Stories as Science

Stories as science: Integrating lived experience and community knowledge into actionable adaptation science, is in partnership with and led by the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC). The NCRC is piloting a groundbreaking method for elevating first-hand experiences and visions of climate resilience and solutions, with the goal of incorporating community knowledge into efforts to prepare for climate impacts. In collaboration with the documentary storytelling organization Tikkun Olam Productions, NCRC and Pacific RISA will record the oral histories of frontline communities, the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in the Pacific Northwest and windward O’ahu, that face flooding and other climate change impacts. The NCRC is developing the method, which will expand in later years to O’ahu. PI Keener has partnered with the University of Hawaii Center for Oral Histories and introduced them to the NCRC team to share methods and workshops across the regions.