Forgetting Freshwater: Technology, Values, and Distancing in Remote Arctic Communities
Forgetting Freshwater: Technology, Values, and Distancing in Remote Arctic Communities
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DOI：
10.1080/08941920802454813
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Williams, Paula
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作者：
Alessa, Lilian (Na'ia);Kliskey, Andrew (Anaru);Williams, Paula
技术经常被吹捧为解决环境问题的集体解决方案。然而，如果技术导致长期复原力的权衡，最终给社会带来严重的脆弱性，那该怎么办？在这项研究中，我们研究了淡水价值观的变化，从传统的以服从为导向的价值观，在偏远的，资源依赖的社区，在现代化的过程中。对生活在阿拉斯加偏远资源依赖社区的个人进行了采访，并询问了一系列关于他们对淡水的价值观以及这些价值观的重要性的问题。随着年龄的下降，水的传统生存价值减少，水的方便和娱乐价值增加。来自没有市政供水系统的社区的个人比来自有市政供水系统的社区的个人表达了更大的传统生存价值观和更少的服从价值观。所提供的数据表明，随着社区越来越多地采用与西方文化相关的主导社会范式，他们的淡水价值观从传统和文化价值观转变为便利和娱乐价值观。这种转变的价值观的影响进行了讨论，作为一种形式的技术引起的环境距离。
Technology is often touted as a collective solution to environmental problems. However, what if technology results in trade-offs in long-term resilience that ultimately pose a critical vulnerability for society? In this study, we examine the change in values of freshwater from traditional to convenience-oriented values in remote, resource-dependent communities that are in the process of modernization. Individuals living in remote resource-dependent communities in Alaska were interviewed and asked a series of questions concerning their values toward freshwater and the importance of those values. As age of the individual decreased, traditional-subsistence values of water diminished, and both convenience and recreational values of water increased. Individuals from communities without municipal water systems expressed greater traditional-subsistence values and less convenience-oriented values than individuals from communities with municipal water systems. The data presented suggest that as communities increasingly adopt the dominant social paradigm associated with Western cultures, their values of freshwater change from traditional and cultural values to convenience and recreational values. The implications of this transformation in values are discussed as a form of technology-induced environmental distancing.