Investigating The Relationship Between Environment And Social Organization In A Borderland Community

边疆社区环境与社会组织关系的调查

• 批准号: 1357347
• 负责人: Alice Yao
• 金额: $ 23.28万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1357347&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigating; Relationship; Between; Environment; Social

Dr. Alice Yao, of the University of Chicago, along with colleagues in China, will undertake research to study the impact of imperial expansion on the political economy and local environment of borderland societies. Previous scholarship on empires has focused on the integration and management of ethnic differences in the border zone through the creation of local dependencies on the central state. Enhanced agricultural production and interregional trade networks, in particular, are considered key strategies through which empires build and develop frontier zones, providing economic incentives that draw and incorporate conquered peoples. Archaeology is well placed to break new ground by focusing instead on individual nationalities, existing economic systems, and ecologies which defined the conditions and limits of imperial projects and development. Why does the implementation of imperial projects gain traction in certain frontiers but incite revolts in others? Although the term "empire" is rarely used in reference to current political entities, the underlying concept is still relevant to understanding the phenomena which confront the United States today. In regions such as Africa where multiple ethnic groups are present and their distribution often does not correspond to the borders of recognized nations, the issue of "borderlands" and and boundaries if of significance.Dr. Yao and her research team will examine how state agricultural projects, infrastructures, and technologies were deployed on the ground and of the local actors and decisions which shaped their adoption, feasibility, and control. The research will be conducted in the Lake Dian basin of southwest China, a geographically distant but important border area in the formation of China's first empire under the Han State. At the crossroads between Chinese state and mainland Southeast Asia, the region opened up communication routes and raw resources crucial to the expansion of an imperial economy. The researcher will lead a team of archaeologists, limnologists, and environmental scientists to illuminate the region's changing cultural, ecological and land use history from the pre-conquest to imperial period. Combining excavations at ancient settlements with the extraction of lake cores, the collection of ancient occupation and environmental records will permit rigorous evaluation of changes in patterns of land use, exchange, production, and consumption over this transitional period. This interdisciplinary dataset will thus examine frontier and imperial relations as they evolved in the context of complex ecological and environment factors. The team will generate new comparative methods for the study of frontier relations while the collaborative focus of the project will also create and enhance educational and training opportunities for students.

芝加哥大学的爱丽丝Yao博士以及中国的同事将进行研究，以研究帝国扩张对边境社会政治经济学和地方环境的影响。先前关于帝国的奖学金的重点是通过建立对中央国家的当地依赖性来建立边境地区种族差异的融合和管理。尤其是增强的农业生产和区域间贸易网络被认为是帝国建立和发展边境地区的关键策略，提供了吸引和征服被征服人民的经济激励措施。考古学是通过将重点放在定义帝国项目和发展的条件和局限性的个人国籍，现有经济体系和生态学上，可以彻底打破新的基础。为什么帝国项目的实施在某些边境中获得了吸引力，而是在其他边界造成起义？尽管“帝国”一词很少用于当前的政治实体，但基本概念仍然与理解当今美国面临的现象有关。在存在多个种族群体且分布的非洲地区，通常与公认国家的边界​​，“边境地区”的问题以及界限以及界限是否相对应。 Yao和她的研究团队将研究国家农业项目，基础设施和技术如何在地面和当地参与者中部署，以及塑造其采用，可行性和控制的决策。这项研究将在中国西南部的戴安湖盆地进行，这是一个地理位置遥远但重要的边界区域，是汉邦第一个帝国的形成。在中国州和东南亚大陆之间的十字路口，该地区开辟了通信路线和原始资源，对帝国经济的扩张至关重要。研究人员将领导一组考古学家，林木学家和环境科学家团队，以阐明该地区不断变化的文化，生态和土地使用历史，从征服者到帝国时期。将古代定居点的发掘与提取湖泊岩心的提取相结合，古老的职业和环境记录的收集将允许严格评估该过渡期土地使用，交换，生产和消费方式的变化。因此，该跨学科数据集将在复杂的生态和环境因素的背景下进化，从而检查边界和帝国关系。该团队将生成新的比较方法来研究边界关系，而该项目的协作重点还将为学生创造并增强教育和培训机会。