International Research Fellowship Program: New Frontiers in Afro-Brazilian Studies: Examining Patterns of Natural Resource Management in Amazonia Quilombo Communities

国际研究奖学金计划：非洲裔巴西研究新领域：检查亚马逊基隆博社区自然资源管理模式

• 批准号: 0905653
• 负责人: Angela Steward
• 金额: $ 13.21万
• 依托单位: Steward Angela M
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0905653&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Research; Fellowship; Program; New

0905653StewardThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The International Research Fellowship Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct nine to twenty-four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad.This award will support a twenty-four-month research fellowship by Dr. Angela M. Steward to work with Dr. Deborah de Magalhaes Lima at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil.In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of studies on the African diaspora in Brazil. Quilombo communities, towns and villages first settled by African slaves escaping bondage, represent a particularly burgeoning field. With few exceptions, however, research on Afro-Brazilians has been restricted to the Northeast and Southern regions of Brazil. Despite the presence of Afro-Brazilians in Amazonia for over 400 years, virtually no research on Afro- Brazilians has been conducted in this area. Moreover, almost no research on the African diaspora in Brazil has emerged from the human-environment sciences. While patterns of resource management practices by other cultural groups in Amazonia, such as Amerindians and the mixed peasantry (caboclos) have been widely documented, almost few studies have been conducted in Afro-Amazonian societies. Working in two quilombo communities in the Amazonian state of Amapá, Brazil this research seeks to document local perceptions of nature, environmental knowledge systems, and patterns of natural resource management. The project employs an interdisciplinary approach to determine if residents in the study area maintain a natural resource management system distinct from other cultural groups in the region. Through qualitative and quantitative methods, the project further documents changes in land-use throughout history and the shifting role of rural activities to local economies and to residents? sense of personal identity. This project enhances research in the human-environment sciences by examining the role of African descended peoples to natural resource management practices, patterns of biodiversity, and landscape formations in Brazil.

该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。国际研究奖学金计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行9至24个月的研究。该项目的奖项提供了联合研究的机会，并利用国外独特或互补的设施、专业知识和实验条件。该奖项将支持Angela M.Steward博士与巴西米纳斯吉拉斯联邦大学的Deborah de Magalhaes Lima博士合作，为期24个月的研究奖学金。近年来，在巴西的非洲侨民研究数量显著增加。Quilombo社区、城镇和村庄最初是由逃离奴役的非洲奴隶定居的，它们代表着一个特别新兴的领域。然而，除了极少数例外，对非裔巴西人的研究一直局限于巴西东北部和南部地区。尽管非洲裔巴西人在亚马逊地区已经存在了400多年，但在这一地区几乎没有进行过关于非洲裔巴西人的研究。此外，人类环境科学几乎没有关于在巴西的非洲侨民的研究。虽然亚马逊地区其他文化群体，如美洲印第安人和混合农民(Caboclos)的资源管理模式已被广泛记录在案，但在非洲-亚马逊社会中进行的研究几乎很少。这项研究在巴西亚马孙阿马帕州的两个Quilombo社区工作，试图记录当地对自然的认知、环境知识体系和自然资源管理的模式。该项目采用跨学科的方法来确定研究地区的居民是否保持着有别于该地区其他文化群体的自然资源管理系统。通过定性和定量的方法，该项目进一步记录了历史上土地利用的变化以及农村活动对当地经济和居民的作用转变？个人认同感。该项目通过研究非洲后裔对巴西自然资源管理实践、生物多样性格局和景观形成的作用，加强了人类环境科学的研究。