Inuit and Scientific Studies of the Narwhal: Connecting Parallel Perceptions

因纽特人和独角鲸的科学研究：连接平行的看法

• 批准号: 0630561
• 负责人: Martin Nweeia
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0630561&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inuit; Scientific; Studies; Narwhal; Connecting

ABSTRACT#0613671Inuit and Scientific Descriptions of the Narwhal: Connecting Parallel Perceptions. Inter-disciplinary Studies of the Narwhal with a Focus on Tusk FunctionMartin T. Nweeia, DMD., DDS., Principal InvestigatorClinical Instructor, Harvard School of Dental MedicineResearch Associate, Marine Mammal Program, Smithsonian InstitutionNarwhal Tusk Research Qaujisanniq qilalugaup tugangninnikwww.narwhal.orgThis award provides the project with resources to explore the possibility of combining science with the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Inuit elders in Canada and Greenland in order to provide insight into the structure and function of the narwhal tusk. This particular project has additional urgency because a large number of the most knowledgeable elders are, as a result of advanced age, becoming increasing fragile. The Narwhal Tusk Research is a multinational collaboration with an interdisciplinary approach that crosses the borders of biologic, chemical, physical, and social science to discover the purpose and function of the erupted tusk of the narwhal. Thus far, 27 Institutions worldwide and over 48 scientists will combine their insights and backgrounds with 32 Inuit elders from the Eastern Canadian High Arctic and Western Greenland to assemble the pieces of this marine mammal puzzle that has eluded discovery for hundreds of years. Investigators with myriad backgrounds in cellular biology, histology, anatomy, marine mammal science, dental medicine, evolutionary genetics and mathematics are currently analyzing narwhal teeth and their associated structures. Inuit elders with extensive experience as hunters and guides are continuing to provide Traditional Knowledge that describes behavioral and social characteristics of the narwhal. As part of this project, elders from four communities in Canada and Greenland will be interviewed in digital audio and video formats to record their insights, perceptions, and observations based on hundreds of years of collective experience. Each of these parallel perceptions has shared points that contribute to, guide, and challenge past studies and direct current findings about the tusk.

摘要#0613671因纽特人和独角鲸的科学描述：连接平行的看法。 独角鲸的跨学科研究，重点是獠牙功能。Nweeia，DMD。，DDS.，首席研究员临床讲师，哈佛牙科医学院史密森学会海洋哺乳动物项目研究助理独角鲸象牙研究Qaujisanniqilalugaup tugangninnikwww.narwhal.org该奖项为该项目提供资源，以探索将科学与加拿大和格陵兰岛因纽特人长老的传统生态知识相结合的可能性，以深入了解独角鲸象牙的结构和功能。 这一特别项目具有额外的紧迫性，因为许多最有知识的老年人由于年事已高，变得越来越脆弱。 独角鲸象牙研究是一项跨学科的跨国合作，跨越生物，化学，物理和社会科学的边界，以发现独角鲸爆发象牙的目的和功能。到目前为止，全球27个机构和超过48名科学家将联合收割机结合他们的见解和背景，与来自加拿大东部高北极和格陵兰西部的32名因纽特人长者一起组装数百年来一直未被发现的海洋哺乳动物拼图。具有细胞生物学、组织学、解剖学、海洋哺乳动物科学、牙科医学、进化遗传学和数学等多种背景的研究人员目前正在分析独角鲸的牙齿及其相关结构。 因纽特长者作为猎人和向导有着丰富的经验，他们继续提供传统知识，描述独角鲸的行为和社会特征。 作为该项目的一部分，来自加拿大和格陵兰四个社区的老年人将接受数字音频和视频格式的采访，以记录他们基于数百年集体经验的见解，看法和观察。这些平行的观点都有共同点，有助于指导和挑战过去的研究，并指导当前关于象牙的发现。