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

加州大学河滨分校博士生Kohanya Ranch将在Anne Sutherland博士的指导下，对振兴运动如何影响美国印第安人的政治和社会影响进行研究。首要的研究问题是：土著、法律、政治和科学的观点如何不同，这些差异是如何协商的，利益相关者的结果是什么，以及振兴运动扮演什么角色？这项研究将在南加州进行，那里有大量的丘马什印第安部落。研究方法将包括在土著文化复兴和政策谈判领域的参与性观察；与利益相关者的访谈；并分析档案资料，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关系来补充这些方法。这项研究是重要的，因为它将开拓社会网络分析的应用，理论化利益相关者谈判的结果。研究结果也将具有实际的政策意义。资助这项研究也支持了研究生的教育。

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.