DDRIG: Knowledge Production and Arctic Environmental Futures

这项人种学研究旨在了解科学家如何收集、分析和解释环境变化数据的差异。以格陵兰岛为例，PI将观察和记录科学家如何相互合作和交流，以及他们如何与公众互动。更好地了解科学家如何研究环境变化和实施合作，将有助于改进应对文化差异的战略，并促进研究人员和北极利益相关者之间的关系。这个项目将进一步推动NSF的目标，即理解科学与北极社区、它们的南部邻居和环境之间复杂的社会环境联系。此外，该项目促进了美国和格陵兰科学家之间以及科学家和北极社区之间的合作。本项目采用标准的民族志方法：参与观察和与美国、康克鲁斯瓦格和格陵兰岛努克的科学家和非科学家进行半结构化访谈。参与式观察提供了对科学家用来收集、分析和解释数据的活动、事件和交流模式的洞察。观察过程中出现的主题将指导后续访谈，从而允许深入分析科学家对自己的研究持有的观点。然后，访谈记录将分析与环境变化、未来研究和专业合作有关的话语和态度的差异。与非科学家的访谈将科学研究在当代格陵兰文化和政治景观中的作用置于背景中。该项目通过收集美国和格陵兰科学家以及该国人口稠密地区居民的数据，补充了有关偏远社区的现有数据。这项研究将有助于更好地了解格陵兰岛的科学研究背景，提供与北极更广泛相关的见解。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。

This ethnographic research seeks to understand differences in how scientists collect, analyze and interpret data on environmental change. Using Greenland as a case study, the PI will observe and record how scientists collaborate and communicate with one another and how they interact with the general public. Better understanding of how scientists study environmental change and implement collaborations will contribute to improved strategies for navigating cultural difference and fostering relationships among researchers and Arctic stakeholders. This project will further NSF’s goal of understanding the complex socio-environmental connections linking science to Arctic communities, their southern neighbors, and the environment. Additionally, this project fosters collaborations between American and Greenlandic scientists and between scientists and Arctic communities. This project employs standard ethnographic methods: participant observation and semi-structured interviews with scientists and non-scientists in the U.S., Kangerlussuaq, and Nuuk, Greenland. Participant observation provides insight into the activities, events, and modes of communication scientists use to collect, analyze, and interpret data. The themes that emerge during observation will guide follow-up interviews, which allow for in-depth analysis of perspectives scientists hold regarding their own research. Interview transcripts will then be analyzed for differences in discourse and attitudes related to environmental change, future research, and professional collaboration. Interviews with non-scientists contextualize the role of scientific research in the cultural and political landscape of contemporary Greenland. This project complements existing data on remote communities by collecting data on U.S. and Greenlandic scientists and inhabitants of more densely populated areas of the country. This research will contribute to better understanding the context of scientific research within Greenland, providing insights with relevance to the Arctic more generally.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.