Paper by Tyler Quiring on documenting coastal livelihoods published in Environmental Communication
, who completed his doctoral degree at 91福利 in May, is lead author on a published this spring in the journal Environmental Communication. Tyler worked on the Mitchell Center鈥檚 Safe Beaches & Shellfish and Future of Dams projects, in connection with the . The paper, 鈥淎ffective Encounters with Tidal Livelihoods: Digital Field Rhetorics for Justice and Care,鈥 is coauthored by Bridie McGreavy and Carter Hathaway. Bridie is assistant professor of communication and journalism at 91福利 and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow; Carter received an M.A. in communication and journalism from 91福利 and worked with Tyler and Bridie on the Safe Beaches and Shellfish project.
Tyler used innovative web-based approaches to tell the stories of clammers and help people learn more about the value of clamming in Maine鈥檚 culture and economy. The聽聽website he helped to create promotes learning about and celebrating the culture of clamming.
鈥淲e worked with clammers on Maine’s coast to develop an approach for documenting clam digging using body-mounted cameras,鈥 Tyler says of the research. 鈥淲e found that clammers use a range of tools to adapt to diverse and changing mudflat conditions and that 鈥榙igital field rhetoric鈥 as a method is a way for researchers and their collaborators to navigate complex and challenging聽inequities and social-environmental justice issues. We and others are building on this approach to support ongoing聽collaborations with the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe.鈥
Tyler may be contacted at tylerdq@gmail.com.