Conference Proposal: Strengthening Methods and Broadening Public Impacts in Psychological and Cultural Anthropology Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, April 4-7, 2019

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。在凯斯西大学的Jill Korbin博士和华盛顿大学的Rebecca Lester博士的领导下，将在心理人类学学会(SPA)于2019年4月4日至7日在新墨西哥州圣安娜普韦布洛举行的两年一次的会议之前和同时召开六个研讨会，并由13名学者领导。将举办两次会议前讲习班，讨论方法问题，一次是关于在人种学研究中使用标准化工具；另一次是关于人类学中的创新语言方法。另外两个会前讲习班将讨论研究的有效沟通和传播：成功编写赠款和传播人类学以外的研究成果的战略。在正常会议时间还将提供两个额外的讲习班。第一个是视觉人类学中的方法，将是一个分两节课的研讨会，将为与会者提供实践机会，探索这一新兴的研究和传播机会。第二个是写作研讨会，计划在会议的最后一个上午举行。本次研讨会将面向尚未发表科学论文的高级学位论文和早期职业生涯人类学家。这些讲习班将通过研究设计和方法方面的进步和创新，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150多名学者亲自参加这些研讨会。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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 will be made publicly available. The project also contributes to the training of graduate students in methods of scientifically-grounded and empirical data collection. Under the leadership of Dr. Jill Korbin of the Case Western University and Dr. Rebecca Lester of Washington University, six workshops will be convened and led by thirteen scholars immediately before and concurrent with the biennial meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, from April 4-7, 2019. There will be two pre-conference workshops addressing methodologies, one on using standardized instruments in ethnographic research; and the other focused on innovative linguistic methods in anthropology. Two other pre-conference workshops will address effective communication and dissemination of research: strategies for successful grant writing and disseminating research findings beyond anthropology. And two additional workshops will be offered during the regular conference hours. The first, Methods in Visual Anthropology, will be a double-session workshop that will offer participants hands-on opportunities for exploring this emerging research and dissemination opportunity. The second will be a writing workshop, scheduled on the last morning of the conference. This workshop will be aimed at advanced dissertation and early career stage anthropologists who have not yet published a scientific article. The workshops 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 150 scholars will participate in person in these workshops.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.