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Our last full episode for season one of the hello X podcast will be in Norwegian, but fear not, you can find an english transcript of the episode if you scroll down to ‘English transcript, The innocents”. Christine will be back in a few weeks with a short 'podlet' with an update on the the AR story experience, climate strikes and more. Googler en bilder av ‘arktisk tundra’ vil en kanskje med første øyekast tenke at “her finnes det ikke mye liv”. Men ser en litt nærmere, vil en finne et mangfold av dyr og planter. Noen av disse er truet på grunn av klimaendringer. Hva skjer hvis en art minsker i antall eller...forsvinner helt? Hva kan det gjøre med resten av økosystemet den er en del av? Kunstner Marit Landsend (keramiker basert på Troms Fylkeskultursenter, Tromsø) og forsker Dorothee Ehrich (Klimaøkologisk Obsersvasjonssystem for Arktisk Tundra - COAT, UiT) ønsker begge å utforske disse temaene, fra hvert sitt ståsted. Vi blir med de inn i en samtale om klimaendringer, fjellrev og smågnagere på den arktiske tundraen, og spør: hva kan vi mennesker gjøre? LENKER FOR MER INFORMASJON Dorothee Ehrich: https://uit.no/om/enhet/ansatte/person?p_document_id=41186&p_dimension_id=88165 Marit Landsend: http://www.maritlandsend.no/file/Welcome.html COAT - Klimaøkologisk Observarsjonssystem for Arktisk Tundra: https://www.coat.no Arktiske arter kan dø ut: https://framsenteret.no/arkiv/arktiske-arter-kan-doe-ut-5062774-146437/ Smågnagere på tundraen: https://www.coat.no/Smagnagere Dyr og klimaendringer: https://www.wwf.no/klima-og-energi/dyr-og-klimaendringer https://www.miljostatus.no/tema/klima/klimainorge/klimaendringer-norsk-natur/ https://www.artsdatabanken.no/Rodliste/Klimaendringer https://www.miljostatus.no/isbjorn Filosof Arne Johan Vetlesen: https://morgenbladet.no/profil/arne-johan-vetlesen Polarrev/Arctic Fox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox Lemen/Lemming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT The innocents If you google pictures of ‘the Arctic tundra’ you might think there’s not much life in this part of the world. But if you look closer, you will find a diversity of animals and plants. Some of these are threatened because of climate change. What happens if a specie decreases in numbers or...disappears completely? What might that do to the ecosystem it is a part of? Artist Marit Landsend (based at Troms Fylkeskultursenter, Tromsø, Northern Norway) and researcher Dorothee Ehrich (working for COAT, UiT) both have a wish to explore these topics. We join them in a conversation about climate change, polar foxes and lemmings on the Arctic tundra, and ask: What can we humans do? DOROTHEE: ...it takes time, and we humans are creatures of habit. MARIT: We’re also very greedy. It’s the greedy side of humans that has created this, I believe. DOROTHEE :Yes, greedy and lazy. I mean, I drove here today, because I was too lazy. There you have it. MARIT: (laughs) Yes, there we have it. NARRATOR: Hello X and welcome to a new episode of the hello X podcast! I’m Anneli Stiberg. In this episode, you’ll meet artist Marit Landsend and scientist Dorothee Eirich, who I invited to talk to me about climate change. Both of them deal with human-induced environmental changes in their respective works, but each of them from their particular perspective. I was curious to learn more about which projects they were working on. I remember hearing about Marit’s project with the animals in Norway that change colours and how climate change is affecting them. That made me stop and think, and I wanted to hear more about it. When meeting Dorothee during a public event at Fram - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, I thought it would be interesting to hear from her perspective as well, as a researcher with a special interest in arctic ecosystems. Fast forward to a few months ago, when the three of us sat down here at Kysten for a conversation that includes, among others, lemming,...

