Aho 1: Coastal Biocultural Restoration for Resilience: Food & Flooding
Under climate change and ecological crisis, coastal areas are at risk of flooding and other disasters. At the same time coasts encompass boundary zones that contain biodiversity and can be highly productive of ecosystem services and food for humans. This track explores the twin challenge and potential of coastal biocultural restoration for resilience, highlighting the potential of Indigenous knowledge contributions to hydrology, geomorphology, as well as stewardship of freshwater, brackish, and saltwater ecosystems.
Aho 2: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge of Place with Computational & Network Systems
Indigenous ecological knowledge is the result of living in long-standing relationships with place--relationships characterized by close observation, communication protocols, and reciprocity that have produced well-tested practices. This track explores how Indigenous, observation-based stewardship can inform innovations in areas like sensor system networks, computer vision, and emerging computational innovations such as machine learning, data integration, information management, quantitative analytics, data visualization, and IoT technologies.
Aho 3: Sustainable Development and Coastal Biocultural Restoration
Breaking out of limited frameworks of “preservation,” Indigenous biocultural restoration seeks to achieve positive social and environmental impact through sustainable development and social entrepreneurship. This track considers the economic and social potentials for biocultural interactions between humans and environments that (re)generate circular and/or sustainable economic value for local and regional communities.
Aho 4: Indigenous People in STEM & Resource Management
STEM and resource management fields face severe challenges in diversity, equity, and inclusion of Indigenous peoples. This track considers effective models and opportunities for engaging, retaining, and accelerating Indigenous peoples in STEM and resource management education, training, and innovation through place-based, culturally responsive, and other relevant pedagogies.
