Dissertation Research: Storied Shores: Environment, Society, and Culture in Monterey, California

论文研究：传奇海岸：加利福尼亚州蒙特雷的环境、社会和文化

• 批准号: 0004231
• 负责人: James Gregory
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-01 至 2002-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0004231&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Storied; Shores; Environment

This dissertation research project, "Storied Shores: Environment, Society and Culture in Monterey, California," explores the role of science and technology in the shaping of nature and society in Monterey from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s. "Storied Shores" charts how the individuals who converged on Monterey used their particular social and cultural values to evaluate, envision, and mold the natural environment. The research explores how material changes to Monterey reflected and shaped how people used and understood nature. Contests over shaping nature sharpened existing social divisions while affecting how individuals physically changed their natural surroundings. Scientific ideas and technological systems, moreover, helped to moderate these changes in the land. Working, playing, and studying in nature became the most prominent activities on the Monterey coastline. Labor, recreation, science, and technology, therefore, intersected in the shaping of Monterey's nature and society. This project proposes to add to a growing synthesis of environmental history and science and technology studies by examining the social construction of nature, science, and technology and exploring their effects on and implications for Monterey society and its coastline. The project will also make a more immediate contribution by assisting scientists and planners interested in the marine environment. The political, social, and economic activities of humans and developments in science and technology affect the natural world. This research intends to bring these impacts to light and provide important information for future research by creating a historical baseline for measuring human impact on the coastline.

本论文的研究项目，“故事海岸：环境，社会和文化在蒙特雷，加州，”探讨了科学和技术的作用，在自然和社会的塑造在蒙特雷从世纪末到20世纪80年代。《故事海岸》描绘了聚集在蒙特雷的个人如何利用他们特定的社会和文化价值观来评估、设想和塑造自然环境。该研究探讨了蒙特雷的物质变化如何反映和塑造人们如何使用和理解自然。关于塑造自然的争论加剧了现有的社会分歧，同时影响到个人如何改变他们的自然环境。此外，科学思想和技术体系有助于缓和土地上的这些变化。在大自然中工作、玩耍和学习成为蒙特雷海岸线上最突出的活动。因此，劳动、娱乐、科学和技术共同塑造了蒙特雷的自然和社会。该项目旨在通过研究自然，科学和技术的社会建设，并探索它们对蒙特雷社会及其海岸线的影响和影响，来增加环境历史和科学技术研究的日益综合。该项目还将通过协助对海洋环境感兴趣的科学家和规划人员作出更直接的贡献。人类的政治、社会和经济活动以及科学技术的发展影响着自然界。这项研究旨在揭示这些影响，并通过创建测量人类对海岸线影响的历史基线，为未来的研究提供重要信息。