Doctoral Dissertation Research: Articulations of Local Indigenous Ecology, Identity, and History

自然公园经常庇护着拥有历史土地主张的土著居民和被认为是这些空间土生土长的动植物。两者之间的关系通常是互补的。然而，负责保护自然区域的生物学家可能会发现，全球制定的保护政策和方法与传统的当地居民相冲突。该奖项支持的研究调查了定义植物和人的独立性的基本过程，地方和全球保护方法之间存在分歧的原因，以及两者如何可持续地协调。这项研究将由弗吉尼亚大学人类学博士生Johnathan P. Favini在James J. Igoe博士的监督下进行。研究人员选择在牙买加的马龙人、逃亡的泰诺人的后代和在丛林内陆建立社区的非洲人中进行研究。在2000年代，这些社区附近的森林被开放用于铝土矿开采，这使得马龙人与自然资源保护主义者的接触越来越多。这种情况提供了一个很好的研究机会，调查马龙人和保护主义者如何谈判他们不同的方法来保护生态系统。研究人员将与当地和国际科学家以及四个马龙社区进行为期12个月的人种学研究。他将通过访谈、参与者观察以及对政策报告和媒体报道的分析来收集数据。这项研究的结果将为决策者提供信息，他们必须找到与不同的土著和科学团体进行谈判的方法。该研究还将帮助人类学家和生物学家提高对印第安人的理论理解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Nature parks often harbor both indigenous people with historic land claims and plants and animals also considered native to those spaces. The relationship between the two is usually complementary. However, biologists charged with protecting natural areas may find that globally developed policies and approaches to conservation conflict with those of the traditional local residents. The research supported by this award investigates the underlying processes that define indigeneity of plants and people, the reasons for divergences between local and global preservation approaches, and how the two might be sustainably reconciled. The research will be carried out by University of Virginia anthropology doctoral student, Johnathan P. Favini, with the oversight of Dr. James J. Igoe. The researcher has chosen to conduct the research among Jamaica's Maroon population, descendants of fugitive Taino and African people who built communities in the jungled interior. In the 2000s, the forests adjacent to these communities were opened to bauxite mining, This has brought Maroons into increasing engagement with conservationists. This situation provides an excellent research opportunity to investigate how Maroons and conservationists negotiate their different approaches to ecosystem protection. The researcher will undertake 12 months of ethnographic research with local and international scientists, as well as in four Maroon communities. He will collect data through interviews, participant observation, and analysis of policy reports and media accounts. Findings from this research will inform policy makers who must find ways to negotiate with divergent indigenous and scientific groups. The research will also help anthropologists and biologists improve theoretical understanding of indigeneity.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.