Antarctic Disability Project

How we developed sign language for ten of the trickiest climate change terms Rather than literally translating English words, experts have focused on visually representing the underlying concepts for these terms.

A team at the University of Edinburgh has developed BSL terms for ten of the trickiest climate change terms: theconversation.com/how-we-devel...

Antarctica was once a forbidden place. These women are changing that historical inequity A new exhibition amplifies the voices of women involved in Antarctica, a place that "gets under your skin".

👁️ Visit ‘Through Our Eyes: A Woman's Place is in Antarctica’ multimedia exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

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One of the hardest parts of being disabled is dealing with the ppl who are certain your illnesses are your fault. That you aren’t trying hard enough. That you failed.

That if they become disabled they will “overcome.”

Disability is NOT a moral failing. It happens to everyone.

Antarctic Disability Project: June update Progress update on the SCAR-funded Antarctic Disability Project

Another month, another project update! Featuring some early takeaways from the community survey.

This is a monthly blog for my SCAR Fellowship project, setting an agenda for disability-focused research in Antarctic humanities and social sciences aliceeoates.wixsite.com/alice-oates/...

Coming in from the cold: Addressing the challenges experienced by women conducting remote polar fieldwork Remote fieldwork is an important component of polar research across both physical and social sciences. There is increasing recognition that the inherent logistical, physical, psychological, and interp...

Critical new paper on women's experiences of fieldwork, informed by a survey of over 300 women, and offering precise, actionable strategies on improving women's fieldwork experience at all stages of the fieldwork process. Also relevant for supporting other minoritized groups doi.org/10.1371/jour...

⏰ CALL FOR PAPERS at the Australian #Antarctic Research Conference, at @utas.bsky.social in Hobart, November 2024. Proposals are invited for short presentations, posters, lightning talks and side events.

Submit your abstracts by 5 August and register at leishman.eventsair.com/aarc/

A few days late, but here's the May update from the Antarctic Disability Project! TLDR: the community survey is now closed, get in touch if you want to be involved in focus groups, and open the blog if you like cute dog photos... aliceeoates.wixsite.com/alice-oates/...

Antarctic Disability Project: April update Welcome to another month in the Antarctic Disability project

Another month, another blog! Featuring an update on survey progress and a trip to lovely sunny Lisbon.

Want to take part? If you're an #Antarctic or #EDI person, I'd love to hear from you - you've got until 12 May 2024 to fill in the survey. Please share 🙏🐧 aliceeoates.wixsite.com/alice-oates/...

New post up on the EDI Caucus blog: Disability is missing from Antarctica EDI. How do we fix it? edicaucus.ac.uk/disabled-peo...

These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation unfold...

The systemic issues plaguing fieldwork in remote and/or isolated locations cross fields. So much of this rings familiar and it's so frustrating that we're coming up on 10 years since the initial SAFE study about fieldwork in anthropology.

Thank you for sharing and filling out the survey. The project can't succeed without community input, it really is so important

Thank you so much for sharing!

Our community survey on setting a research agenda for disability and Antarctic research is now available in multiple languages! It can be accessed (and completed) in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Links and more info in blog post: aliceeoates.wixsite.com/alice-oates/...

Who can participate? Anyone in the Antarctic community, regardless of disability status. That means researchers of all disciplines, professional services staff, artists, tourism operators - if your work involves Antarctica, I want to hear from you!

Quotation reading "For a disabled person it feels like they are being deliberately ignored or not believed. This results in them feeling undervalued, unwanted, and wondering if the Antarctic Community is the place for them". Smaller text in left bottom corner reads "Antarctic disability project, Alice Oates, SCAR Fellow 2023"

Why am I researching disability and Antarctic science? Ableism is doing real harm to people in our community and we have a responsibility to do better in future. I'm so grateful for candid survey responses like this. Want to contribute? Here's the link: form.jotform.com/240582125006...

🚨 Exciting update alert! The Antarctic Disability Project survey is live! form.jotform.com/240582125006...

Seeking input on setting a research agenda for disability and Antarctic research, from people in Antarctic community plus related areas of expertise like Arctic, space sector, and EDI work

Very excited to introduce the community survey for my project on setting an agenda for work on disability and Antarctic research within Antarctic humanities and social sciences. Key details: open to all, 10 - 20 minutes to complete, anonymous, French, Spanish and Russian translations coming soon

You don't have to have a disability to answer this survey, but we do ask whether you do or not so that we can get an understanding of what topics are of interest to our disabled colleagues. Diagnosis, self-diagnosis, etc., all very much accepted

The survey will take approximately 10 - 20 minutes to complete dependent on reading speed and how much detail you give in response to some open-ended questions. Currently available in English but French, Spanish and Russian translations are coming soon

🚨 Exciting update alert! The Antarctic Disability Project survey is live! form.jotform.com/240582125006...

Seeking input on setting a research agenda for disability and Antarctic research, from people in Antarctic community plus related areas of expertise like Arctic, space sector, and EDI work

ECR opportunity alert! The same SCAR Fellowship which is funding this project is now open for 2024 applicants 👇 Open to Antarctic ECRs in all disciplines! #Antarctic

Antarctic Disability Project: February Update Monthly blog updating on the progress of my SCAR Fellowship project: “Setting an agenda for disability-focused research in Antarctic Humanities and Social Sciences”. After a tortuously slow January, F...

Blog time! I'll be writing a monthly blog to track progress on the project, and the February blog is up now. Featuring: what I've been reading, what I've been doing (watch this space for survey details) and a moment of sunshine aliceeoates.wixsite.com/alice-oates/...

Making space in STEM for people with disabilities Many research labs are inaccessible to disabled scientists, but they don’t have to be

Very thankful to have the opportunity to share my experience about being a disabled scientist!

I hope you read this wonderful piece and it spurs some thinking on accessibility within STEM! #DisabledInSTEM

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Delighted to introduce the account for my current research project, a Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Fellowship, with which I aim to identify what questions Antarctic researchers should be asking about disability and Antarctic research. Watch this space!

Watch this space for updates, and see our website for further details: aliceeoates.wixsite.com/alice-oates/...

So what are we trying to do? This project will identify key research questions, with input from the Antarctic research community, to drive forward a research agenda focused on understanding experiences of disability, and dismantling barriers.

It's too often assumed that disabled people are either not present in Antarctic research, or too unsafe for there to be any need for research into their experiences and barriers to inclusion. We need dedicated research to uncover barriers, biases, and the reality of disabled people's experiences.

Why this project? Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) work in the Antarctic research sector has a long way to go. While work does exist on, for example, historical and present challenges facing women in Antarctic research, there's a big gap in relation to disability.

Introducing a new research project on Antarctica and disability! Titled "Setting an agenda for disability-focused research in Antarctic humanities and social sciences", and funded by a SCAR Fellowship grant awarded to @aliceoates.bsky.social. Website: aliceeoates.wixsite.com/alice-oates/...