Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

博士论文改进补助金：科学与传统生态知识

• 批准号: 2240858
• 负责人: Beckett Sterner
• 金额: $ 1.4万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-15 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2240858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Science

Increasing threats to biodiversity from climate change and other human impacts are forcing scientists to realize the importance of acknowledging and utilizing the Traditional Ecological Knowledge and strategies of Indigenous peoples who have lived with and within their respective ecosystems for millennia. Research on and incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge has become increasingly popular among conservation biologists who collaborate with and work within the traditional homelands of many Indigenous groups. However, these successes have largely occurred without a complete understanding of how these different forms of knowledge can work synergistically. Furthermore, most conservation initiatives are developed by non-Indigenous groups and institutions. This project uses research methods developed by Indigenous scholars to understand how Indigenous institutions develop and implement their own conservation goals and policies. An equally important outcome will be understanding how conservation policies interface with traditional Indigenous lifeways, specifically those based in animal agriculture. To this end, the project will use a combination of interviews and surveys developed in collaboration with Indigenous scholars to gauge how different groups leverage their knowledges and experiences to achieve conservation and agricultural goals. Data collection will focus on Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife and Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture, which are ideal institutions for modeling how this kind of knowledge exchange and translation occurs. These institutions have more than 100 years of combined experience using both traditional Navajo knowledge and scientific knowledge to develop and achieve conservation and management outcomes that are important to the members of the Nation. Responses will be analyzed by appealing explicitly to categories and types of knowledge that are exclusive to Navajo worldviews. By modeling the synergies of scientific and Indigenous knowledge through perspectives specific to individual Indigenous groups, future collaborations in these areas will be more equitable, just, and preserve the autonomy and agency of Indigenous groups.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.

气候变化和其他人类影响对生物多样性的威胁日益增加，迫使科学家认识到承认和利用土著人民的传统生态知识和战略的重要性，土著人民几千年来一直与各自的生态系统生活在一起并在各自的生态系统内生活。在与许多土著群体的传统家园合作和工作的保护生物学家中，对传统生态知识的研究和纳入越来越受欢迎。然而，这些成功在很大程度上是在没有完全理解这些不同形式的知识如何协同工作的情况下取得的。此外，大多数保护倡议是由非土著群体和机构提出的。该项目采用土著学者开发的研究方法，了解土著机构如何制定和实施自己的保护目标和政策。一个同样重要的成果将是了解保护政策如何与传统的土著生活方式相结合，特别是那些基于动物农业的生活方式。为此，该项目将结合与土著学者合作开展的访谈和调查，以评估不同群体如何利用他们的知识和经验来实现保护和农业目标。数据收集将集中在纳瓦霍国家鱼类和野生动物部和纳瓦霍国家农业部，这是模拟这种知识交流和翻译如何发生的理想机构。这些机构有超过100年的综合经验，利用传统的纳瓦霍知识和科学知识来发展和实现对国家成员很重要的保护和管理成果。回应将通过明确地诉诸于纳瓦霍世界观独有的知识类别和类型来分析。通过对个别土著群体的具体观点对科学知识和土著知识的协同作用进行建模，这些领域的未来合作将更加公平、公正，并保留土著群体的自主权和能动性。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。