The Project had three objectives:
O1. Break down nationally-confined history to track wildfire smoke across borders and through history.
O2. Build on the insights of sensory history and environmental justice to understand how the slow violence
of wildfire smoke impacts groups differently.
O3. Adapt humanistic perspectives of smoke for practical application within climate change policy.
5 work packages addressed the three objectives. All work packages are now complete.
Work Package 1 (Canadian case) - Complete month 8, had an academic article as its main product. This is now published.
Work Package 2 (Norwegian Case) - Complete month 20, had an academic article as its main product. This is under peer review.
Work Package 3 (Synthesis) - Complete month 19, had a literature review and two digital publications as its main outputs. The literature review was meant for internal use and was incorporated into the other outputs. The digital publications were released strategically to align with the burning seasons and the height of the wildfire season. They reached approximately 10,000 monthly viewers.
Work Package 4 (Outreach) - Complete month 24, had two editorials and one work of creative non fiction as its main outputs. The editorials were published with platforms specialising in translating academic research to public audiences and with reach of up to 4.8 million readers per month, internationally. The creative non-fiction took the form of a short graphic novel aimed at youth, and was widely distributed in North America and Europe. 100 print copies were distributed to interested individuals and groups, and it was archived permanently online.
Work Package 5 (Administration) - Complete month 24, had a policy brief, career development plan, and workshop as its main outputs. The policy brief is complete and under review. The career development plan is an internal document, which has been completed and approved by the researcher and their supervisor. The workshop was run in March 2023, and brought together PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty in the environmental humanities to experiment with drones as a research tool. The main findings from the workshop will appear in a digital publication due out in spring 2023.