Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Cognitive Prototypes in Tzeltal Maya Medicinal Plant Selection

博士论文改进：采尔塔尔玛雅药用植物选择中的认知原型

• 批准号: 0079499
• 负责人: Brent Berlin
• 金额: $ 1.19万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0079499&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Cognitive; Prototypes

Abstract 0079499This project will investigate how Tzeltal Maya reconcile their understanding of illness with the biologically-based characteristics of plants in order to select and maintain consensus about medicinal plant cures. Using an approach centered around "cognitive prototypes" (prototypes from the domains of plants and illness), the researcher will identify variables (taste, plant distribution, cultural interpretation of plant characteristics, etc.) employed by the Maya in selecting plants for medicinal use. A number of hypotheses concerning the relationship between these variables and selection will be tested, as well as hypotheses about the relationship between specific illnesses and plant types. Methods include structured interviews with samples from the population, a plant survey, and elicitation techniques regarding plant/illness qualities. Comparative data from Maya migrants will also be gathered to assess the degree to which these same cognitive prototypes guide plant selection in environments with different flora. This project will contribute to the field of cognitive science and to our understanding of how indigenous populations conceptualize and use medicinal plants to cure illness.

摘要0079499本项目将调查Tzeltal玛雅人如何调和他们对疾病的理解与植物的生物学特征，以选择和维持关于药用植物治疗的共识。研究人员将使用以“认知原型”（来自植物和疾病领域的原型）为中心的方法，识别变量（味道、植物分布、植物特征的文化解释等）玛雅人在选择药用植物时使用的方法。 将测试关于这些变量和选择之间的关系的一些假设，以及关于特定疾病和植物类型之间的关系的假设。 方法包括结构化的采访，从人口中的样本，植物调查，植物/疾病质量和启发技术。玛雅移民的比较数据也将被收集，以评估这些相同的认知原型在不同的植物群环境中指导植物选择的程度。该项目将有助于认知科学领域，并有助于我们了解土著居民如何构思和使用药用植物来治疗疾病。