Investigating the Economic and Environmental Resilience of Viliui Sakha Villages: Building Capacity, Assessing Sustainability, and Gaining Knowledge

Crate博士建议在俄罗斯的几个Viliui Sakha村庄进行扩展研究，研究后苏联时代经济和环境变化中农牧原住民社区的复原力。该研究包括三个部分：1）能力建设，2）评估可持续性，3）获得知识。在整个拟议的研究期间，将通过定性和定量研究方法，包括参与者观察，家庭调查，结构化访谈和社区会议，解决这些组成部分。该研究设计与土著社区合作，并在其多代方面具有独特性。这将大大增加我们对俄罗斯土著社区的社会适应性，复原力和可持续性的理解。此外，他们将通过社区会议和研究项目的培训方面对当地社区产生更广泛的影响。

Dr. Crate proposes to do extended research in several Viliui Sakha Villages of Russia on the resilience of agropastoralist Native communities in the Post-Soviet era of economic and environmental change. The proposed research has three components described as: 1) Building Capacity, 2) Assessing Sustainability, 3) Gaining Knowledge. Each of these components will be addressed throughout the proposed research period through both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies including participant observation, household surveys, structured interviews, and community meetings. The research design in a collaboration with indigenous communities and unique in its multi-generational aspects. It will add much to our understanding of social adaptation, resilience and sustainability of indigenous communitites in Russia. In addition, their will be broader impacts for local communities through the commuynity meeting and training aspects of the research project.