Workshop: Training Issues in Collections-Based Anthropological Research

这个奖项给坎迪斯博士。格林（史密森学会）为培训学生使用人类学博物馆收藏品的讲习班提供支助。美国博物馆的大量藏品目前在人类学研究中没有得到充分利用。这些物品构成了一段时间以来文化实践的经验记录，以不同于书面资料的方式记录行为。博物馆的物品承载着关于过去的独特信息，无论它们是社会对全球化做出反应的最新产物，还是来自很久以前被摧毁的考古遗址的古代材料。然而，目前美国几乎没有关于使用这些信息的适当方法的正式培训。很少有大学提供课程，很少有学生有机会获得足够深度和广度的收藏，通过经验学习。史密森尼学会国家自然历史博物馆人类学系正在制定计划，为研究生举办暑期培训班，学习如何使用人类学博物馆收藏品。该计划将利用史密森尼的广泛收藏，以培养来自全国各地的学生在收集为基础的研究方法。培训方案的总体目标是改善科学教育，促进更好地利用公共博物馆的人类学收藏品。NSF的资金将通过帮助支持一个规划研讨会来推动该计划的发展，该研讨会将汇集不同背景的学者，包括博物馆专家，为课程设计提供建议。

This award to Dr. Candace S. Greene (Smithsonian Institution) provides support for a workshop on training students to use anthropological museum collections. America's extensive museum collections are presently underutilized in anthropological research. These objects constitute an empirical record of cultural practices over time, recording behavior in a different way than written sources. Museum objects carry unique information about the past, whether they are recent products of societies responding to globalization or ancient materials from archaeological sites destroyed long ago. However, there is presently little formal training in the United States in appropriate methods for use of this body of information. Few universities offer coursework and few students have access to collections of sufficient depth and breadth to learn through experience. The Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, is developing plans for a graduate summer training program in research methods for the use of anthropological museum collections. The program will utilize the Smithsonian's extensive collections to train students from throughout the nation in collection-based research methods. The overall objective of the training program is to improve science education and to promote better use of anthropological collections held in public museums. NSF funding will advance development of this program by helping to support a planning workshop that will bring together scholars of diverse backgrounds, including museum experts, to advise on curriculum design.