Comparative Ecodynamics in the Aleutian and Kuril Islands: A GHEA synthesis workshop

该项目将为华盛顿大学提供资金，举办为期三天的研讨会，汇集各种专家学者和学生，探讨北太平洋全新世的长期人类环境动态，重点关注千岛群岛和阿留申群岛。关注这些岛屿地区的原因是，这些群岛构成了追踪迁徙、人类与环境相互作用和适应的模式生态系统。在过去的十年里，在北太平洋的这两个地区，考古学家、生物学家、地质学家、化学家和建模师组成的跨学科团队一直在努力更好地了解环境和人类动态。这些团队开发了创新的方法来探索这些岛屿环境的地质、古环境、生物和文化历史的交叉点。然而，正如PI指出的那样，两个地区的大量研究问题、方法和数据集仍然是不同的和不整合的，因此没有得到充分利用。这次研讨会的目的是将这些不同群体的学者和他们的学生聚集在一起，比较数据、方法和分析，以便开始对北太平洋人类-环境生态动力学进行综合。该研讨会将于2012年11月初由华盛顿大学主办，将有大约35名与会者参加，其中包括来自美国、加拿大、俄罗斯和日本的学者。此外，组织者设想学生扮演一个强有力的角色；该提案包括资助最多10名来自美国各地的学生（研究生/本科生）参加研讨会。作为旅费、住宿费和每日生活费的回报，这些学生将在研讨会的管理和智力活动中发挥积极作用。研讨会的一个专门组成部分将是定期的学生讨论者演讲，学生将被鼓励对会议进行反思。最后，与更广泛的综合领导团队进行仔细的规划和跟进，将确保及时准备和发布研讨会成果，编写研讨会报告和白皮书。

This project will provide funding to the University of Washington to hold a three-day workshop that will bring together a diverse group of expert scholars and students to explore long-term human-environmental dynamics through the Holocene in the North Pacific with a focus on the Kuril and Aleutian islands. The reason for focusing on these island regions is that these archipelagos constitute model ecosystems for tracking migration, human-environmental interactions and adaptations. Over the past decade, in both areas of the North Pacific, interdisciplinary teams of archaeologists, biologists, geologists, chemists, and modelers have worked to better understand environmental and human dynamics. These teams have developed innovative methods for exploring the intersection of geological, paleoenvironmental, biological, and cultural histories of these island environments. However, as the PI states, substantial research questions, methodologies, and data sets for both regions remain disparate and nonintegrated and are subsequently underutilized. The purpose of this workshop is to bring these diverse groups of scholars and their students together to compare data, methods, and analyses in order to start a synthesis of the North Pacific human-environmental ecodynamics. The workshop will be hosted by the University of Washington in early November, 2012 and will attended by approximately 35 participants, including scholars from the Unitied States, Canada, Russia, and Japan. In addition, the organizers envision a robust role for students; the proposal includes funds for up 10 students (graduate/undergraduate) to participate in the workshop from around the U.S. In return for travel, boarding and per diem, the students will be expected to play active roles in the management and intellectual activities of the workshop. A dedicated component of the workshop will be periodic student discussant presentations, in which students will be encouraged to reflect on the proceedings. Finally, careful planning and follow-up with the broader team of synthesis leaders will ensure the prompt preparation and publication of workshop results, preparation of the workshop report and white paper.