Short Courses in Methods of Cultural Anthropology III

在这笔资金的支持下，佛罗里达大学H. Russell Bernard博士将继续指导“文化人类学研究方法短期课程”（SCRM）项目，帮助专业人类学家提高他们收集、分析和呈现数据的技能。SCRM项目由美国国家科学基金会从2004年到2012年资助，目前的奖励将该项目延长到2016年。该项目目前包括六门为期五天的强化课程：文本分析、行为观察方法、民族生态学方法、视频数据分析、网络分析和文化人类学地理空间分析。每年夏季开设三门为期五天的课程。参与者在全国范围内招募，每门课程录取12名参与者。阅读材料是在线的，参与者准备在数据收集和数据分析方面进行严格的实践培训。在接下来的四年里，课程将增加两门以上的课程：跨文化研究；研究设计;医学人类学方法；认知人类学中的方法。自2004年以来，SCRM项目已经培训了179名人类学家。从2012年到2016年，预计将有120至160多名学者参加这些课程。这将产生更广泛的影响，因为这些学者训练他们的学生，然后这些学生作为训练有素的社会科学家进入他们职业生涯的研究阶段。除了SCRM的五天课程外，人类学家国家会议还将提供关于使用软件收集和分析数据的一天讲习班，并向学生和教师开放。2012年夏季，课程中的两门课程将通过佛罗里达大学远程学习中心的一个项目在网上提供，以获得大学学分。到2016年，我们的目标是开设六门在线课程，并扩大该项目，以容纳所有需要这种培训的学科人员。加强文化人类学家的研究技能有助于他们更好地研究重要的社会问题。

With the support of this grant, