Dissertation Research: Local Knowledge Systems and Agroforestry Management: A Case Study from Southwestern Phillippines

在第三世界经济发展圈和学术界，对地方知识系统和农林业的兴趣日益增加。然而，人们对它们之间的联系以及将它们结合起来改善旱地农业系统和减缓森林砍伐的好处知之甚少。本研究建议通过记录菲律宾西南部Subanun和Visayan农民的民间分类和树木、粮食作物和土壤的传统管理实践，来研究LKS和AF(1)之间的联系；(2)比较不同年龄、性别、社会经济地位和种族的技术知识分布差异。研究者将使用档案研究、参与观察、非正式访谈和正式访谈来收集原始数据。此外，语义领域分析，一种语言技术，将用于分析定性数据。这项研究将加强我们对地方知识系统与农林业联系的理解。这也将为文化内变异的研究做出基础性的贡献。应用意义在于它可能有助于改进农林业项目的设计，增加旱地农民和森林居住者的粮食生产，同时减缓森林砍伐的进程。***理查德·尼斯贝特密歇根大学丽塔·j·西蒙美国大学拉帕波特伊丽莎白9309890杜克大学$28,254 09 most 01六月B DQ Q Q E Times New Roman Symbol & Arial press Elite 5 Courier New “ h m Em E J r willigen suminguit抽象的抽象的”willigen suminguit抽象的论文雷蒙德·詹姆斯·雷蒙德·詹姆斯

Willigen/Suminguit 9311224 In third world economic development circles and academia, there is an increasing interest in local knowledge systems (LKS) and agroforestry (AF). However, little is known about the linkages between them and the benefits of combining them to improve upland farming systems and to slow down deforestation. This study proposes to examine the linkages between LKS and AF (1) by documenting folk taxonomy and traditional management practices of trees, food crops, and soils among the Subanun and Visayan farmers in the southwestern Philippines; and (2) by comparing the differential distribution of this technical knowledge by age, gender, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. The researcher will use archival research, participant observation, informal, and formal interviews to collect primary data. In addition, semantic domain analysis, a linguistic technique, will be used to analyze qualitative data. This study will enhance of our understanding in the linkage of local knowledge systems and agroforestry. This will also make a basic contribution to the study of intracultural variation. The applied significance is its potential contribution to an improved design of agroforestry projects that increase food production of the upland farmers and forest occupants, while slowing down the process of deforestation. *** bert J. MacCoun RAND Corporation Richard Nisbett University of Michigan Rita J. Simon American University RAPAPORT, Elizabeth 9309890 Duke University $28,254 09 mos 01 Jun B D F Q Q E Times New Roman Symbol & Arial 1 Pres Elite 5 Courier New " h m Em E J r willigen suminguit abstract abstract"willigen suminguit abstract thesis Raymond Hames Raymond Hames