Comparative Socio-Ecological Analysis of Balinese Water Temples

该奖项授予一位文化人类学家和一位生态学家， 南加州大学将支持他们的研究， 一个复杂的灌溉系统 在以前的项目中， PI开发了一个灌溉的计算机模拟模型 系统在一个广泛的领域，并分析了宗教的作用， 祭司在管理水的流动，以协调 不同次区域限制虫害的活动， 促进水稻增产。 该模型要求一个巨大的 大量关于实际水流、降雨量、 作物产量和其他变量，这个奖项将允许 返回巴厘岛与当地的水利工程师合作， 人员建立一个大型的数据收集程序。 年底 结果将是一个更精确的测试和规范的 该模式应允许当地专家管理该系统 好多了 这项研究很重要，因为它显示了本土的作用。 宗教专家在经济生产，并将帮助 开发分析系统，以增加我们对 传统社会中区域灌溉系统的功能。 对这种食品生产系统如何 工作，特别是当他们与我们的工作如此不同时（即， 涉及宗教专家），可以潜在地帮助缓解 世界粮食问题。

This award to a cultural anthropologist and an ecologist at the University of Southern California will support their research on a complex irrigation system in Bali. In a previous project the PIs developed a computer simulation model of the irrigation system in a broad area, and analyzed the role of religious priests in managing the flow of water so as to coordinate the activities of different sub-regions to limit pest damage and stimulate increased rice production. The model called for a vast amount of precise data about the actual flows of water, rainfall, crop production and other variables, and this award will allow the PIs to return to Bali to work with local water engineers and personnel to set up a large program of data gathering. The end result will be a more precise test and specification of the model, which should allow local experts to manage the system better. This research is important because it shows the role of native religious specialists in economic production, and will help develop analytical systems to increase our understanding of the function of regional irrigation systems in traditional societies. Any increase in understanding of how such food production systems work, especially when they are so different from our own (i.e., involving religious experts), can potentially help alleviate the world food problem.