COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH-Change and Its Impact on Culture, Economy and Identity in Three North Bering Strait Alaskan Inupiat Societies: Little Diomede Island, King Island, Wales

摘要OPP-0096985和0095120本项目调查了阿拉斯加北白令海峡地区三个以自给自足为导向的因纽特人社会对社会文化和经济变化的看法，这些变化往往与全球化进程有关。这项研究集中在三个种族相关但在社会政治、文化和经济上截然不同的因努皮特社区：来自小迪奥米德岛上的因加利克人；来自白令海峡东北部海岸的威尔士人；以及来自国王岛的人。这项研究探讨了在觅食技术和传统领域影响身份认同的变化因素。它依赖于各种方法，包括参与者观察和几代人的家庭访谈。研究人员将与每个社区的广泛居民合作，并将雇用当地成年人和学生作为顾问、研究助理和实习生，努力提供对当地有意义的研究经验。

AbstractOPP-0096985 and 0095120This project examines local perceptions of sociocultural and economic changes often associated with globalization processes in three subsistence-oriented Inupiat societies in the north Bering Strait region of Alaska. The study focuses on three ethnically related but sociopolitically, culturally, and economically distinct Inupiat communities: people from Ingaliq on Little Diomede Island; from Wales, on the northeastern Bering Strait coast; and from King Island. The study addresses change components that have influenced identity in the areas of foraging technologies and traditions. It relies on a variety of methods, including participant observations and multigenerational family interviews. The researchers will collaborate with a wide spectrum of residents in each community and will employ local adults and students as consultants, research assistants, and interns in an effort to provide locally meaningful research experiences.