How do you feel...now, dig deep...how do you FEEL about a world without polar bears, bees or whales? How much should we care about the decline of seagulls who annoy us at outdoor cafés? Are we all in the same boat? Listen to scientists and others philosophizing, talking science and emotions at Fritt Fram, an open day at FRAM - the high north research centre for climate and the environment, in Tromsø, Northern Norway.In this episode we meet Rosemary, Ken and Katherine from the UK chatting and laughing about turning 70, about the past, future and being in the same boat. We talk to marine biologist Pedro Duarte (Norwegian Polar Institute and member of Fram flagship on Sea Ice), dancer Mathilda Caeyers and producer Marina Borovaya (Ice-9) about whales, climate change and species disappearing. We talk about the link between science, art and emotions.Pedro brings up the neuroscientist Antonio Damasio @damasiousc, who wrote ‘Descartes Error’, where he demonstrates that emotions are essential to rational thinking and normal social behaviour. Links:Blue whale: physical description, behaviour, history and recovery of populations: http://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/blue_whale/Trailer to the theatre play ‘Sykle i snøstorm’, at Hålogaland theatre in Tromsø (referred to by Marina): https://youtu.be/_oeyCR2D_CkDescartes Error, by (neuroscientist) Antonio Damasio: https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Error-Emotion-Reason-Human/dp/014303622X Credits: HelloX partners include:Tromsø municipalityThe Nansen legacy research projectThe North Norwegian Art MuseumNorwegian art councilSparebanken KulturnæringsstiftelsenFram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it’s flagships:1. Environmental impact of industrial development in the north (MIKON)2. Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology in the north3.Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements,4.Hazardous substances – effects on ecosystems and human health,5.Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoplesMusic by MetatagHello X is supported by:The Norwegian art council,Sparebank Northern Norway,The free speach foundationInnovation Norway Koro -public art norway. Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with:Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg and Valentin Manz.Associate producers include Marina Borovaya and Annika Wistrøm.Sound mix by Nathanael Gustin.Digital design by Ismet Bachtiar Storygenerator developed by Furkle Industries

Tavaha! Find out what it means to take care of our oceans with Vilma Havas, the founder of the Nordic Ocean Watch and the Lofoten Diving Club, cleaning up Nusfjord harbour in Lofoten, in North of Norway. You will also meet marine biologist Marthe Larsen Haar, who does research on marine litter at SALT. The plastic problem is accumulating at 15tons per second, so we need your help! Plastic! Toothbrushes, car tires, diapers...chewing gum? We are surrounded by plastic in our everyday life. Sometimes in surprising places. Unfortunately a lot of the plastic we make end up in the ocean, creating vast floating islands of plastic and microplastic mistaken for food by the smaller organisms living in the sea. According to UN Environment 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the world’s oceans every year. What kind of effects does this have on the environment? And what can we do about it? Special thanks to Vilma Havas of Nordic Ocean Watch and Marthe Larsen Haar of SALT. Thanks also to Lofoten Diving and the team of divers including: Daniel Visnovsky, Aleksander Burns, Andreas Neverdal, Damian Cwik, Marius Magnussen and Welat Horori. Episode artwork by Valentin Manz / Ice-9. Watch Lofoten Diving Club and Vilma of NOW dive for trash on hello X YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9775UtZIl0&t=5s The Plastic Code of Conduct The Plastic Code of Conduct is created in collaboration between Nordic Ocean Watch and Spire. Read more about it here: http://nordicoceanwatch.no/en/projects/plastic-code-of-conduct/ TAVAHA plastic whale by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz in front of Polaria science centre and aquarium in Tromsø. Commissioned by Nordic Ocean Watch and the Norwegian Miljødirectorate. Photo by Marina Borovaya for Ice-9. #tavaha #iamfromthefuture #helloX #plastic #Pollution#WaterPollution #PlasticFree LINKS: Nordic Ocean Watch (http://nordicoceanwatch.no/en/front/) Lofoten Diving (https://www.lofoten-diving.com/) SALT (https://salt.nu/en/)Mapping study by SALT with GRID Arendal (https://news.grida.no/mapping-marine-debris-on-the-lofoten-coast) More info on plastic pollution: https://www.unenvironment.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/plastics-facts-infographics-ocean-pollution/ http://web.unep.org/unepmap/un-declares-war-ocean-plastic https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42264788 https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-is-in-chewing-gum/ The Great Pacific garbage patch explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyaTqezSzs Microplastic: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/12/microplastic-pollution-in-oceans-is-far-greater-than-thought-say-scientists Ghost fishing: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/ocean-animals-dying-in-lost-fishing-gear https://www.ghostfishing.org/the-problem/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/heather-koldeway-explorer-nets-plastic-philippines-ocean-culture/ https://arcticwwf.org/newsroom/stories/hunting-for-ghost-nets/ http://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/baltic/threats/marine_litter/ Cleanup efforts: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18175940/ocean-cleanup-breaks-plastic-pollution-silicon-valley-boyan-slat-wilson HelloX partners include: Tromsø municipality The North Norwegian Art MuseumFram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it’s flagships: hello X theme music by metatag on hel audio https://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrender Tavaha episode music by theta orogen on nopatience records (https://theta007.bandcamp.com/album/theta ) and Tom Arthurs / Isambard Khroustaliov on Not Applicable(http://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/) Ice-9 is supported by: Fram High North Research Center (https://framsenteret.no/) The Norwegian Arts Council (https://www.kulturradet.no/)Innovation Norway (https://www.innovasjonnorge.no/en/start-page/) Koro-Public Art Norway (https://koro.no/) Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with Christine Cynn,...

