DDRIG: Knowledge Production and Arctic Environmental Futures

DDRIG：知识生产和北极环境未来

• 批准号: 1949637
• 负责人: David Nugent
• 金额: $ 1.24万
• 依托单位: Emory University
• 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: 2020-04-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1949637&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: DDRIG; Knowledge; Production; Arctic; Environmental

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.

这项人种学研究试图了解科学家收集、分析和解释环境变化数据的方式的差异。以格陵兰岛为例，PI将观察和记录科学家如何相互协作和交流，以及他们如何与普通公众互动。更好地了解科学家如何研究环境变化和实施合作，将有助于改进适应文化差异的战略，并促进研究人员和北极利益攸关方之间的关系。该项目将进一步推进NSF的目标，即了解将科学与北极社区、其南部邻国和环境联系起来的复杂社会-环境联系。此外，该项目还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。该项目采用了标准的人种学方法：参与者观察和对美国、康鲁斯苏阿克和格陵兰努克的科学家和非科学家的半结构化访谈。通过参与观察，可以深入了解科学家用来收集、分析和解释数据的活动、事件和沟通模式。观察期间出现的主题将指导后续采访，使科学家能够深入分析他们对自己研究的观点。然后将分析面试记录中与环境变化、未来研究和专业合作相关的话语和态度的差异。对非科学家的采访说明了科学研究在当代格陵兰的文化和政治格局中的作用。该项目通过收集美国和格陵兰科学家以及该国人口较稠密地区的居民的数据，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内的科学研究背景，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。