Doubling down on wicked problems: Ocean ArtScience collaborations for a sustainable future
Jung, J.; Gupa, D.; Hash, C.; Thoms, J.; Owens, D.; Threlfall, J.; Juniper, S.K. (2022). Doubling down on wicked problems: Ocean ArtScience collaborations for a sustainable future. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 873990. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.873990
In: Frontiers in Marine Science. Frontiers Media: Lausanne. ISSN 2296-7745; e-ISSN 2296-7745, more
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transdisciplinary research, ArtScience, collaboration, wicked problems, UN Ocean Decade, SciComm |
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- Jung, J.
- Gupa, D.
- Hash, C.
- Thoms, J.
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- Owens, D.
- Threlfall, J.
- Juniper, S.K.
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| Abstract |
The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development recognizes the current ocean sustainability crisis and calls for a transformation of ocean science. Many of the key challenges recognized by the UN Decade are examples of wicked problems: intractable and messy situations with high stakeholder divergence. Addressing wicked ocean sustainability problems requires adaptable, iterative, and participatory approaches that can embrace multiple ways of knowing. It also requires a re-imagining of our relationship with the Ocean from extraction and resulting environmental degradation, towards the building of a sense of connection and stewardship. We propose ArtScience as a means to this end by highlighting how transdisciplinary collaborations can help create sustainable ocean futures. We reflect on a recent ArtScience event emerging from Ocean Networks Canada’s Artist-in-Residence programme. By situating ArtScience in a broader context of inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations, we demonstrate how ArtScience collaborations can help transform ocean science by envisioning previously unimagined possibilities, and establishing and strengthening relationships with diverse stakeholders through long-term mission-driven or place-based inquiry. We conclude with a call to action to acknowledge the potential these collaborations hold for addressing the challenges of the UN Ocean Decade. |
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