Will your grandkids build only digital sandcastles? What ghosts may roam the riverbanks of tomorrow's virtual nature? Hear Sami-language novelist Sigbjørn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar and host Christine Cynn how the idea of virtual nature entered the X fiction world, now being developed for publication in 2019. Personalize a scenario with the online story generator on the hello X WRITE page at https://hellox.me/write/ Virtual nature was originally proposed by writer Sigbjørn Skåden as a substitute for the actual outdoors for X in 2068 in Northern Norway. Ismet and Christine are currently setting a new short story within the fictional virtual nature for an augmented reality story experience X50, to be launched in central Tromsø autumn 2019. Listen to the three discuss privatization, sea level rise, nostalgia and loss in the Arctic. We discuss what places we might like to upload into virtual nature for X, and the stories attached to these places. Virtual nature is one element in a fiction world being developed in experimental story workshops with writers, artists, scientists and young people in Northern Norway and internationally. The first story experiments date back to 2011 and became intensive in 2016 as the core project of the startup arts/media organization Ice-9 in Tromsø, Northern Norway. For more information listen to episode 1: Who is X? and read ABOUT hello X and Ice-9 here. More from Sigbørn Skåden on the ghost children that live on the riverbanks by his childhood home in Northern Norway (from https://www.versopolis-poetry.com/poet/67/sigbjrn-skden) Notes From a Backwoods Saami Core (from 19 to 24)Note 19Down by a place where two rivers meet there is a meadow. If the time is right he who passes here will hear infants crying. These are the unwanted new-borns, left here to die by a desperate father or mother. Every seventh year these children return to the place where they were abandoned. We call them eahpádusak, human apocrypha trapped between existing and never having existed. That is why they return. That is why they cry. Only by performing an ancient baptising ritual all may be alleviated. Only then it will all be over. Original text prepared for a workshop with teenagers in Longyearbyen, Svalbard October 2018 by Sigbjørn Skåden with performance maker Leo Kay (UK). More about the development of this character and scenario in the hello X MEET forum: X is a young woman, 23 years of age. She lives in a town by the sea. X is single, but shares a three bedroom flat with two other people. Her work is an administrative officer position at the local branch of a global clean water resource company called Mountain Fresh. The company owns all lakes and waterways in the region surrounding X’s town, and clean water is being carried in pipes down to the seashore and pumped onto tanker ships that transport Mountain Fresh clean water to destinations around the world.Question 1: What would X be like if you were to decide? Describe her in 3 words.Question 2: How does X feel about being single?Question 3: What is it like to work for Mountain Fresh?X’s town is governed and regulated by the municipality, but in addition to the surrounding water resources Mountain Fresh has bought up all land in a huge belt completely surrounding the town, so every passing in and out of town by train, bus or car is taxed by the company. If you however travel by air you avoid the Mountain Fresh travel tax, so air travel is cheaper and preferred by most people in town even for relatively short distances. Also the sea has not yet been opened for private ownership, so it is possible to travel for free by boat to places outside the Mountain Fresh Belt, by locals simply referred to as “The Belt”. But boats are in demand, and thus expensive.X is an only child and was not raised in the town where she lives, so she has no family there. Her parents live in a smaller township 25 minutes away by mini plane, 1 hour by train, 1,5 hours by bus....

Which seabird resembles Evil Knevil or Karl Lagerfeld? In 2068, will X and your grandkids meet kittiwakes, guillemots, and eider ducks only in virtual nature? Hear Framsenteret biologists Jan Ove Bustnes and Tone Reiertsen describe how seabirds translate changes in the flow of energy and life in marine ecosystems. Are we listening? Virtual Nature part 1 explores how climate change is impacting birds on remote Arctic island nesting sites of circumpolar seabirds. The idea for virtual nature was proposed by the hello X creative team as a substitute for going outdoors, and a way to commemorate places and animals, like many populations of seabirds, that are currently in decline. In Virtual Nature part 2, you will hear a conversation between host and hello X creative director Christine Cynn with novelist Sigbjorn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar about the genesis and meaning of virtual nature in the X fiction world (now in development). We will hear stories from two researchers who have spent their lifetimes studying guillemots, eider ducks, kittiwakes, among other species. Jan Ove Bustnes (working for NINA-Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research affiliated with the Fram Centre flagship project on Hazardous Substances) and Tone Reiertsen (NINA and Fram flagship project on ‘Effects of climate change on coastal ecology in the North). Listen as Jan Ove and Tone speak about their experiences on Bjørnøya (Bear Island) at the far end of the Svalbard Archipeligo in the Barents Sea, and Hornøya (Horn Island) on the far northern shore of the Norwegian mainland. Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) Watch this video! ‘X saves the Kittwake’ hello X animation by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz with music by Coda to Coda. Kids from the north and south of Norway tell the story of how X meets her grandmother’s avatar in virtual nature, and saves a kittiwake who eats plastic. On the hello X youtube channel. VIRTUAL NATURE 2068: X chats with grandma's avatar in virtual nature about cleaning up the ocean 'Geirdodo' patron saint of extinct birds circa 2068. Collage by Valentin Manz IN CONVERSATION WITH JAN OVE BUSTNES AND TONE REIERTSEN (with chalkboards-Christine is obsessed with them-no more stickies!) VIDEO OF GUILLEMOT PARENT WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG (courtesy of Tone Reiertsen) https://youtu.be/0aHlraYL39w LINKS Norwegian Climate and Environment Dept on seabirds: http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/en/Areas-of-activity1/Species-and-ecosystems/Seabirds/ Norwegian coast and Douglas Adams https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/a-thousand-miles-of-norways-lovely-crinkly-edges-49047.html BEAR ISLAND Bears visit Bear Island (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/bjornoya-fikk-bjornebesok-1.10958132 Bjørnøya dyreliv (Norwegian) http://cruise-handbook.npolar.no/no/bjornoya/wildlife.html Birdlife International factsheet on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-(bear-island)-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway)/details GUILLEMOTS / HORNØYA Pictures courtesy of Tone Reiertsen VIDEO! SEE GUILLEMOTS ‘FLY’ UNDERWATERGuillemots diving near Hornøya, Northern Norway https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*270032 Common guillemot description NP http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-guillemot.html guillemot/lomvi factsheet from the Norwegian Inst. on Nature Research http://www2.artsdatabanken.no/faktaark/Faktaark2.pdf Incredible diving capacity of guillemots and other diving birds https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v102n02/p0293-p0297.pdf Guillemot call (British Museum/wikimedia)...

