Planning: Collaborative: Food Security and Traditional Foods in Urban Spaces

该规划奖支持开发一个可持续、协作和参与性的研究计划，重点是阿拉斯加的城市土著食物系统。随着农村居民迁移到安克雷奇等城市中心，对传统食品的依赖发生了变化，粮食不安全状况加剧。这项工作将为第一次研究移徙如何影响阿拉斯加家庭和社区一级的城市土著粮食安全奠定基础。该项目分为三个阶段，涉及与部落组织、地方领导人和学者建立伙伴关系，以确定城市粮食安全研究的优先事项。计划中的会议将侧重于评估传统食品在城市环境中的作用和获取途径；从农村向城市的移徙如何影响粮食安全；以及研究如何支持城市粮食安全。在该项目为期两年的时间里，PI小组将与当地领导人、粮食组织和研究安克雷奇土著粮食安全和粮食主权的学者建立网络。通过一系列面对面和虚拟会议，网络参与者将使用参与性和协作性方法来确定研究和外联优先事项。这些优先事项将构成未来NSF提案的基础，该提案旨在解决传统食品的获取、供应和使用如何影响食品安全的问题。更广泛的影响包括发展具有土著代表性的食品安全研究人员和从业者的多学科网络；一篇关于城市土著食品安全的综述文章；以及两名本科生研究人员的经验学习。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。

This planning award supports the development of a sustainable, collaborative, and participatory research program focused on urban Indigenous food systems in Alaska. As rural residents have migrated to urban centers, such as Anchorage, reliance on traditional foods has changed and food insecurity has increased. This work will lay the foundation for the first study of how migration affects urban Indigenous food security at the household and community levels in Alaska. The project is structured in three phases and involves development of partnerships with tribal organizations, local leaders, and scholars to identify priorities for urban food security research. Planned meetings will focus on assessing the role of and access to traditional foods in urban settings; how rural-to-urban migration affects food security; and how research can support urban food security. Over the two-year duration of the project, the PI team will network with local leaders, food organizations, and scholars working on Indigenous food security and food sovereignty in Anchorage. Through a series of in-person and virtual meetings, network participants will use a participatory and collaborative approach to identify research and outreach priorities. These priorities will form the foundation of a future NSF proposal addressing how access, availability and use of traditional foods affects food security. Broader impacts include development of a multidisciplinary network of food security researchers and practitioners with Indigenous representation; a review article that addresses urban Indigenous food security; and experiential learning by two undergraduate researchers.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.