Dissertation Grant: The Seafloor and Society: How Technological Development on the Ocean Floor Transformed North America

论文资助：海底与社会：海底技术发展如何改变北美

• 批准号: 1947134
• 负责人: Mark Carey
• 金额: $ 1.3万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1947134&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Grant; Seafloor; Society; How

This award supports doctoral dissertation research that will lead to one of the first histories of fixed seafloor infrastructure in the Northeast Pacific Ocean during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The analysis will focus specifically on the historical development of three types of seafloor industries that have become indispensable to large sectors of modern society: offshore oil drilling (provides about 30% of the globe’s supply of oil), undersea cables (facilitates 95% of all Internet and international phone traffic), and seafloor observatories (employs scientific instruments at the forefront of collecting data that can help to prepare onshore society for earthquakes and tsunamis). The researcher will use insights from STS, environmental history, and marine science to rethink common perceptions of the ocean and illustrate news way that technologies and societies are connected. The results of this project will promote a better understanding of the extent to which seafloor infrastructures support onshore societies and of the likely consequences of their loss due to natural disasters, environmental collapse, or conflict. They will be disseminated to both academic and public audiences, including the publication of a peer-reviewed article in a STS journal, and the presentation of a conference paper. The doctoral dissertation will be a first iteration of a book manuscript to be published subsequently by a major academic press. The results of this project will also be used to develop an art exhibit for the general public; and they will be integrated into various university courses and public lectures.This research project on the history of seafloor infrastructures will bring together, engage with, and contribute to three key areas of research: science and technology studies, marine environmental history, and marine science. Each of these fields have previously correlated technological innovation in the ocean with advancements in marine science. This research project will show that the early development of fixed seafloor technology was the result of the need to support the growth of onshore infrastructure and not necessarily an outcome of scientific knowledge of the seafloor, meaning that the development of cutting-edge technology preceded scientific knowledge of the environment in which it was installed. It will also explore the extent to which onshore society has become dependent on a complex seafloor infrastructure, and vice versa; it promises to break down perceived barriers between ocean and land and between unseen seafloor environments and the development of modern communications, policies, government territories, and natural resources. Finally, it will show that the seabed is one of the most vital frontiers for technological and geopolitical development in the twenty-first century; it is critical to global resource extraction, telecommunications, and marine science. The results of this study will be of substantial interest to industry, governmental personnel, and the general public, in addition to academics in the three research areas indicated above.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.

该奖项支持的博士论文研究将导致20世纪和21世纪东北太平洋固定海底基础设施的第一批历史之一。分析将特别侧重于三种类型的海底工业的历史发展，这些工业对现代社会的大部分部门都是不可或缺的：海上石油钻探（提供全球约30%的石油供应），海底电缆（促进95%的互联网和国际电话流量）和海底观测站（在最前沿使用科学仪器收集数据，可以帮助陆上社会为地震和海啸做好准备）。研究人员将利用STS，环境史和海洋科学的见解来重新思考对海洋的普遍看法，并说明技术和社会联系在一起的新方式。该项目的结果将促进人们更好地了解海底基础设施对陆上社会的支持程度，以及由于自然灾害、环境崩溃或冲突而造成的损失可能造成的后果。它们将向学术界和公众传播，包括在STS期刊上发表同行评审的文章，以及在会议上发表论文。博士论文将是一本书手稿的第一次迭代，随后由一个主要的学术出版社出版。这个项目的成果也将用于为公众举办艺术展览；它们将被整合到各种大学课程和公开讲座中。这个关于海底基础设施历史的研究项目将汇集、参与并促进三个关键研究领域：科学和技术研究、海洋环境史和海洋科学。这些领域以前都将海洋技术创新与海洋科学的进步联系起来。该研究项目将表明，固定海底技术的早期发展是支持陆上基础设施增长的需要的结果，而不一定是海底科学知识的结果，这意味着尖端技术的发展先于对其安装环境的科学知识。它还将探讨陆上社会在多大程度上依赖于复杂的海底基础设施，反之亦然；它有望打破海洋与陆地之间以及看不见的海底环境与现代通信、政策、政府领土和自然资源发展之间的障碍。最后，它将表明，海底是21世纪技术和地缘政治发展最重要的前沿之一；它对全球资源开采、电信和海洋科学至关重要。除了上述三个研究领域的学者外，这项研究的结果将对工业、政府人员和一般公众产生重大影响。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

项目成果

Disease, disaster and the internet: Reconceptualizing environmental hazards in the time of coronavirus

疾病、灾难和互联网：重新认识冠状病毒时代的环境危害

• DOI: 10.1386/jem_00031_1
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Environmental Media
• 作者: Brazier, Hayley