(*NORSK/ENG versjon) Which seabird resembles Evil Knevil or Karl Lagerfeld? In 2068, will X and your grandkids meet kittiwakes, guillemots, and eider ducks only in virtual nature? Hear Framsenteret biologists Jan Ove Bustnes and Tone Reiertsen describe how seabirds translate changes in the flow of energy and life in marine ecosystems. Are we listening? Virtual Nature part 1 explores how climate change is impacting birds on remote Arctic island nesting sites of circumpolar seabirds. The idea for virtual nature was proposed by the hello X creative team as a substitute for going outdoors, and a way to commemorate places and animals, like many populations of seabirds, that are currently in decline. In Virtual Nature part 2, you will hear a conversation between host and hello X creative director Christine Cynn with novelist Sigbjorn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar about the genesis and meaning of virtual nature in the X fiction world (now in development). We will hear stories from two researchers who have spent their lifetimes studying guillemots, eider ducks, kittiwakes, among other species. Jan Ove Bustnes (working for NINA-Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research affiliated with the Fram Centre flagship project on Hazardous Substances) and Tone Reiertsen (NINA and Fram flagship project on ‘Effects of climate change on coastal ecology in the North). Listen as Jan Ove and Tone speak about their experiences on Bjørnøya (Bear Island) at the far end of the Svalbard Archipeligo in the Barents Sea, and Hornøya (Horn Island) on the far northern shore of the Norwegian mainland. Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) Watch this video! ‘X saves the Kittwake’ hello X animation by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz with music by Coda to Coda. Kids from the north and south of Norway tell the story of how X meets her grandmother’s avatar in virtual nature, and saves a kittiwake who eats plastic. On the hello X youtube channel. VIRTUAL NATURE 2068: X chats with grandma's avatar in virtual nature about cleaning up the ocean 'Geirdodo'-patron saint of extinct birds 2068 (collage by Valentin Manz) Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) IN CONVERSATION WITH JAN OVE BUSTNES AND TONE REIERTSEN (with chalkboards-Christine is obsessed with them-no more stickies!) VIDEO OF GUILLEMOT PARENT WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG (courtesy of Tone Reiertsen) https://youtu.be/0aHlraYL39w LINKS Norwegian Climate and Environment Dept on seabirds: http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/en/Areas-of-activity1/Species-and-ecosystems/Seabirds/ Norwegian coast and Douglas Adams https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/a-thousand-miles-of-norways-lovely-crinkly-edges-49047.html BEAR ISLAND Bears visit Bear Island (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/bjornoya-fikk-bjornebesok-1.10958132 Bjørnøya dyreliv (Norwegian) http://cruise-handbook.npolar.no/no/bjornoya/wildlife.html Birdlife International factsheet on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-(bear-island)-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway)/details GUILLEMOTS / HORNØYA VIDEO! SEE GUILLEMOTS ‘FLY’ UNDERWATERGuillemots diving near Hornøya, Northern Norway https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*270032 Common guillemot description NP http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-guillemot.html guillemot/lomvi factsheet from the Norwegian Inst. on Nature Research http://www2.artsdatabanken.no/faktaark/Faktaark2.pdf Incredible diving capacity of guillemots and other diving birds https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v102n02/p0293-p0297.pdf Guillemot call (British Museum/wikimedia)...

