Collaborative Research: Social Structure, Agreement, and Conflict in Groups in Extreme and Isolated Environments

该奖项将支持三种文化的研究 人类学家在南极洲，研究如何一个极端的， 孤立的环境会影响群体结构和个体行为 了解这个结构。 的发生和管理 冲突将被研究，因为它反过来又受到群体的影响， 结构 定量和定性数据将 对集团结构的形成、地位和作用进行了阐述 共识，感知冲突和士气的三组在 阿蒙森-斯科特南极站。 的定量模型 将形成集团结构。 这项研究将有助于我们了解的作用， 群体结构和认知在群体运作中的作用 隔离，将补充极地健康和适应工作 环境，并提供重要的信息， 制定更好的程序，为南极集结团体 和其它隔离环境（例如，空间站）。

This award will support the research of three cultural anthropologists in Antarctica, studying how an extreme and isolated environment affects group structure and individuals' understanding of that structure. The incidence and management of conflict will be studied as it is, in turn, affected by the group structure. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be collected on the formation of group structure, status and role consensus, perceived conflict and morale for three groups at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station. Quantitative models of the formation of group structure will be created. This study will contribute to our understanding of the role of group structure and cognition in the functioning of groups in isolation, will complement work on health and adaptation in polar environments, and provide important information that will help develop improved procedures to assemble groups for the Antarctic and other isolated environments (e.g., space stations).