APECS Webinar: Research Processes and Politics in the Peruvian A ndes
25 September 2017 at 23:00 GMT
Presenter: Mark Carey (Professor of History and En vironmental Studies, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon)< /p>
Th is presentation will discuss nearly two-decades of research strategies and practices for glacier-related research in the Peruvian Andes, particularly the Cordillera Blanca. This mountain range is one of the world’s hardest hi t by glacier-caused disasters, with more than 10,000 people dying from glac ial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and rock-ice landslides since the 1940s. B ut it is also the place where Peruvian engineers and scientists have done s ome of the most effective mitigation work to prevent GLOFs: they have studi ed, monitored, partially drained, and even dammed 35 dangerous glacial lake s over time. It thus served as an ideal site for my social science research on the history of climate change adaptation and human interactions with gl aciers over 75 years. Yet doing the Cordillera Blanca research was never ea sy. Access to information, data, and research sites was often blocked. Loca l authorities and experts needed to personally approve (or not) many of my research practices. Institutions sometimes rejected my proposals or thwarte d my progress. Collaborations emerged slowly. In short, my studies have req uired what I call “research diplomacy,” which involved extensive personal c onnections, collaborations, networking, and reciprocal interactions with a host of individuals, institutions, and stakeholders in Peru. This kind of r esearch diplomacy is useful (and I would say essential) for researchers in any field, from glaciology and hydrology to history and human geography.
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