
And yet, a different agreement and resolution are being made to meet the wishes of the community.
What about Social Science Data?
Tension between having data be open access (or, freely available to anyone who may want to analyze it) and privacy issues
Major considerations when it comes to protecting the locations of archaeological sites, privacy of research subjects
NSIDC is not adequately equipped to handle these types of data at this time – but that’s my job!
Working with Archaeological Data from NABO
Partner with tDAR and NABO to get archaeological data entered into a system that is accessible to both archaeologists and other scientists working in the Arctic
Arctic Data Explorer
Upcoming OpportunitiesIASSA Panel on Data Management in Arctic
Social Science in May 2014 at the IASC in Prince George
APECS Webinar in late November 2013 in data management for traditional and local knowledge
NSF Proposal to put these ideas into practice in 2014
IHOPE Sponsored Session at the Resilience 2014 Conference in Montpelier, France
Contact: Colleen Strawhacker
Thank You
©photo Shari Gearheard
