This Inuit-led project ireviewed over three and a half thousand documents relating to research in Nunavut and involving Nunavummiut between 1996 and 2022.
CLEAR’s new review paper looks at the ways different author groups understand Indigenous “participation” in divergent ways, and what this does to how plastic pollution itself is understood.
We’re looking for an Inuit Research Assistant based in Nain, Nunatsiavut to support plastic and other northern contaminant research. All training is provided.
An introductory assignment on the politics of citation, with a guided quiz for students to think about how they might change their citation practices to best align with their values.
We are in Makkovik as part of a long-term plastic monitoring program in Nunatsiavut to identify plastics from shorelines, and we need your help! Makkovimmevugut ilangagijaulluni akuni palâtikkisajannik kamagiamut Nunatsiavummi nalunaitsigasuajumut palâstikkinik sitjanejunut, ammalu ikajuttaugumavugut ilitsinit!
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is seeking to hire 3-4 youth researchers as part of the ‘Cleaning our Land and Water: Community Shoreline Cleanups Initiative’.
Citational politics often means citing a diverse group of authors, but often that will bring up the political and practical problems of categorization.
Our new plastic monitoring project with the Nunatsiavut Government includes sampling feathers from birds in Nunatsiavut for contaminant analysis. In addition to gathering bird guts, here’s how to gather feathers
How might we improve citational politics in “tight places” where not only the norms of citation but also the structure of knowledge or research overdetermines what might be done. Or does it?
I get a lot of emails asking how I started the lab, how junior scholars might start labs, and how to transform existing labs. This post outlines how we did it!
When it comes to “decolonizing” Anthropology, diversity or decolonial initiatives often change very little or nothing at all. I suggest that anthropology is currently facing the dilemma of situating itself as a discipline that allows for the possibility of decolonial approaches while being unable to truly decolonize.
This project involves critical listening to reflect on our positionality within our lived environments. The project was conducted as part of CLEAR’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program, facilitated by Prakash Krishnan.
CLEAR has worked with Couple3 Films to make a series of short documentaries about the lab and our processes. We’ve also brought those processes into the filmmaking.
Declaring that a research project is the “first” to discover something is not only rarely correct, given the myriad local knowledges operating since time immemorial, but is also imperialist and colonial.
We are looking for two experienced researchers who are fluent in Indigenous approaches to quantitative methods. Experience can come from community research, graduate degrees, and/or research positions with a Nation, band, or non-governmental organization.
Our ideal candidate will be engaged in environmental change and/or coupled human-environment systems research. This hire is specific to applicants who are Black or a Person of Colour. The deadline for applications is January 10, 2025.
Intending to be in good relations is great, but it isn’t enough. This post outlines some key infrastructure that directly deal with the uneven power relations and legacies between universities and Indigenous communities during research collaborations
The Nain community freezer and local hunters and fishers provide nearly all samples for monitoring plastic ingestion by animals, which creates a sampling design that prioritizes and accurately reflects Inuit foodways.