Hey...where’s the baby food? Atlantic Puffins in Lofoten are beautiful and possibly in trouble. Puffins travel thousands of miles to gather on ancient breeding cliffs. Hardworking parents can fly 100 km a day and dive 60 m deep to find food for their chicks. But something’s not right. The herring and other small forage fish are too small and too dispersed to feed the chicks. In the last decade, almost none of the baby puffins are surviving. Could the decline in puffins and other coastal birds around the world be an indicator of big changes in our ocean ecosystems? How do scientists cope? This episode marks the beginning of a running theme on seabirds in the hello X podcast and stories. Meet marine biologist Zoe Burr, from the UNIS (Univ. Centre of Svalbard/ Fram flagship research group on Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Ecology in the North) who studies a breeding colony of Puffins on Hernyken, one of a cluster of remote islands called Røst near Lofoten in Northern Norway. Zoe is part of a team led by Tycho Anker-Nilssen, senior researcher at the NINA (Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research) collecting long-term data on seabird colonies. This is the first of the hello X science spotlights, interviews with researchers in the Arctic that complement the main episodes, which include both the creative development of the X fiction stories, along with shorter discussions on science. Special thanks to: FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment in Tromsø, a hello X partner, and its research program on Effects of climate change on cea and coastal ccology in the north. https://framsenteret.no/english/ UNIS- The University Centre in Svalbard https://www.unis.no/ NINA- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research https://www.nina.no/ LINKS: http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/destinations/europe/norway/arctic-norway-puffins/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/a/atlantic-puffin/ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22694927/0 Article by Zofia Burr and Øystein Varpe on ‘Seabird breeding timing at high latitudes’: https://www.unis.no/seabird-breeding-timing-high-latitudes/ Master thesis on ‘Effects of a fluctuating climate on the body condition of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula Arctica at Røst’, Norway, by Andrea Nygård Østvik: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2461293/AndreaN%C3%98stvik.pdf?sequence=1 Soundscape and video from Røst https://childofklang.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/fieldwork-10th-june-14th-of-july-at-hernyken-nature-reserve-r%C3%B8st/ NORSK Om lundefugl og matmangel https://forskning.no/fisk-havforskning-okologi/2014/04/lundefuglens-unger-dor-pa-grunn-av-matmangel Sjøfuglene på Hornøya: https://framsenteret.no/arkiv/foelg-sjoefuglene-paa-hornoeya-i-sommer-5883536-146437/ Om klima og endringer: https://framsenteret.no/arkiv/klima-endrer-sammensetning-og-utbredelse-av-arter-6056485-146437/ CREDITS This story was produced by Anneli Stiberg and Christine Cynn with support from Valentin Manz and Marina Borovaya. Sound engineer: Nathanael Gustin hello X theme music by Metatag on Hel Audio https://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrender Episode music by Metatag Final track ‘Oh, Pity Us!’ on ‘Live’ by the Odes on Not Applicablehttps://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/album/live

Salmon, seaweed, or wormballs on the menu in 2068? Can we really manage nature? And what’s the matter with humans anyway? Five polar scientists discuss how future (and present-day) humans fit into the Arctic bioenergetic food system. Why might X benefit from eating more vegetables (or being one)? Do humans want to farm in the sea with the same strategies used on land? What is multi-trophic aquaculture? Meet Lis Lindal Jørgensen, marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Research in Tromsø and leader of the FRAM (High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment) flagship research program on Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology in the north), Pedro Duarte, researcher at the Norwegian Polar Institute specializing in Arctic marine ecosystem modeling and contributor to the FRAM flagship research program on Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements, Elina Haltunnen, marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Research specializing in the impacts of aquaculture on wild fish, Ann Eileen Lennert, environmental anthropologist with Ice-9 and the Polar Museum at University of Tromsø (hear more about Ann Eileen in episode 1), and Sigurd Tønnessen, philosopher of science at University of Tromsø and member of the Environmental Philosophy Research Group. Hear also about the hello X March to the Future a parade through the streets of central Tromsø behind a ceremonial ship of dreams wearing seaweed and boats on our heads and led by the epic all-female drum corps, the Tromsø Tamborene. Check out links below to videos, pictures, and press coverage from the March to the Future. Email us a voicememo at helloX@ice-9.no and tell us what time it is on the clock of the earth. Thanks to Chin Keeler, Mikey Weinkove, the Tromsø Tamborene, Northern Norway Art Museum, and Polaria Science Center, Vårscenefest… and special thanks to all the amazing participants! Finally, Christine’s 12-yr old nephew Sebastian speculates on what his future daughter might cook him for dinner in 2068. March to the Future convocation: Welcome earthlings. We welcome you all to the other side of today. This former post office, police office, art museum… What do you picture here in 2068? A virtual playground, a makeshift hospital, a beach? Salutations from your unborn children, your thriving grandchildren, and great grandchildren. If you remember us, we may remember you. Before all of us, there were all of you. Before all of you, one hundred billion homo sapiens walked this planet. Every single one had a story. From the Gállá-bártnit, descended from the sun, to the driftwood that made Ask and Embla, to our mitochondrial Eve. Every single one of you in 2018 is living a story. Each life is a story to be told, re-mixed, told again. Each life is a spring flowing into a long river, flowing in an expanding spiral of space and time and life. Each curve feels both familiar and new. Terrifying and full of hope! This boat carries dreams. Dreams of the future, Dreams of birds and fish, dreams of copopods, Dreams of being better, feeling better, living better on this earth. This boat is as big as our dreams. This boat is as tough as our dreams. This boat is as beautiful as our dreams. In this universe of stories, we are the water and the ship and the passengers. Now is the time to set sail for the future. LINKS FRAM (High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment) https://framsenteret.no/english/ March to the Future Videos https://tinyurl.com/y7cwqgjr https://www.facebook.com/message2X/videos/1098166893656535/ Images https://tinyurl.com/march2thefuture https://www.facebook.com/message2X/posts/1103329009806990?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBH3G6-Tab9hBwkh3A4JK5hK-9hQIpyrsF311y0dui7VedY_iwNd9jtqtC25YVBK_3mvRHaMXSi6f2oEHINrgG1ewQnffyBiOJ4-sygmPXT_Ibpia2VmY5y2qFHIUSDiVGN4286hSR5&__tn__=-R CREDITS This story was produced by Anneli Stiberg and Christine Cynn with support from Valentin Manz and Marina...

