Managing the Reefs: An Exploration of Local and Scientific Knowledge (A Postdoctoral Fellowship in Studies in Science, Technology & Society).

这个为期一年的全职奖项使人类学新博士能够 发展她对科学方法的理解， 管理自然资源，特别是牡蛎礁。 她 将进行为期一年的研究，在系 德克萨斯农工大学野生动物和渔业管理，& 由系主任大卫·J·施密德利博士赞助。 参加未来监管部门员工的课程，她将学习 关于资源管理所基于的科学模型， 包括牡蛎生物学，种群动态，经济学，生长， 栖息地和当地珊瑚礁的历史。 与此同时， 在加尔维斯顿海湾地区的牡蛎渔民将集中在 阐明土著模式的要素-当地 渔民在管理资源时使用的知识。 人类学文献表明，渔民通常 自我监管的模式，这是不明显的监管 机构或科学家。 官僚主义者经常引入管理 假设渔民没有管理权， 系统（正式或非正式）或使用必须无效系统 因为它不是基于科学信息。 这个项目 假设1）来自全球的不利社会经济影响 如果存在合理化管理制度，就会减少 在可能的情况下，纳入非正式管理系统， 2)这两种类型的管理模型都必须明确， 发生 该项目的目标是使科学家能够将 适当的土著战略，并让渔民在 管理当地资源。 这个项目解决了理论和实践中的一个中心问题 在科学研究中：形式化， 科学的认识方式和非正式的经验基础 社区协商优先事项和做法的方法。 研究者及其接待专家和接待机构是 唯一有资格承担和支持这个项目的人; 研究和相关活动可能会继续后， 奖的期限。 结果可能是适当的 传播和有用。 28，000美元的奖金是 因此建议。

This one year, full-time award enables a new PhD in anthropologyto develop her understanding of the scientific approaches to management of natural resources, specifically oyster reefs. She will undertake a one-year course of study in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Management at Texas A&M University, sponsored by Dr. David J. Schmidly, Head of the Department. Attending classes with future regulatory employees, she will learn about the scientific models on which resource management is based, including oyster biology, population dynamics, economics, growth, habitat and histories of local reefs. At the same time, field work in the Galveston Bay area among oyster fishermen will focus on elucidating the elements of indigenous models -- the local knowledge fishermen use in managing their resource. Anthropological literature has shown that fishermen often have models for self-regulation which are not apparent to regulatory agencies or to scientists. Bureaucrats often introduce management regimes with the assumption that fishermen have no management system (formal or informal) or use one that must be ineffective since it is not based on scientific information. This project hypothesizes that 1) adverse socio-economic impacts from the institution of rationalized management will be lessened if existing informal management systems are, where possible, incorporated, and 2) both types of management models must be explicit for this to happen. The project goal is to enable scientists to incorporate appropriate indigenous strategies and to give fishermen a voice in management of their local resources. This project addresses a central issue in both theory and practice in science studies: the relationship between formalized, scientific ways of knowing and the informal experience-based methods by which communities negotiate priorities and practices. The investigator and her host specialist and host institution are uniquely well-qualified to undertake and support this project; research and related activities are likely to continue after the period of the award. Results are likely to be appropriately disseminated and useful. An award in the amount of $28,000 is therefore recommended.