The Social Relations of Contemporary Food Production in FourMicronesian Societies

该项目涉及社会和经济的比较研究， 影响四个西非国家粮食生产的因素。 文化人类学家将研究食物之间的相互作用 家庭内部的生产、消费和交换 女性农耕社会（雅普和帕劳）和两个男性农耕社会 （科斯雷和马歇尔群岛）。 每个社区内 四个社会的食物水平不同， 与世界的生产、经济和政治联系 制度、现金的重要性和城市化程度。 数据将包括深入访谈以及社区 社会和经济行为调查。 病历资料 将从以下样本中收集有关家庭活动的信息： 户 正式分析态度之间的关系， 目标和经济行为。 本研究是 重要的是，因为当地社区的粮食生产充足 是世界上许多地方关注的一个原因， 像这样的研究将促进我们对社会的理解， 以及粮食生产差异的文化原因。

This project involves a comparative study of social and economic factors affecting food production in four Micronesian societies. Cultural anthropologists will study interactions among food production, consumption, and exchange within households in two female farming societies (Yap and Palau) and two male farming societies (Kosrae and Marshall Islands). Communities within each of the four societies vary with respect to level of food production, economic and political articulation with the world system, the importance of cash, and the degree of urbanization. Data will include in-depth interviews as well as community surveys of social and economic behavior. Case history materials on household activities will be collected from a sample of households. Formal analyses of the relations between attitudes, goals, and economic behavior will be done. This research is important because adequate food production in local communities is a cause of concern in much of the world, and a comparative study like this one will advance our understanding of the social and cultural causes of variations in food production.