So far I have not had much success with my interview-ees. One replied they didn't know who I could contact for information. Two haven't responded and another one said that they would get back to me. I may need to ask for an extension. Or I may just go down to Pike Place or something and ask the people down there how they think salmon impact the culture of puget sound and what's important to take care of them. I am in the process of contacting a fishery, but they haven't responded either. This interview is proving to be challenging and I don't know why. I think I have tried contacting 4 or 5 people now. It's beginning to be a little frustrating. In other news of my project, I have done some research and found a few good websites that have given me information on how climate change affects salmon. And after the feedback from my group I got a little better direction of what aspects of the project I should answer. So now I need to look at how I can mention how salmon affect the market, rivers, other animals, how it's a keystone specie and what that means. I think the broader significance of my project is to teach people about salmon and how climate change is affecting its environment. And when salmon are threatened it affects many many people, consumers, buyer, cultures, etc. these issues are what I want to address. Next is just figuring out how I want to address these, who I'm specifically trying to talk to, and what media outlets I'm going to use.
-Mary Jane-
Over and Out
15 years ago
2 comments:
Hi Mary Jane
So is your project specifically about how climate change affects salmon?
If you want to talk to people who really know a lot about the fish, try contacting someone of native descent who may do environmental work. They could give you information about the importance of the fish, both in a ecological and cultural way. This could be a very interesting avenue for communication: how indigenous people communicate about a sacred animal. One tribe you could try, though there's many in this area, is the Suquamish. Their land is on the other side of the sound, but everyone I've met there is very welcoming and eager to share their culture with anyone who is curious.
Good luck!
If you haven't considered the Ballard area yet, that might be a good place to find information about salmon. I don't know much about the industry, but the Ballard locks seem to be a pretty important salmon spot and Ballard in general has a concentrated population of environmentally-conscious people. Perhaps you could search around the internet or see if you can find anything at (or contact someone from) myballard.com
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