Conference Proposal: Strengthening Methods and Public Engagement in Cultural and Psychological Anthropology

该项目旨在为科学家提供更多他们需要的知识和工具，以产生强大和可靠的研究。通过提供一个论坛，与以研究设计、方法和公共影响方面的专长著称的国家同事接触，该项目将提高未来研究工作的质量和相关性。讲习班为科学协作提供了一个平台，其结果将使那些致力于制定更有效的方法和途径传播人类学研究成果以促进公众科学理解的人受益。研讨会的产品(书面和视频形式)将公之于众。该项目还有助于对研究生进行以科学为基础和经验数据收集方法的培训。凯斯西储大学的艾琳·安德森-费伊博士将在2017年3月9日至12日在洛杉矶新奥尔良举行的心理人类学学会两年一次的会议上组织和监督一个研讨会。研讨会将围绕四个主题：(1)进行多地点协作研究；(2)有效沟通科学研究成果；(3)以人为中心的访谈；(4)文化共识分析。根据先前进行的两次单独调查，这些领域被确定为最有可能对方法发展产生持续影响的领域，因为答复者认为它们是缺乏获得知识和培训的系统机制的主题。研讨会将通过在研究设计和方法方面的进步和创新来推动心理和文化人类学的发展。由于在心理人类学的子领域中得到广泛发展和理论化的概念在行为科学和社会科学中被越来越广泛地抽象，人们期望在特定的子领域之外产生强大的乘数效应。预计将有100多名学者亲自参加这些讲习班。

This project aims to give scientists more of the knowledge and tools they need to produce robust and reliable research. By providing a forum to engage with national colleagues renowned for their expertise in research design, methodology and public impact, this project will enhance both the quality and relevance of future research efforts. The workshop provides a platform for scientific collaboration, the results of which will benefit those working to develop more effective methodologies and avenues for the dissemination of findings from anthropological research to promote public scientific understanding. Products from the workshop (in both written and video form) will be made publicly available. The project also contributes to the training of graduate students in methods of scientifically-grounded and empirical data collection. Dr. Eileen Anderson-Fye of Case Western Reserve University will organize and oversee a workshop at the biennial meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology in New Orleans, LA, from March 9-12, 2017. The workshop will focus on four themes: (1) conducting multi-site collaborative research; (2) effectively communicating scientific research findings; (3) person-centered interviewing; and (4) cultural consensus analysis. Based on two separate surveys that were previously conducted, these areas were identified as most likely to have a sustained impact on methodological development, as respondents identified them as subjects lacking systematic mechanisms to gain knowledge and training. The workshop will advance psychological and cultural anthropology through advancements and innovations in research design and methodology. Because concepts that have been extensively developed and theorized in the subfield of psychological anthropology have been increasingly abstracted more widely in the behavioral and social sciences, a strong multiplier effect beyond the specific subfield is expected. It is anticipated that more than 100 scholars will participate in person in these workshops.