CUORE - Cultures of response: A cross cultural comparison of resilience to storms in the Penghu archipelago and the East Frisian Islands

CUORE - 应对文化：澎湖群岛和东弗里西亚群岛抗风暴能力的跨文化比较

• 批准号: 421843181
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Beate M.W. Ratter
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Geographie (IGeogr)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/421843181?language=en
• 关键词: CUORE; Cultures; response; cross; cultural

The concept of resilience is of great scientific and political significance in current times where socio ecological systems (SES) increasingly face the unpredictability and severity of natural disasters. The recently emerging concept of response diversity offers the unique opportunity to empirically investigate the dynamic, cultural and multidimensional nature of resilience. In fact, through response diversity it is possible to analyse how different components of an SES respond to stressors such as natural disasters and how these components interact on different levels and scales for creating new pathways and opportunities for adaptation. The project "CUORE – Cultures of response" analyses the cultural and dynamic nature of resilience by empirically and comparatively applying the concept of response diversity in two case studies: the Penghu archipelago (Taiwan) and the East Frisian Islands (Germany). More specifically, both case studies will be analysed with regard to resilience to storms, a common challenge in times of climate change that the islands increasingly face and have to deal with. The investigation of the culturally different case studies will be carried-out in parallel and with the same theoretical and methodological approach. The findings of the two case studies will continuously be monitored and integrated in order to reflect on the research process, identify convergences and divergences in the cultural forms of resilience and to cooperatively design the research steps to be taken. The team, composed by the three applicants and two PhDs will: 1) develop and apply a common theoretical framework, 2) analyse the response diversity to storms in the two case studies across different social and temporal scales (individual, collective and institutional; past, present and future), and 3) quantitatively explore behavioural structures in responding to storms by identifying main cultural variables that influence resilience. The cross-cultural approach of CUORE will finally result in an in-depth understanding of the cultural embeddedness of resilience, based on which a set of indicators and response scenarios will be developed. The indicators will hold the potential to be applied by local and national policy makers that aim at developing effective measures for improving the social preparedness for and resilience to natural disasters. Overall, the contribution of CUORE to the current discussion on resilience is threefold: a) from a theoretical point of view, the introduction of response diversity to empirically investigate resilience, b) from a methodological point of view, the triangulation and fruitful combination of culturally sensitive qualitative and quantitative data, c) from an operational point of view, the transfer of the project’s findings to the policy context.

在当今社会生态系统日益面临自然灾害的不可预测性和严重性的时代，复原力的概念具有重大的科学和政治意义。最近出现的应对多样性的概念提供了一个独特的机会，可以从经验上研究复原力的动态、文化和多维性质。事实上，通过应对多样性，可以分析SES的不同组成部分如何应对自然灾害等应激源，以及这些组成部分如何在不同的层面和规模上相互作用，以创造新的适应途径和机会。“CUORE--回应的文化”项目通过在澎湖群岛(台湾)和东弗里西亚群岛(德国)这两个案例研究中实证和比较地应用回应多样性的概念，分析了复原力的文化和动态性质。更具体地说，将分析这两个案例研究对风暴的复原力，这是气候变化时期的一个共同挑战，岛屿越来越多地面临和必须应对这一挑战。对不同文化的案例研究的调查将以相同的理论和方法并行进行。将持续监测和整合这两个案例研究的结果，以反映研究过程，找出复原力文化形式的趋同和分歧，并合作设计要采取的研究步骤。该小组由三名申请者和两名博士组成，将：1)开发和应用一个共同的理论框架；2)在两个不同社会和时间尺度(个人、集体和机构；过去、现在和未来)的案例研究中分析应对风暴的多样性；3)通过确定影响复原力的主要文化变量，定量探索应对风暴的行为结构。CUORE的跨文化方法最终将导致对复原力的文化根深蒂固的深入理解，并将在此基础上制定一套指标和应对方案。这些指标将有可能被地方和国家政策制定者采用，旨在制定有效措施，改善社会对自然灾害的准备和复原力。总体而言，CUORE对目前关于复原力的讨论有三方面的贡献：(A)从理论角度来看，采用应对多样性对复原力进行经验性调查；(B)从方法论角度看，对具有文化敏感性的定性和定量数据进行三角测量和富有成效地结合；(C)从操作角度看，将项目的结果转化为政策背景。