International Conference on Congo Basin Hunter-Gatherers

刚果盆地狩猎采集者国际会议

• 批准号: 1024105
• 负责人: Barry Hewlett
• 金额: $ 3.03万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1024105&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Conference; Congo; Basin; Hunter

This award to Dr. Barry S. Hewlett (Washington State University) provides support for the International Conference on Congo Basin Hunter-Gatherers, being held in Montpellier, France, in September 2010. Research on Congo Basin hunter-gatherer peoples (formerly referred to as "Pygmies") has increased dramatically in recent years, in part because they comprise the largest remaining hunter-gatherer groups in the world. It is also a critical time for Congo Basin hunter-gatherers, who are being marginalized culturally and economically by the increased market integration of central Africa, and by the creation of national game parks and reserves on their traditional lands.This conference is being convened because there is no other interdisciplinary venue for sharing research results internationally. Researchers at the conference will present their findings on a wide range of topics, including: the culture histories of Congo Basin hunter-gatherers; hunter-gatherer relations with nearby farming societies; the socialization of hunter-gatherer children into egalitarian sharing and traditional knowledge systems; and theories of intracultural and cross-cultural diversity among hunter-gatherers. The conference will also address broader issues such as: the bushmeat trade, indigenous peoples views of climate change, and the impacts of conservation and human rights non-governmental organizations on local people. A variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods are utilized to address the applied issues and answer the broad range of research questions. This conference is important because it will contribute significantly to understanding the hunter-gatherer way of life that characterized most of human history. It also will provide a research foundation to implement culturally sensitive and appropriate assistance tom marginalized hunter-gatherer peoples. In addition, the conference will promote international research collaboration and capacity building by including researchers from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Additional financial support is being provided by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University (Japan), the Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement (France), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Center for Fonctional and Evolutionary Ecology (France), and Washington State University.

这个奖给巴里博士。休利特（华盛顿州立大学）为2010年9月在法国蒙彼利埃举行的刚果盆地狩猎采集者国际会议提供支持。近年来，对刚果盆地狩猎采集民族（以前称为“俾格米人”）的研究急剧增加，部分原因是他们是世界上现存最大的狩猎采集群体。对于刚果盆地的狩猎采集者来说，这也是一个关键时刻。由于中非市场一体化的加剧，以及在他们的传统土地上建立国家狩猎公园和保护区，他们在文化和经济上都处于边缘地位。 会议的研究人员将介绍他们对广泛主题的研究结果，包括：刚果盆地狩猎采集者的文化历史;狩猎采集者与附近农业社会的关系;狩猎采集者儿童的社会化，使其平等分享和传统知识体系;狩猎采集者之间的文化内和跨文化多样性理论。会议还将讨论更广泛的问题，如：肉类贸易、土著人民对气候变化的看法以及保护和人权非政府组织对当地人民的影响。各种定性和定量的研究方法被用来解决应用问题，并回答广泛的研究问题。 这次会议很重要，因为它将大大有助于理解狩猎采集的生活方式，这是人类历史上的大部分特征。它还将提供一个研究基础，以便对边缘化的狩猎采集民族提供文化敏感和适当的援助。此外，会议将通过包括来自非洲，亚洲，美洲和欧洲的研究人员来促进国际研究合作和能力建设。日本科学促进会、京都大学（日本）、发展研究所（法国）、国家科学研究中心（法国）、功能和进化生态学中心（法国）和华盛顿州立大学也提供了额外的财政支助。