RAPID: Mobilization of Rural Alaska Cultural and Community Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic

RAPID：COVID-19 大流行期间阿拉斯加农村文化和社区资源的动员

• 批准号: 2035404
• 负责人: Sveta Yamin-Pasternak
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 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: 2020-07-15 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2035404&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Mobilization; Rural; Alaska; Cultural

This project will identify the sources of Indigenous community strength and resilience amidst the COVID-19 pandemic at two sites in Alaska: the village of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, and Galena, in interior Alaska. Working collaboratively with their community-based partners, researchers will document and evaluate local pandemic responses in three areas: safety (preventing exposure to COVID-19); security (ensuring access to food, water, healthcare); and vitality (maintaining social life, relationships, and wellness practices). Gambell and Galena are geographically, culturally, and linguistically distinct communities. This research will identify which strengths and resiliencies are shared between these communities and which are specific to each site. This research furthers efforts to understand how COVID-19 affects communities across the United States and identify pandemic responses that benefit the health and welfare of its citizens. Data will be collected through informal phone and video chat interviews with Indigenous collaborators in two rural Alaska communities. Interviews will focus on daily activities (foodways, expressive culture, family and community life) within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific issues to be addressed include community-level vulnerabilities such as housing, lack of running water, and sewage treatment; availability of groceries and healthcare services; and effects on elders.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.

该项目将在阿拉斯加的两个地点--圣劳伦斯岛的甘贝尔村和阿拉斯加内陆的加莱纳村--确定在新冠肺炎疫情中土著社区力量和复原力的来源。研究人员将与他们的社区合作伙伴合作，在三个领域记录和评估当地的大流行应对措施：安全(防止接触新冠肺炎)；安全(确保获得食物、水和医疗保健)；活力(维持社交生活、关系和健康做法)。甘贝尔和加莱纳在地理、文化和语言上都是截然不同的社区。这项研究将确定这些社区之间共享哪些优势和弹性，以及每个站点特定的优势和弹性。这项研究进一步努力了解新冠肺炎如何影响美国各地的社区，并确定有利于公民健康和福利的大流行应对措施。将通过与阿拉斯加两个农村社区的土著合作者进行非正式电话和视频聊天来收集数据。访谈将侧重于新冠肺炎大流行背景下的日常活动(美食、富有表现力的文化、家庭和社区生活)。需要解决的具体问题包括社区层面的脆弱性，如住房、自来水缺乏和污水处理；食品杂货和医疗服务的可用性；以及对老年人的影响。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。