Dear Colleague;
The publication "Arctic Social Sciences: Opportunities in Arctic Research",
published by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) for
the National Science Foundation Arctic Social Sciences Program, is now
available.
In 1990, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created the Arctic Social
Sciences Program in response to the broad federal agency recommendations
made in "Arctic Social Science: An Agenda for Action", prepared in 1989 by
an interdisciplinary committee established by the Polar Research Board. The
NSF program, initiated to support Arctic social sciences research within the
NSF scope, was guided by the three themes articulated in "Agenda for Action":
human-environment interactions, community viability, and rapid social
change.
"Arctic Social Sciences: Opportunities in Arctic Research" was developed
through a dedicated workshop, sponsored by NSF and organized by ARCUS, in
October 1997. The draft document was subsequently reviewed by workshop
participants and others in the arctic social science community. It is
intended to build on the "Agenda for Action", to stimulate creative thinking
and interaction about a variety of research areas, and to expand and augment
the work done so far under the Arctic Social Sciences Program.
The writers of this report thank all who contributed their ideas and
expertise to make the report stronger, from the participants in the initial
workshop to those who commented on the drafts and contributed photographs
and illustrations.
Copies of the plan are available on the web at:
http://www.arcus.org/ASSP/fr_download.html
and are also available from the ARCUS office in printed form from:
ARCUS
600 University Avenue, Suite 1
Fairbanks, AK 99709
907/474-1600 tel
907/474-1604 fax
arcus [at] arcus.org
Sincerely,
Wendy Warnick,
ARCUS Executive Director