Which songs or joiks will X sing in 50 years? Which songs or joiks will we have forgotten? In this bonus episode of the hello X podcast you will meet Elina Waage Mikalsen, Katarina Barruk and Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson, three artists from Norway and Sweden. The Ice-9 team met Elina, Katarina and Marja in 2016 during Riddu Riđđu, a festival that focus on building pride and awareness about indigenous groups like Samis, an indigenous people who traditionally have lived in the Northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The festival takes place in Manndalen, in Northern Norway, a place where many have roots in Sami culture. Both Elina, Katarina and Marja have at one point in time been given the title «the artist of the year», at Riddu Riđđu. In 2016 they participated in Riddu Sessions, where they made new songs and joiks for the festival. The three artists share with us thoughts about their causes, music, memories with their grandparents, identity, language and joiking...thoughts about the past, the present and the future. Take a look at Katarina Barruk’s message to X in Ume sami (a language spoken by only a few people in the world). The music that you hear in the episode is made or sung/joiked by Elina, Katarina and Marja, from their work in Riddu Sessions, with producer/artist Peder Niilas Tårnesvik and the mentors Sara Marielle Gaup and Ole Jørn Myklebust. You can find information about Riddu Sessions here: http://riddu.no/nb/program/riddu-sessions Some of the songs and/or joiks are from the artists’ solo projects, and some are traditional joiks that they have been found in archives in Norway and Sweden. The songs and joiks in order as they appear in the epsisode: (Our intro melody by Metatag) The newborn calf, yoiked by Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson. Extract from the Riddu Riđđu-song that were made during Riddu Session. In the extract you hear Elina Waage Mikalsen sing. Extract from song written by Elina Waage Mikalsen, performed by Elina, Marja and Katarina. Extract from the Riddu Riddu song, made during Riddu Sessions. In the extract you hear Katarina Barruk and Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson sing and yoik. The big mountain-yoik from Tärnaby, yoiked by Marja and Katarina Ubmejeiednuo (or the Ume river) youk from Storuman in North of Sweden fra Storuman kommune i Nord-Sverige, joiket av Marja og Katarina. The Butterfly, by Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson, performed by Elina and Katarina. Riddu Riđđu 25 year jubileum yoik by Elina, Katarina, and Marja Riddu Riđđu-song, by Elina, Katarina and Marja You can find information about the artists here: Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson: http://www.marjamortensson.no Katarina Barruk: @katarinabarrukmusicpage Elina Waage Mikalsen: https://kreativenord.no/actor/elina-waage-mikalsen/ , https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/blood-forest-family/1194089282 The Riddu Riđđu festival web page: http://riddu.no/nb To learn more about Sami culture and history, go to https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jan/21/folk.features1

Hvilke sanger/joiker vil X synge om femti år? Hvilke sanger/joiker vil vi ha glemt? I denne bonusepisoden av hello X-podcasten møter du Elina Waage Mikalsen, Katarina Barruk og Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson, tre artister og kunstnere. Ice-9 teamet møtte Elina, Katarina og Marja i 2016 under Riddu Riđđu, en festival med fokus på å bygge opp stolthet og bevissthet rundt det å være samisk og fra andre urfolk gjennom musikk- og kulturopplevelser. Både Elina, Katarina og Marja har på hvert sitt tidspunkt blitt kåret til årets unge kunstner under Riddu Riđđu. Dette året tok de del i prosjektet Riddu Sessions, hvor de laget nye sanger og joiker for festivalen. De tre artistene forteller om sine hjertesaker, om musikk, minner med besteforeldre, identitet, språk og joiking...om fortiden, nåtiden og framtiden. Se en video av Katarina Barruk sin beskjed til X i sin helhet på umesamisk (med svensk oversettelse på slutten) her: https://forum.hellox.me/t/singer-katarina-barruk-sends-a-message-to-her-future-granddaughter-in-sami-swedish/132?u=copopod Mye av musikken du hører i episoden er laget av Elina, Katarina og Marja, fra tiden under Riddu Sessions, med produsent/artist Peder Niilas Tårnesvik og mentorene Sara Marielle Gaup og Ole Jørn Myklebust. Info om Riddu Sessions: http://riddu.no/nb/program/riddu-sessions Noen av sangene og/eller joikene er artistenes egne. Mer info om artistene og deres musikk finner du blant annet her: Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson: http://www.marjamortensson.no Katarina Barruk: @katarinabarrukmusicpage Elina Waage Mikalsen: https://kreativenord.no/actor/elina-waage-mikalsen/ , https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/blood-forest-family/1194089282 Du hører også tradisjonelle joiker som er hentet fra arkivmateriale. Kjenningsmelodien