Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Dynamics of Conflict, Knowledge and Conservation in the Mi'kmaq Fisheries, Atlantic Canada

研究生格雷琴·福克斯，由多萝西·C博士指导。荷兰，将调查当自然资源，如鱼类，由土著人民和加拿大大西洋沿岸的国家共同管理时发生的冲突的多种来源。 海洋资源的快速枯竭、污染和栖息地破坏是北美今天面临的最紧迫的问题之一。 如果没有成功的管理，这些资源中的许多都有灭绝的危险。 与此同时，土著人民使用和管理自然资源的权利日益得到承认。 为应对这些趋势，加拿大提倡共同管理，即由国家和土著群体共同承担自然资源的管理责任。尽管受到政策制定者的称赞，但共同管理经常充满冲突。 为了了解这场冲突的根源以及可能采取的避免冲突的措施，福克斯的研究将集中在加拿大大西洋沿岸的米克马克人如何参与谈判，共同管理几个利润丰厚但受到威胁的商业渔业。 她将记录米克马克渔民独特的生态知识，并研究这些知识与他们在与加拿大政府进行共同管理谈判时所持立场之间的关系。 福克斯将采用混合方法，人种学研究策略。 她将花12个月的时间在几个米克马克社区进行档案调查，并参与和观察当地的社会，文化和政治活动。她还将加入渔船上的船员，并观察共同管理研讨会和谈判。 此外，她还将深入采访社区居民，包括渔民、政治领袖、长者和企业家。 这项研究将大大有助于女性社会科学家的教育。它还可以在有多个利益攸关方的情况下增加对资源管理战略的理解。

Graduate student Gretchen Fox, supervised by Dr. Dorothy C. Holland, will investigate the multiple sources of conflicts that occur when natural resources, such as fish, are co-managed by aboriginal people and the state in Atlantic Canada. Rapid depletion, pollution, and habitat destruction of marine resources are among the most pressing concerns facing North America today. Without successful management, many of these resources are at risk of extinction. At the same time, aboriginal peoples' rights to use and manage natural resources are increasingly being recognized. To address these trends, Canada has promoted co-management, where management responsibilities for natural resources are shared between the state and aboriginal groups. Although lauded by policy-makers, co-management is frequently fraught with conflict. To understand the sources of this conflict and what potentially could be done to avoid it, Fox's research will focus on how Mi'kmaq people in Atlantic Canada engage in negotiations for co-management of several lucrative, but threatened, commercial fisheries. She will document the unique ecological knowledge of the Mi'kmaq fishers and examine the relationship between this knowledge and the positions they take during co-management negotiations with the Canadian government. Fox will employ a mixed methods, ethnographic research strategy. She will spend 12 months in several Mi'kmaq communities conducting archival investigations and participating and observing at local social, cultural, and political events. She also will join crews on fishing boats and observe at co-management seminars and negotiations. In addition, she will conduct in-depth interviews with a cross-section of community residents including fishers, political leaders, elders and entrepreneurs. This research will contribute significantly to the education of a female social scientist. It also may increase understanding of resource management strategies in contexts with multiple stakeholders.