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DESCRIPTION:-------- WEDS TALKS: FROM UNDERWATER HERITAGE TRAILS TO BLUE EC
 ONOMY:  UNDERSTANDING THE MULTIPLE VALUES OF SUBMERGED WWII HERITAGE IN TH
 E  PACIFIC [1] ---------------------------------------------------------\n
 \n\n*ABSTRACT:* This presentation discusses a long-term research initiativ
 e  centered on the identification, documentation, and interpretation of 
 U.S. and  Japanese World War II submerged heritage in the Mariana Islands.
  The project  began as a Community Archaeology effort to develop a maritim
 e heritage trail  that would promote sustainable heritage tourism. Its out
 comes included  underwater guides, detailed site histories and plans, in
 terpretive posters,  and a dedicated website. Subsequent training in sust
 ainable site use and the  production of 2D and 3D underwater films expande
 d protection and outreach  beyond the diving community.\n\nRecent studies 
 have expanded the project’s scope through the collection of  eDNA samples 
 to investigate site microbiomes and the processes of degradation  and pres
 ervation, as well as sediment and water analyses to assess potential  hea
 vy metal contamination. Finally, oral histories and ethnographic research
   have illuminated the cultural significance and contemporary use of these
   sites, providing a holistic understanding of how submerged WWII heritag
 e  contributes to the Mariana Islands’ history, identity, and Blue Econo
 my.\n\n*BIO: *Dr. Jennifer McKinnon is an underwater and terrestrial archa
 eologist.  She is a Professor in the Program in Maritime Studies at East C
 arolina  University and received her MA and PhD in Anthropology from Flori
 da State  University and her BS from University of Florida. Her research f
 ocuses on  battlefield and conflict archaeology (specifically WWII in the 
 Pacific),  Spanish exploration and colonization, Indigenous seascapes an
 d traditional  cultural places, and community and public archaeology prac
 tices. She has  received grants from the National Endowment for the Humani
 ties, National Park  Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin
 istration and others. Her  books include Underwater Archaeology of a Pacif
 ic Battlefield: The WWII  Battle of Saipan (2015), It Rained Fire: Oral H
 istories from the Battle of  Saipan (2019), and The Archaeology of Americ
 an Shipwrecks (in press). She has  directed research projects in the US, 
 Caribbean, Europe, the Pacific, and  Australia on sites ranging from Sp
 anish colonial shipwrecks to WWII aircraft.  She previously taught at Flin
 ders University in South Australia and was a  Senior Underwater Archaeolog
 ist for the State of Florida. She is the Past  Chair of the Advisory Counc
 il on Underwater Archaeology.\n\nDate: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 12:00
 pm to 1:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Name: Sumiji Takahahshi\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n Contact Phone: 310-825-4169\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Contact Email: sutaka
 hashi@ioa.ucla.edu\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Registration: registration not requir
 ed\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Events Tags: Pizza Talk [2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Locatio
 n: Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)\n\n[1] https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/content/weds
 -talks-underwater-heritage-trails-blue-economy-understanding-multiple-valu
 es-submerged [2] https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/event-tags/pizza-talk
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T120000
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LOCATION:Fowler A222 (Seminar Room)
SUMMARY:WEDS TALKS: From Underwater Heritage Trails to Blue Economy: Unders
 tanding  the Multiple Values of Submerged WWII Heritage in the Pacific
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.ioa.ucla.edu/content/weds-talks-underwater-heritag
 e-trails-blue-economy-understanding-multiple-values-submerged
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