Conference on the Synthesis of Southern California Native American Traditional Knowledge and the Earth Sciences

南加州美洲原住民传统知识与地球科学综合会议

• 批准号: 9809709
• 负责人: Clifford Trafzer
• 金额: $ 2.05万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9809709&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Synthesis; Southern; California; Native

Trafzer 9809709 In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the need for increased science education and science literacy in our society. There is also a growing awareness that various ethnic and cultural groups are persistently under-represented in all fields of science, with Earth Science as no exception. Native Americans are one cultural group especially poorly represented in all basic sciences, the geosciences included. Reasons for the under-representation of many minority groups and particularly for Native Americans is often linked to basic pedagogical and cultural styles that may not be automatically compatible with the teaching and research styles common to much basic science. The Earth Sciences offer a potential bridge between a Native American approach to knowledge and the more traditional "Western" scientific approach. The Geosciences are commonly integrationist in their practice, deliberately drawing on knowledge from many different fields, and applying that knowledge with the understanding that the Earth is an integrated system. Additionally, we in the Earth Sciences teach our students in a very "active" manner, allowing students to struggle with new material and problems until they solve them on their own, based on their own prior knowledge and creativity. These styles of knowledge and pedagogy make the Geosciences the most accessible of all the sciences for reaching many Native American cultures. The Earth Sciences, and all sciences, stand to benefit from the increased understanding and interest generated among Native American groups resulting from organized outreach. This award supports a three-session conference series taking place over a total of three months which will foster direct and candid discussions between practicing researchers, professionals, and groups on whose lands many various Earth Science-related projects operate. The program includes sets of moderated, frank and open discussions of various political, economic, spiritual, philosophi cal, cultural, and educational issues important to Geoscientists and Native Americans alike. The ultimate goal of this project is to improve mutual understanding and education of the scientific and traditional interpretations of the history and significance of our regional landscapes and geology. A new communication aimed at increasing direct Native American participation in the Earth Sciences and at increasing awareness and appreciation in the scientific community of Native American culture, values, and interpretations of the Earth will be established. This communication will be established through workshop sessions via presentations and subsequent extended discussions.

Trafzer 9809709 近年来，人们越来越意识到需要在我们的社会中增加科学教育和科学素养。 人们也越来越意识到，各个种族和文化群体在所有科学领域的代表性一直不足，地球科学也不例外。 美洲原住民是一个文化群体，在所有基础科学（包括地球科学）中的代表性都很低。 许多少数群体，特别是美洲原住民代表性不足的原因往往与基本的教学和文化风格有关，这些风格可能不会自动与许多基础科学的教学和研究风格相兼容。 地球科学提供了一个潜在的桥梁之间的土著美国人的知识方法和更传统的“西方”的科学方法。 地球科学在实践中通常是整合主义者，故意从许多不同领域汲取知识，并在理解地球是一个综合系统的情况下应用这些知识。 此外，我们在地球科学教我们的学生在一个非常“积极”的方式，让学生与新的材料和问题，直到他们解决他们自己的斗争，根据自己的先验知识和创造力。 这些知识和教学方法的风格使地球科学成为所有科学中最容易接触到许多美洲原住民文化的科学。 地球科学和所有科学都将受益于有组织的外联活动在美洲土著群体中产生的更多理解和兴趣。 该奖项支持在三个月内举行的三次会议系列，这将促进实践研究人员，专业人员和团体之间的直接和坦率的讨论，这些团体的土地上有许多与地球科学相关的项目。 该计划包括对地球科学家和美洲原住民重要的各种政治，经济，精神，宗教，文化和教育问题的主持，坦率和公开的讨论。 该项目的最终目标是增进对我们区域景观和地质的历史和意义的科学和传统解释的相互理解和教育。 将建立一项新的交流活动，旨在增加美洲原住民对地球科学的直接参与，并提高科学界对美洲原住民文化、价值观和对地球的解释的认识和赞赏。 这种沟通将通过研讨会会议、演讲和随后的广泛讨论来建立。