Summer Training in Field Research Methodologies, 2015-17

文化人类学家对广泛的重要课题进行研究，包括移民、自然资源管理、粮食安全、家庭结构、自然灾害和人为灾害后的复原力，以及社会和文化对健康和医疗保健的影响。这些和其他领域研究的影响部分取决于人类学研究方法的严谨性。因此，加强对文化人类学家的方法论培训，可以加强该学科对人类社会和文化多样性的原因和后果的基本理解以及对公共政策发展的贡献。为此，文化人类学项目支持有助于培养下一代文化人类学科学家的项目。该奖项授予佛罗里达大学，支持一个以社区为基础的文化人类学研究生方法论培训项目。该计划的亮点是在佛罗里达州塔拉哈西的暑期实地学校，由克拉伦斯·c·格拉弗利博士和萨拉·m·苏雷克博士指导。实地学校提供从制定重要问题到选择适当的数据收集和分析方法的所有研究阶段的实践经验。学生学习和使用一系列定性和定量方法，并由教师导师密切指导。实地学校还受益于研究人员和社区成员之间的长期伙伴关系，因此学生也可以学习如何与当地居民合作，并根据当地社区的需求和专业知识调整研究计划。在三年的时间里，该项目将为至少24名人类学博士生提供强化培训。与社区伙伴的高水平合作也有可能提高社区的研究能力，并加强公众对人类学的理解。

Cultural anthropologists conduct research on a wide range of important topics, including migration, natural resource management, food security, family structure, resilience after natural and anthropogenic disasters, and the social and cultural influences on health and healthcare. The impact of research in these and other areas depends in part on the methodological rigor of anthropological research. Therefore, enhancing the methodological training of cultural anthropologists strengthens the discipline's contribution to basic understanding of the causes and consequences of human social and cultural diversity and to the development of public policy. To those ends, the Cultural Anthropology Program supports programs that contribute to the training of the next generation of cultural anthropology scientists.This award to the University of Florida supports a community-based methodological training program for graduate students in cultural anthropology. The highlight of the program is a summer field school in Tallahassee, Florida, that will be directed by Dr. Clarence C. Gravlee and Dr. Sarah M. Szurek. The field school provides hands-on experience in all phases of research, from formulating important questions to selecting appropriate methods of data collection and analysis. Students learn and use a range of qualitative and quantitative methods and are closely mentored by faculty instructors. The field school also benefits from a long-term partnership between researchers and community members, so that students also learn about collaborating with local residents and adapting research plans to the needs and expertise of a host community. Over three years, the program will provide intensive training for at least 24 doctoral students in anthropology. The high level of collaboration with community partners also has potential to improve community capacity for research and to enhance public understanding of anthropology.