Doctoral Dissertation Research: Effects of Increased Market Participation on Adaptive Capacity and Resilience in Rural Samoa

博士论文研究：增加市场参与对萨摩亚农村地区适应能力和复原力的影响

• 批准号: 1155725
• 负责人: Donald Nelson
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1155725&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Effects; Increased

University of Georgia doctoral candidate J. Brent Vickers, supervised by Dr. Donald R. Nelson, will undertake research to investigate the effects of market integration on the ability of farmers in the village of Falealupo, Samoa, to recover from droughts, which have significant consequences for subsistence-based livelihoods. Historically, the capacity to respond to droughts and other environmental events depended on social institutions related to common property management. Over the last fifty years, however, people in rural villages throughout Samoa have increased their participation in the global market and decreased their participation in traditional social institutions. The changing context presents an opportunity to understand the effects of economic development and increased market participation on households and their members when recovering from, and adapting to, environmental events.Using a variety of quantitative and qualitative ethnographic methods, such as semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, questionnaires, and household surveys to produce empirical data and to test hypotheses. The research methods will also be used to document experiences of Samoan villagers recovering from recent droughts and adapting to ecological change. The research will also address the intellectually challenging problem of assessing resilience from an emic (insider) rather than an etic (outside expert) perspective.The research will contribute to the theoretical understanding of the effects of increased market participation on adaptive capacity and perceptions of resilience. The research will also contribute to resilience research methodology by using emic, rather than etic, measurements to define and measure social-ecological resilience, which could inform relief efforts and planning measures in communities facing similar droughts and other environmental events around the globe. Funding this research also contributes to the training of a social scientist.

格鲁吉亚大学博士候选人J.布伦特维克斯，由唐纳德博士监督。纳尔逊将进行研究，调查市场一体化对萨摩亚法莱阿鲁波村农民从干旱中恢复的能力的影响，干旱对维持生计造成重大影响。 从历史上看，应对干旱和其他环境事件的能力取决于与共同财产管理有关的社会机构。然而，在过去的50年里，萨摩亚各地农村的人们增加了对全球市场的参与，减少了对传统社会机构的参与。 不断变化的背景下，提供了一个机会，了解经济发展和增加市场参与的家庭及其成员的影响时，恢复和适应，环境事件，使用各种定量和定性的人种学方法，如半结构化访谈，焦点小组讨论，问卷调查，家庭调查，以产生经验数据和测试假设。 研究方法还将用于记录萨摩亚村民从最近的干旱中恢复和适应生态变化的经验。 本研究还将解决从主位（内部人士）而不是位位（外部专家）的角度评估弹性的智力挑战性问题。本研究将有助于从理论上理解增加市场参与对适应能力和弹性感知的影响。 这项研究还将通过使用主位而不是位位的测量方法来定义和衡量社会生态复原力，从而为地球仪面临类似干旱和其他环境事件的社区的救济工作和规划措施提供信息，从而为复原力研究方法做出贡献。 资助这项研究也有助于培养社会科学家。