for podcasten av Metatag. Utdrag fra sanger/joiker sunget/joiket av Elina Waage Mikalsen, Katarina Barruk og Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson i episoden etter rekkefølge: (Vår kjenningsmelodi for podcasten av Metatag) Nyfødt kalv-joik, joiket av Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson. Utdrag fra Riddu Riđđu-sangen som ble laget under Riddu Sessions. I utdraget hører du Elina Waage Mikalsen synge. Utdrag fra sang skrevet av Elina Waage Mikalsen, framført av Elina, Marja og Katarina. Utdrag fra Riddu Riđđu-Sangen, som ble laget under Riddu Sessions. I utdraget hører du Katarina Barruk og Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson synge og joike. “Det store fjellet’-joik fra Tärnaby, joiket av Marja og Katarina Ubmejeiednuo (eller Umeälven)-joik fra Storuman kommune i Nord-Sverige, joiket av Marja og Katarina. “The Butterfly”, av Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson, framført sammen med Elina og Katarina. Riddu Riđđu 25 års jubileumsjoik, av Elina, Katarina, og Marja Riddu Riđđu-sangen, av Elina, Katarina og Marja Har du en kommentar til episoden send oss gjerne en epost på helloX@ice-9.no Hjemmeside til Riddu: http://riddu.no/nb

What do arctic farmers dream about? What’s in a blood sausage (besides blood)? And how can the moon help you make sauerkraut? (*bonus norsk språk versjon tilgjengelig) In ep1, we asked how our behavior today might affect the food eaten by X, a young woman living in the Arctic in 2068. In ep2 we begin our journey to the future by meeting Jenny and Helga Nordgård, two generations of women who have been producing food on their family farm in Northern Norway since they were children. Jenny and Helga talk about how farmers enjoy a ‘different kind of wealth’ and how women like Helga were once legally restricted from inheriting farms. They also express concern about the stability of the global food system in relation to climate change and how a growing demand for vacation homes is pricing out would-be farmers. Anneli, Christine, Valentin and Marina of Ice-9 also reflect on their own connection to food production, from their grandparents’ gardens in New Jersey, USA to Voronezh, Russia, where Marina’s grandfather Nikolai reveals his experiments with making sauerkraut by the lunar calendar. LINKS: Join the hello X Culinary Club! By adding your recipes, hungers, and half-digested rumors on https://forum.hellox.me/c/make-food On LUNAR SAUERKRAUT from forum.helloX.me Well, I checked with a scientist friend (biologist and bioinformatics researcher Michael Thorne from the British Antarctic Scientific Study) and he checked the Scopus database and can’t find anything under ‘yeast and lunar cycles’ or permuations of those terms. Does this mean that there has never been any published research on the effect of the moon on yeast or other microorganisms? There is a ton of anecdotal information about fermentation and the moon. https://adventuresinlocalfood.com/2010/10/07/sauerkraut-rising-tides-and-where-it-all-began/ and Nikolai, @serval 's grandfather in Russia, says his sauerkraut is definitely crunchier when made on or just before the full moon. Here’s a Belgian brewer who’s selling Paix-Dieu beer on the strength of moonpower. Here’s a (sceptical) article on how some people arrange wine tastings according to the lunar calendar. https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/moon-science-biodynamics-in-the-vineyard-and-in-your-glass/ Do you have any experience with fermenting by the moon? Shall we run some bread/beer/sauerkraut experiments? respond on the forum! https://forum.hellox.me/t/sauerkraut-by-the-moon-lunar-phases-and-yeast/109?u=copopod CREDITS This story was produced by Anneli Stiberg and Christine Cynn with support from Valentin Manz and Marina Borovaya. Language support by Martha Otte.Special thanks to Jenny Nordgård and Helga Nordgård and the whole Nordgård family.Thanks to Marina Borovaya and her grandfather Nikolai.Sound recording/mix by Nathanael Gustin.hello X theme music byMetatag on Hel Audiohttps://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrenderEpisode music byMetatagandArthurs. Høiby. Ritchie on Not ApplicableTom Arthurs – trumpet, flugelhornJasper Høiby – double bassStuart Ritchie – drums http://www.not-applicable.org/?page_id=27

