Enabling Enduring Evidence-Based Policy for the Southern Ocean Through Cultural Arts Practices

Roberts, L; Kutay, C; Melbourne-Thomas, J; Petrou, K; Benson, TM; Fiore, D; Fletcher, P; Johnson, E; Silk, M; Taberner, S; Filgueira, VV; Constable, AJ

Enabling Enduring Evidence-Based Policy for the Southern Ocean Through Cultural Arts Practices

Roberts, L

Kutay, C Melbourne-Thomas, J Petrou, K

Benson, TM Fiore, D Fletcher, P Johnson, E Silk, M Taberner, S Filgueira, VV Constable, AJ

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Publisher:: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
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Citation:: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021, 9
Issue Date:: 2021-05-26

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dc.contributor.author	Roberts, L https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-7524
dc.contributor.author	Kutay, C
dc.contributor.author	Melbourne-Thomas, J
dc.contributor.author	Petrou, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-0694
dc.contributor.author	Benson, TM
dc.contributor.author	Fiore, D
dc.contributor.author	Fletcher, P
dc.contributor.author	Johnson, E
dc.contributor.author	Silk, M
dc.contributor.author	Taberner, S
dc.contributor.author	Filgueira, VV
dc.contributor.author	Constable, AJ
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-19T00:45:46Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-19T00:45:46Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05-26
dc.identifier.citation	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021, 9
dc.identifier.issn	2296-701X
dc.identifier.issn	2296-701X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151726
dc.description.abstract	This paper provides a perspective on how art and cross-cultural conversations can facilitate understanding of important scientific processes, outcomes and conclusions, using the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO) as a case study. First, we reflect on our rationale and approach, describing the importance of deeper communication, such as through the arts, to the policy process; more enduring decisions are possible by engaging and obtaining perspectives through more than just a utilitarian lens. Second, we draw on the LivingData Website [http://www.livingdata.net.au] where art in all its forms is made to bridge differences in knowledge systems and their values, provide examples of how Indigenous knowledge and Western science can be complementary, and how Indigenous knowledge can show the difference between historical natural environmental phenomena and current unnatural phenomena, including how the Anthropocene is disrupting cultural connections with the environment that ultimately impact everyone. Lastly, we document the non-linear process of our experience and draw lessons from it that can guide deeper communication between disciples and cultures, to potentially benefit decision-making. Our perspective is derived as a collective from diverse backgrounds, histories, knowledge systems and values.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
dc.relation.ispartof	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3389/fevo.2021.616089
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0602 Ecology, 0603 Evolutionary Biology
dc.title	Enabling Enduring Evidence-Based Policy for the Southern Ocean Through Cultural Arts Practices
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	9
utslib.for	0602 Ecology
utslib.for	0603 Evolutionary Biology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
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dc.date.updated	2021-11-19T00:45:44Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	9

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This paper provides a perspective on how art and cross-cultural conversations can facilitate understanding of important scientific processes, outcomes and conclusions, using the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO) as a case study. First, we reflect on our rationale and approach, describing the importance of deeper communication, such as through the arts, to the policy process; more enduring decisions are possible by engaging and obtaining perspectives through more than just a utilitarian lens. Second, we draw on the LivingData Website [http://www.livingdata.net.au] where art in all its forms is made to bridge differences in knowledge systems and their values, provide examples of how Indigenous knowledge and Western science can be complementary, and how Indigenous knowledge can show the difference between historical natural environmental phenomena and current unnatural phenomena, including how the Anthropocene is disrupting cultural connections with the environment that ultimately impact everyone. Lastly, we document the non-linear process of our experience and draw lessons from it that can guide deeper communication between disciples and cultures, to potentially benefit decision-making. Our perspective is derived as a collective from diverse backgrounds, histories, knowledge systems and values.

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