I am a third-year Interaction Design Bachelor Student at Malmö University, Sweden. Last year, during my second year of the program, I had Lizette as my teacher in another course. During this course, she presented the Indigenous Climate Observatories research project for my class. I remember that I was very intrigued and curious to hear more about the project. Lizette and I began talking, which led to me being offered the amazing opportunity of interning for her during the next semester. During my final course during the second year, I did an individual project regarding local climate change and groundwater in Skåne Region, Sweden (read more about it here). This project was supervised by Lizette, and was my first project inspired by the Indigenous Climate Observatories.
When starting the internship in September, I had some hopes and expectations regarding what I would be doing during the internship. I was hoping that I would learn more about the research project and the project researchers, the related research field, participatory design, and use my previous learnings from my bachelor program. Reflecting on my internship experience now at the end, I can happily say that my expectations were met beyond what I could have imagined. I was welcomed with warmth to the research project by the researchers, and I have had so many interesting conversations with them. Apart from being welcomed to the team, I also got to be a part of some exciting projects, like shaping this website, creating a toolbox for the project’s process, creating an digital archive with all the blankets and stamps, among other interesting projects.
To conclude, I feel grateful to have been a part of this project. I would like to thank everyone involved for welcoming me and letting me be a part of the Indigenous Climate Observatories project.
Sincerely,
Agnes