New Directions in the Earth Sciences and the Humanities: Implementing Wide Interdisciplinarity

地球科学和人文学科的新方向：实施广泛的跨学科

• 批准号: 0117000
• 负责人: Robert Frodeman
• 金额: $ 8.67万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2003-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0117000&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: New; Directions; Earth; Sciences; Humanities

The PI will convene, in February and again in August of 2002, a paired workshop-conference devoted to developing wide interdisciplinary approaches to environmental issues of broad public concern. This "New Directions" research conference will have a two-part invitational workshop and public conference structure. This structure will enable (1) transcending disciplinary limitations in addressing environmental issues, and (2) stimulating long-term interdisciplinaryresearch partnerships for tackling such issues. Together, the two meetings will break new ground in both the theoretical and practical aspects of interdisciplinary environmental research and education. The goals of this workshop and conference are: (a) to devise ways to more effectively situate scientific knowledge within society; (b) to bring the powerful resources of the humanities better to bear on societal questions; and (c) to create enduring partnerships across the disciplines, and between the broadest array of researchers and educators of all types and the public and private realms, in order to more successfully address environmental challenges. The February 2002 workshop will consist of 20-25 invited participants representing a wide range of perspectives: the Earth sciences, the humanities, humanistic-oriented social sciences, the corporate sector, and community groups. The August 2002 public conference will consist of the workshop participants, plus a larger group (of similarly wide background) who have responded to a call for papers on the theme of developing interdisciplinary, topical approaches to environmental challenges. The February workshop will launch a six-month period of collaboration across the disciplines and between knowledge producers and representatives of the public and private sector, helping to ensure that the August conference has the maximum possible effect. The overall goal of the paired meetings is to improve society's ability at bringing the insights of academic research to bear upon societal (especially environmental) problems, to devise ways to redirect the work of knowledge producers so that their research and scholarship is more pertinent to society.

PI将于2002年2月和8月分别召开一次成对的研讨会-会议，致力于制定广泛的跨学科方法来解决公众广泛关注的环境问题。这个“新方向”研究会议将有两部分邀请研讨会和公共会议结构。这一结构将使（1）在解决环境问题时能够超越学科限制，（2）促进解决这些问题的长期跨学科研究伙伴关系。这两次会议将在跨学科环境研究和教育的理论和实践方面开辟新天地。这次讲习班和会议的目标是：（a）制定在社会中更有效地传播科学知识的方法;（B）使人文学科的强大资源更好地对社会问题产生影响;以及（c）在各学科之间以及在最广泛的各类研究人员和教育工作者之间以及在公共和私营领域建立持久的伙伴关系，以更好地应对环境挑战。 2002年2月的讲习班将邀请20-25名代表广泛观点的与会者参加：地球科学、人文科学、以人文为导向的社会科学、公司部门和社区团体。2002年8月的公开会议将包括讲习班的与会者，以及一个更大的小组（具有同样广泛的背景），他们响应了就制定跨学科的专题办法应对环境挑战的主题提交论文的呼吁。2月的研讨会将启动为期六个月的跨学科合作，以及知识生产者与公共和私营部门代表之间的合作，以帮助确保8月的会议产生最大的影响。配对会议的总体目标是提高社会的能力，使学术研究的见解对社会（特别是环境）问题产生影响，设计方法来重新定向知识生产者的工作，使他们的研究和学术更切合社会。