The Social Relations of Contemporary Food Production in FourMicronesian Societies

密克罗尼西亚四个社会当代粮食生产的社会关系

• 批准号: 9023003
• 负责人: Michael Burton
• 金额: $ 20.02万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-03-01 至 1994-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9023003&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Social; Relations; Contemporary; Food; Production

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.

该项目涉及对密克罗尼西亚四个社会影响粮食生产的社会和经济因素进行比较研究。文化人类学家将研究两个女性农业社会(雅普和帕劳)和两个男性农业社会(科斯雷和马绍尔群岛)家庭内部粮食生产、消费和交换之间的相互作用。这四个社会的社区在粮食生产水平、与世界体系的经济和政治联系、现金的重要性和城市化程度方面各不相同。数据将包括深入的访谈以及对社会和经济行为的社区调查。有关住户活动的个案资料将从住户中抽取样本收集。将对态度、目标和经济行为之间的关系进行正式分析。这项研究很重要，因为当地社区充足的粮食生产是世界大部分地区令人担忧的问题，而像这样的比较研究将促进我们对粮食生产差异的社会和文化原因的理解。