Doctoral Dissertation: Indigenous Land Defense: Emerging Networks of Survival

博士论文：土著土地防御：新兴的生存网络

• 批准号: 2013436
• 负责人: Dana-Ain Davis
• 金额: $ 3.73万
• 依托单位: CUNY Graduate School University Center
• 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: 2020-08-15 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2013436&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Indigenous; Land; Defense

Indigenous peoples are developing novel social mechanisms to deal with rapid change and emerging conflicts, including land resettlement, language revitalization and traditional skill-building. However, we know little about the processes and contexts from which these strategies arise.This project will use a case study from the Northwest Coast of North America to evaluate how Indigenous communities socially and culturally adapt to conflicts over sovereignty, land use and access. This research aims to document the new social networks that emerge in these contexts and how they contribute to Indigenous resiliency. To understand the opportunities and consequences of emerging networks, this project will (1) document the socio-cultural norms that emerge amidst Indigenous resettlement of traditional territories; (2) identify types of social networks that develop; (3) evaluate connections between these new networks and gender, race, and economic factors. The ultimate objective is to trace community networks and evaluate their impacts on Indigenous resilience, an issue with broad implications for Arctic Indigenous communities.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.

土著人民正在发展新的社会机制，以应付迅速变化和新出现的冲突，包括重新安置土地、恢复语言活力和培养传统技能。然而，我们对这些策略产生的过程和背景知之甚少。本项目将使用北美西北海岸的一个案例研究来评估土著社区如何在社会和文化上适应主权、土地使用和准入方面的冲突。本研究旨在记录在这些背景下出现的新的社会网络，以及它们如何促进土著的复原力。为了了解新兴网络的机遇和后果，该项目将(1)记录土著在传统领土重新安置过程中出现的社会文化规范；(2)识别发展的社会网络类型；(3)评估这些新网络与性别、种族和经济因素之间的联系。最终目标是追踪社区网络并评估其对土著复原力的影响，这是一个对北极土著社区具有广泛影响的问题。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。