Doctoral Dissertation Research: Changing Perceptions: Redefining Indigenous Identity and Policy through Social Networks

加州大学河滨分校的博士生Kohanya Ranch将在Anne Sutherland博士的指导下，研究振兴运动如何影响美国印第安人的政治和社会影响。首要的研究问题是：土著、法律、政治和科学观点有何不同，这些差异是如何谈判的，利益攸关方的结果是什么，振兴运动发挥了什么作用？这项研究将在加利福尼亚州南部进行，那里有大量的丘马什美洲印第安人部落。研究方法将包括在土著文化复兴和政策谈判的舞台上参与观察；与利益攸关方面谈；分析档案材料，包括报纸文章和法律文件。社会网络分析将通过经验绘制土著政策和振兴网络中的信息和关系联系来补充这些方法。这项研究很重要，因为它将开创社会网络分析在利益相关者谈判结果理论化方面的应用。这项研究的结果也将具有实际的政策含义。资助这项研究还支持研究生的教育。

University of California-Riverside doctoral student Kohanya Ranch, with the guidance of Dr. Anne Sutherland, will undertake research on how revitalization movements affect American Indian political and social influence. The overarching research questions are: How do indigenous, legal, political, and scientific perspectives differ, how are those differences negotiated, what are the outcomes for stakeholders, and what role do revitalization movements play? The research will be conducted in southern California where there is a large concentration of Chumash American Indian tribes. Research methodologies will include participant observation in arenas of indigenous cultural reclamation and policy negotiation; interviews with stakeholders; and analysis of archival materials including newspaper articles and legal documents. Social network analysis will complement these methods by empirically mapping informational and relational ties in indigenous policy and revitalization networks. This research is important because it will pioneer an application of social network analysis to theorizing the outcomes of stakeholder negotiation. The results of the research will also have practical policy implications. Funding this research also supports the education of a graduate student.