Ok, here's the first post. I decided to dedicate this to a future goal, plan, idea, and wish to develop an international joint / double degree, a master program on arctic art and science. What would this mean, how would this be accomplished, how can it be done, who would be involved etc. all remain uncertain at this point of time and place.
Arctic art and science can mean:
- visualizing arctic research
- popularizing scientific results
- planning and building exhibitions about the arctic
- finding new ways to collaborate between the two fields
- making people aware about climate change
- building artworks that make you experience climate change
- using scientific methods to create art
- telling about things in a suprising new manner
- dislocating people (location, profession, position, attitudes, concepts etc)
- a lot more
Since the blog is accessible everywhere, I'll just use it for copypasting interesting links, quotes, information etc.
There are certain things I'll focus on:
- Art & science combinations, especially scientific methods used in art (Stephen Wilson's Book Information Arts is an excellent resource for these kinds of things
- Climate change, especially in the Arctic: the way it changes research, politics, policies, ecosystems and life in general over here is drastic
- International collaboration, between Europe (the Nordic countries especially), Canada, US and Russia. Mostly in an educational context since I work as a lecturer at the University of Lapland.
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ReplyDelete“The Arctic is experiencing some of the world’s most dramatic and rapidly evolving effects from climate change,” said Monica Medina, principal deputy under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere. “Increasing air and ocean temperatures, thawing permafrost, loss of sea ice, and shifts in ecosystems are evidence of widespread and dramatic ongoing change. Critical environmental, economic, and national security issues are emerging that affect lives and livelihoods in coastal communities and inland areas across the region."
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ReplyDeleteLeading up to the Global Warning Symposium, we will be publishing abstracts from papers that have been published in Leonardo and LMJ over the years on art, science and the environment. Many of these papers are available for free to current Leonardo and LMJ subscribers. Papers published before 2005 are available through the JSTOR digital archive.