Doctoral Dissertation Research: How is geopolitical conflict reflected in the marketing and valuation of food?

向消费者做食品广告的方式可以揭示生产者和消费者的价值观。这种估价的产生方式因许多因素而异，包括生产者在多大程度上认为其产品是传统的和本地的，而不是更现代的和全球的。这个博士论文项目研究了与地缘政治冲突有关的食品的价值和营销，以了解土地的掠夺是否以及如何反映在食品中。除了为人类学研究生提供实证，科学数据收集和分析方法的培训提供资金外，这项研究还通过提高对地缘政治意义及其对经济活动影响的科学理解，为政策相关奖学金做出了贡献。这项研究的一个关键影响是视觉StoryMaps，有助于不同形式的空间叙事，可以与现有的旅游或地缘政治地图进行比较，以阐明可能的交叉点和分歧。研究结果与政策制定者和非政府机构共享。该研究评估了多个层面的监管和定义农产品固有质量的举措。通过为期12个月的人种学研究，包括空间分析，半结构化访谈和照片记录，本研究探讨了传统食品如何融入国家和政治结构，以及这如何影响食品的商品化和本地化的生产社区。通过研究遗产和旅游、新的全球经济伙伴关系以及地区和国际食品市场的动态等问题，研究成果对经济政策和发展项目的学术和政策分析具有智力价值。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Foodstuffs are advertised to consumers in ways that can reveal the values of both producers and consumers. How this valuation arises differs in relation to numerous factors, including the extent to which producers identify their products as traditional and local versus more modern and global. This doctoral dissertation project examines the valuation and marketing of foodstuffs in relation to geopolitical conflicts to understand whether and how contestations over land are reflected in food. In addition to providing funding for the training of a graduate student in anthropology in the methods of empirical, scientific data collection and analysis, this research contributes to policy-relevant scholarship by enhancing the scientific understanding of the significance of geopolitics and its impact on economic activity. A key impact of this study is visual StoryMaps that contribute to diverse forms of spatial narratives that can be compared against existing tourist or geopolitical maps to illuminate possible intersections and divergences. Results are shared with policy-makers and nongovernmental agencies.This research assesses initiatives at multiple levels that regulate and define qualities inherent to agricultural products. Through twelve months of ethnographic research, including spatial analysis, semi-structured interviews, and photo documentation, this research examines how heritage food products are integrated into state and political structures and how this impacts the commodification of foodstuffs and localized communities of production. Research results have intellectual merit for scholarly and policy analyses of economic policies and development projects by examining issues like heritage and tourism, new global economic partnerships, and the dynamics of regional and international food markets.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.