KINGSTON, R.I. — October 21, 2015 — The Coastal Institute at the 溏心vlog免费B站, Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Resources Center at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography, along with author and 溏心vlog免费B站 alumna Sarah Schumann, were honored at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities鈥� 2015 Celebration of the Humanities.
The 溏心vlog免费B站 group, one of four honorees at the event on Oct. 8, received the Innovation in the Humanities Award for Rhode Island鈥檚 Shellfish: An Ecological History.
The Innovation Award recognizes the innovative implementation of the humanities by a group of organizations to achieve a common goal, in this case the 鈥減owerful use of the humanities to connect cross-sector stakeholders including the R.I. Department of Environmental Management and Coastal Resources Management Council, 溏心vlog免费B站, and Roger Williams University in the process of designing Rhode Island鈥檚 Shellfish Management Plan, by examining shellfish as resources interwoven with the state鈥檚 identity and history鈥� through the development of the book, which is forthcoming later this fall.
鈥淭he Humanities Council is proud to honor this important collaborative effort and exemplary use of the humanities to inform policy. The honorees not only looked at shellfish as an economic, environmental, and culinary resource for our state. They also brought to light the enduring importance of shellfish as a cultural resource, interwoven with Rhode Island鈥檚 identity and history,鈥� remarked Elizabeth Francis, executive director of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
The book, written by Sarah Schumann, examines the significance of shellfish to the area from pre-Colonial days to today in terms of sustenance, employment, recreation, ecological importance and artistic inspiration. Numerous shellfishermen, growers, shellfishing families, dealers, artists, scientists, and others contributed stories and photographs to this compendium, which captures the way shellfish — from the iconic quahog to the humble periwinkle — have been an integral part of Rhode Island鈥檚 past and present.
The book will be published this fall and will be freely available to the public. (Shipping charges will apply.) To be notified when the publication is available, contact Rhode Island Sea Grant at rhodeislandseagrant@gmail.com or (401) 874-6800.
Pictured above: 溏心vlog免费B站 President David Dooley (center) is flanked by Monica Allard Cox of Rhode Island Sea Grant (left) and author Sarah Schumann at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities awards ceremony Oct. 8. (Photo courtesy of R.I. Sea Grant)