Upcoming E-Lunch: October 19th
This month’s E-Lunch features a presentation by Katherine J. Johnson, Elizabeth Van Dolah, and Michael Paolisso (UMD Anthropology), entitled “The Deal Island Peninsula Project: addressing climate change impacts in a rural coastal community”. Join for the presentation and discussion to follow! (See below for the presentation abstract.)
The Deal Island Peninsula Project: addressing climate change impacts in a rural coastal community.
Katherine J. Johnson, Elizabeth Van Dolah, and Michael Paolisso; University of Maryland Department of Anthropology
We present four strategies for strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability among communities impacted by climate change. The strategies include maintaining a social-ecological systems perspective, facilitating collaborative learning, building a unique stakeholder network, and conducting collaborative science. By developing our knowledge and new relationships on a system scale, we have redefined and enhanced what vulnerability and resilience mean for this Chesapeake Bay community, and highlighted key differences in local and nonlocal knowledge. This work has important implications for future climate change adaptation work that accurately reflects the needs and interests of a broad stakeholder network and all of its constituents.
