Award Abstract # 0503475
Workshop: Reversing Knowledge and Language Shift in the North?

NSF Org: OPP
Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
Recipient: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Initial Amendment Date: November 12, 2004
Latest Amendment Date: November 12, 2004
Award Number: 0503475
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Anna Kerttula de Echave
OPP
 Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
GEO
 Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: November 15, 2004
End Date: October 31, 2005 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $8,841.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $8,841.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2005 = $8,841.00
History of Investigator:
  • Igor Krupnik (Principal Investigator)
    krupniki@si.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Smithsonian Institution
1000 JEFFERSON DR SW
WASHINGTON
DC  US  20560-0008
(202)633-7110
Sponsor Congressional District: 00
Primary Place of Performance: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
1000 JEFFERSON DR SW
WASHINGTON
DC  US  20560-0008
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
00
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): KQ1KJG78NNS9
Parent UEI: KQ1KJG78NNS9
NSF Program(s): ASSP-Arctic Social Science
Primary Program Source: 0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 0000, 1079, OTHR
Program Element Code(s): 522100
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.078

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT
0503475

This project will fund the participation of indigenous and academic scholars from the US in a workshop focusing on the research of northern scholars from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Russia - "Reversing Knowledge Shift in the North?"

This is a four-day workshop on support and preservation of indigenous languages and traditional ecological knowledge research, documentation, and community education and outreach. The workshop will bring together northern specialist, indigenous and non-indigenous scholars, to share their expertise in the area of language and knowledge as well as focusing on practical steps for coping with social and cultural transition in northern communities.

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