• EP 4: Golovin Alaska Part 1

  • May 29 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
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EP 4: Golovin Alaska Part 1

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  • IN PREVIOUS EPISODES WE’VE INTRODUCED YOU TO OUR INDIGENOUS DESIGN AND PLANNING METHODS-- AND A CASE STUDY DESCRIBING WAYS WE’RE SUPPORTING A NAVAJO VILLAGE - CALLED ROUND ROCK. THIS COMMUNITY IS RESTORING ITSELF AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE AND CONTAMINATION ON THE SITE OF A HISTORIC TRADING POST. IN THIS EPISODE WE INVITE YOU TO TRY OUT OUR P.L.A.C.E.S. METHODOLOGY AS WE ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH AN ELDER NAMED CAROL OLIVER – KNOWN AS OXIE - FROM GOLOVIN, ALASKA. GOLOVIN IS A REMOTE INDIGENOUS VILLAGE DEALING WITH GROUND CONTAMINATION - MADE MUCH WORSE BY VERY REAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CRISES. SO, AS YOU LISTEN TO THIS INTERVIEW, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY INTO INDIGENOUS DESIGN AND PLANNING– AAAND YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A PENCIL: P.L.A.C.E.S. IS AN ACRONYM FOR KEY WAYS WE BEGIN CONVERSATIONS AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES. AND HERE’S HOW TO USE IT: P – STANDS FOR POPULATION – ASK WHO IS IN THIS VILLAGE OF GOLOVIN? HOW BIG IS IT? WHAT IS THE HISTORY AND IDENTITY? L – IS LAND USE AND TENURE – WHAT ARE THE WAYS GOLOVIN INHABITANTS RELATE TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT? A – IS ASSET MAPPING – THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE LISTEN FOR WHAT THIS COMMUNITY LOVES – AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. C – IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT – WHOSE VOICES ARE BEING HEARD? WHO IS NOT AT THE TABLE? WHO IS RECENTLY COMING TO THE TABLE? E – IS EMPOWERMENT – HOW IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGING WITH THE INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM OUR VISIT THERE? CAN YOU IDENTIFY TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENTS? AND -S- STANDS FOR STORYTELLING. WHEN YOU ARE DONE LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE – WHAT ARE KEY STORIES AND ANECDOTES YOU WOULDTELL OTHERS ABOUT THE GOLOVIN COMMUNITY AND WHY? LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE PART IN THIS EXERCISE.
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