Doctoral Disseration Research: Owls, Loggers, and Environmentalists: The Perception of Risk in Rural and Urban Oregon

9308246 Bock这项研究调查了俄勒冈州农村和城市关于北方斑点猫头鹰生存的环境纠纷。猫头鹰已经成为环保主义者和伐木者之间关于联邦土地上仍然存在的古老森林管理问题的辩论的焦点。这一奖项加强了正在进行的论文研究，调查了这场辩论的心理和道德成分。该项目使用了文化人类学的田野方法和与情感的社会心理学研究相关的分析工具。预计这一结果将有助于弥合风险感知领域中心理和文化方法之间的差距。***

9308246 Bock This research investigates the environmental dispute in rural and urban Oregon regarding the survival of the Northern Spotted Owl. The owl has come to represent a focal point in debates between environmentalists and loggers over the management of old growth forests that remain on federal lands. This award enhances on- going dissertation research investigating the psychological and moral components of this debate. The project uses field methods from cultural anthropology and the analytic tools pertinent to social psychology studies of emotion. The results are expected to help bridge the gap between psychological and cultural approaches in the field of risk perceptions. ***