Doctoral Dissertation Research: Indigenous Resilience and Grassroots Ecotourism Development

博士论文研究：土著复原力与草根生态旅游发展

• 批准号: 2314980
• 负责人: Anna Willow
• 金额: $ 3.17万
• 依托单位: Ohio 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: 2023-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2314980&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Indigenous; Resilience

Indigenous communities are increasingly turning toward cultural and environmental tourism as a development and economic alternative to resource extraction. Ecotourism is particularly promising to historically marginalized communities who possess deep cultural knowledge and unique ecological features and seek avenues of community development that honor that cultural knowledge and preserve those resources. How do community members involved with ecotourism development make choices about the elements of their culture and environment they emphasize to visitors? Are ecotourism programs reflective of broader community ideals and identity, and how do these perspectives vary within the community? This doctoral dissertation research explores the intersection between ecotourism development and socio-environmental resilience in a North American Indigenous community. The research tests the applicability of theories on socio-environmental resilience used across disciplines dealing with human-environment relations to Indigenous contexts. It also trains a doctoral dissertation student in theory and methods in cultural anthropology and the work will be distributed broadly to academic audiences, community stakeholders, and the public. This project has three main objectives; 1) to investigate how indigenous ecotourism coordinators and affiliates develop ecotourism infrastructure in relation to their ideas of what should be made resilient in their communities; 2) to examine the traditional subsistence and land-based practices of community members both in and outside of ecotourism programming and the degree to which they reflect community ideals and identity; and 3) to explore how different generations of community members construct their identities and futures in the face of community change both ecotourism-driven and otherwise. The research involves ethnographic methods, including semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and community based participatory workshops. The research advances understanding about the role of Indigenous knowledge in ecosystem science, ecotourism development, and sustainability. This project also tests whether theories about frequently used to characterize the resilience of socio-ecological systems have efficacy within Indigenous socio-ecological systems and the perspectives of Indigenous system participants.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.

土著社区越来越多地转向文化和环境旅游业，作为资源提取的发展和经济替代品。对于拥有深厚文化知识和独特的生态特征的历史边缘化社区，生态旅游特别有希望，并寻求社区发展的途径，以尊重这种文化知识并保留这些资源。参与生态旅游发展的社区成员如何选择他们强调游客的文化和环境的要素？生态旅游计划是否反映了更广泛的社区理想和身份，这些观点在社区中有何不同？这项博士学位论文研究探讨了北美土著社区中生态旅游发展与社会环境的韧性之间的交集。该研究测试了理论对涉及人类环境关系与土著环境的学科的社会环境弹性的适用性。它还在文化人类学的理论和方法上培训了博士学位论文专业的学生，​​这项工作将广泛分发给学术受众，社区利益相关者和公众。该项目有三个主要目标。 1）调查土著生态旅游协调员和分支机构如何发展生态旅游基础设施，以使其对社区中应有的韧性的思想有关； 2）检查生态旅游节目内外社区成员的传统生存和土地基础实践以及它们反映社区理想和身份的程度； 3）探索面对社区的不同世代的社区成员如何构建其身份和未来，这既改变了生态旅游驱动的驱动和其他方式。该研究涉及民族志方法，包括半结构化访谈，参与者观察和基于社区的参与式研讨会。该研究促进了对土著知识在生态系统科学，生态旅游发展和可持续性中的作用的理解。该项目还测试了有关经常用来表征社会生态系统的弹性的理论在土著社会生态系统内具有功效，以及土著系统参与者的观点。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力优点和广泛影响的评估来评估CRETERIA的评估。