Hva drømmer arktiske bønder om? Hva inneholder blodpølser (i tillegg til blod)? Og hvordan kan månen hjelpe deg å lage surkål? I episode 1 tok vi opp spørsmålet: hvordan påvirker oppførselen vår i dag maten til X, en ung kvinne som lever i Arktis i år 2068? I episode 2 begynner vi vår reise mot fremtiden med et møte med Jenny og Helga Nordgård, to generasjoner kvinner som har produsert mat på deres familiegård i Nord-Norge siden de var barn. Jenny og Helga snakker om hvordan bønder nyter en ‘annen type velstand’ og hvordan kvinner som Helga tidligere hadde restriksjoner når det gjaldt å arve familiegården. De uttrykker også bekymringer rundt stabiliteten til det globale matsystemet i forhold til klimaendringer og hvordan den økte etterspørselen for feriehjem kan utkonkurrere bønder. Anneli, Christine, Valentin og Marina, vårt Ice-9 team, reflekterer over deres egne forbindelser til matproduksjon, fra deres besteforeldres hager i New Jersey, USA til Voronezh, Russland, hvor Marina sin bestefar, Nikolai, avslører hans eksperimenter med å lage surkål etter månekalenderen. LINKS: Join the hello X Culinary Club! By adding your recipes, hungers, and half-digested rumors on https://forum.hellox.me/c/make-food On LUNAR SAUERKRAUT from forum.helloX.me Well, I checked with a scientist friend (biologist and bioinformatics researcher Michael Thorne from the British Antarctic Scientific Study) and he checked the Scopus database and can’t find anything under ‘yeast and lunar cycles’ or permuations of those terms. Does this mean that there has never been any published research on the effect of the moon on yeast or other microorganisms? There is a ton of anecdotal information about fermentation and the moon. https://adventuresinlocalfood.com/2010/10/07/sauerkraut-rising-tides-and-where-it-all-began/ and Nikolai, @serval 's grandfather in Russia, says his sauerkraut is definitely crunchier when made on or just before the full moon. Here’s a Belgian brewer who’s selling Paix-Dieu beer on the strength of moonpower. Here’s a (sceptical) article on how some people arrange wine tastings according to the lunar calendar. https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/moon-science-biodynamics-in-the-vineyard-and-in-your-glass/ Do you have any experience with fermenting by the moon? Shall we run some bread/beer/sauerkraut experiments? respond on the forum! https://forum.hellox.me/t/sauerkraut-by-the-moon-lunar-phases-and-yeast/109?u=copopod CREDITS Denne episoden ble produsert av Anneli Stiberg og Christine Cynn, med støtte fra Valentin Manz og Marina Borovaya. Språkstøtte fra Martha Otte.Takk til Jenny Nordgård og Helga Nordgård, hele Nordgård-familien, Marina Borovaya og hennes bestefar Nikolai.Lydmix av Nathanael Gustinhello X kjenningsmelodi avMetatag på Hel Audiohttps://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrenderEpisodemusikk avMetatagOgArthurs. Høiby. Ritchie on Not ApplicableTom Arthurs – trompet, flugelhornJasper Høiby – dobbel bassStuart Ritchie – trommer http://www.not-applicable.org/?page_id=27

Welcome to episode 1 of the hello X podcast! Meet Christine, Anneli and Valentin, your hosts in imagining the lives of the future. The first segment tells the backstory of X and explains the concepts behind the larger project. Find out how X was born in 2011 on a beach (in Christine’s mind), and why she went from dramatisations of political violence in the past (and co-directing The Act of Killing) to asking scientists, artists, kids and listeners like you to collectively imagine X, a woman who will be born in 2045. (You can start by checking out the WRITE page on this website). Christine and Valentin talk about why they moved to Tromsø, Northern Norway, how much they love food and how these passions have been channeled into the key question of this year’s stories: how might human activity today (CO2, pollution, fishing, agriculture) affect Arctic ecological food webs and food culture for X in 2068? Segment two introduces you to some of the members of the hello X creative team and their answer to the question: What does it mean to have a relationship with the unborn, or future people? Segment three features environmental anthropologist Ann Eileen Lennert. Ann’s work features the stories of hunters from Greenland, whom she studied for many years while living in Greenland before moving to Tromsø and becoming the newest member of Ice-9. A big advocate of citizen science, Ann integrates cultural landscapes with natural science and talks about how science can be mixed with stories both old and new, and how stories can help answer natural scientific questions. She also introduces us to the Mother of the Sea. This story was produced by Christine Cynn and Anneli Stiberg with support from Valentin Manz. Special thanks to Marina Borovaya, Ismet Bachtiar, Leo Kay, Sigbjørn Skåden, Annika Wiström, Ann Eileen Lennert, and Kunuk Lennert. Sound recording/mix by Nathanael Gustin. Music by Metatag https://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrender Fiium Shaarrk https://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-astonishingly-lifelike ) LINKS: X2068 exhibition in Polaria science museum (earlier permutation of hello X… in Norwegian) https://www.itromso.no/kultur/2016/10/25/Festivalutstilling-med-fremtidsvisjon-13694893.ece Ann Eileen Lennert https://anneileenlennert.com/ Mother of the Sea background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedna_(mythology) The book that inspired Christine’s description of the ‘sea inside our cells’ Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016, and Harper-Collins UK, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/15/other-minds-peter-godfrey-smith-review-octopus-philip-hoare