WORKSHOP: Community Change in Global Perspective

该奖项支持一个由两部分组成的国际研讨会，主题是在全球视角下改变社区的概念。先前的研究表明，强大的社区关系与公民效能、参与、合作和志愿服务有关，因此是衡量社会福祉的重要指标。但最近，研究人员观察到社会异质性急剧增加，削弱了联系，并可能破坏社区内部和社区之间的信任。研讨会的问题是，这些发展是否不可避免，结果会是什么。它使用比较的社区研究方法来解决这些问题。来自美国、墨西哥、挪威、西班牙和英国的社会科学家将使用人类学、民族志和档案数据来研究社区如何形成、如何变化以及社区内部和社区之间形成的各种联系。这项工作将产生以下影响：1)增加对当代世界社区变化的原因和后果的理解；2)支持国际科研合作；3)通过研究生参与和向公众传达结果来促进教育。由Jeff Maskovsky博士（纽约城市大学）和Sophie Bjork-James博士（范德比尔特大学）召集的两部分研讨会。社区研究专家将分享有关世界各地社区如何变化以及这些变化是加强还是削弱社会联系的数据。第一次研讨会将寻求回答多个相互关联的问题：从全球角度来看，社区变化的主要影响因素是什么？哪些社会因素对加强或削弱社区关系的影响最大？增加的多样性如何影响社区关系？民族志和历史对当前的争论有什么贡献？讲习班将强调比较的观点，并将发展跨区域、国家、国际和全球背景下的社区变化知识。第二次研讨会将提炼研究结果，并准备出版一本编辑过的书，目的是面向四种具有高影响力的受众：研究生和本科生人类学课程的学生、研究社区变化的人类学家、从事类似主题的其他学科的学者，以及英语读者。

This award supports a two-part international workshop on changing notions of community in global perspective. Previous research has demonstrated that strong community ties are linked to civic efficacy, participation, cooperation, and volunteering, and are, therefore, an important measure of social well-being. But recently, researchers have observed dramatic increases in social heterogeneity, weakening ties and potentially underming trust within and between communities. The workshop asks if these developments are inevitable and what the outcomes will be. It addresses these questions using a comparative, community studies approach. Social scientists from the United States, Mexico, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom will use anthropological ethnographic and archival data to examine current shifts in how communities are formed, how they change, and the kinds of ties that are formed within and between them. The work will have impact by 1) increasing understanding of the causes and consequences of community change in the contemporary world; 2) supporting international research collaboration; and 3) promoting education through the inclusion of graduate student participants and by communicating results to the public.The two-part workshop will be convened by Dr. Jeff Maskovsky (City University of New York) and Dr. Sophie Bjork-James (Vanderbilt University). Community studies experts will share data on how communities across the world are changing and whether those changes strengthen or weaken social ties. The first workshop will seek to answer multiple, interrelated questions: From global perspectives, what are the primary influencers of community change? What social factors have the most impact in strengthening or weakening community ties? How does increased diversity affect community ties? And what can ethnography and history contribute to current debates? The workshop will emphasize a comparative perspective and will develop knowledge of community change across regional, national, international, and global contexts. The second workshop will distill findings and prepare for the publication of an edited volume designed to reach four high impact audiences: students in graduate and undergraduate anthropology courses, anthropologists studying community change, scholars in other disciplines working on similar topics, and the English language reading public.