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

这个项目旨在为科学家提供更多的知识和工具，他们需要这些知识和工具来进行有力和可靠的研究。通过提供一个论坛，与在研究设计、方法和公共影响方面享有盛名的国家同事进行交流，该项目将提高未来研究工作的质量和相关性。讲习班为科学合作提供了一个平台，其成果将有利于那些致力于开发更有效的方法和途径来传播人类学研究成果，以促进公众的科学理解的人。工作坊的作品（书面和视频形式）将向公众开放。该项目还有助于培养研究生在科学基础和经验数据收集方法方面的能力。凯斯西储大学的Eileen Anderson-Fye博士将于2017年3月9日至12日在洛杉矶新奥尔良举行的两年一次的心理人类学学会会议上组织并监督一个研讨会。研讨会将围绕四个主题展开：(1)开展多地点合作研究；(2)有效传播科研成果；(3)以人为本的访谈；(4)文化共识分析。根据以前进行的两次独立调查，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，因为答复者认为这些领域缺乏获得知识和培训的系统机制。研讨会将通过研究设计和方法的进步和创新来推进心理和文化人类学。由于在心理人类学的子领域中被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，因此预计在特定的子领域之外会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.