The Social Relations of Contemporary Food Production in FourMicronesian Societies

这个项目涉及对四个密克罗尼西亚社会中影响粮食生产的社会和经济因素进行比较研究。文化人类学家将研究两个女性农业社会（雅普和帕劳）和两个男性农业社会（科斯雷和马绍尔群岛）家庭内食物生产、消费和交换之间的相互作用。这四个社会中的社区在粮食生产水平、与世界体系的经济和政治联系、现金的重要性和城市化程度等方面各不相同。数据将包括深度访谈以及社会和经济行为的社区调查。将从家庭样本中收集有关家庭活动的病例历史资料。将对态度、目标和经济行为之间的关系进行正式分析。这项研究很重要，因为当地社区的充足粮食生产是世界上许多地方关注的问题，而像这样的比较研究将促进我们对粮食生产差异的社会和文化原因的理解。

This project involves a comparative study of social and economic factors affecting food production in four Micronesian societies. Cultural anthropologists will study interactions among food production, consumption, and exchange within households in two female farming societies (Yap and Palau) and two male farming societies (Kosrae and Marshall Islands). Communities within each of the four societies vary with respect to level of food production, economic and political articulation with the world system, the importance of cash, and the degree of urbanization. Data will include in-depth interviews as well as community surveys of social and economic behavior. Case history materials on household activities will be collected from a sample of households. Formal analyses of the relations between attitudes, goals, and economic behavior will be done. This research is important because adequate food production in local communities is a cause of concern in much of the world, and a comparative study like this one will advance our understanding of the social and cultural causes of variations in food production.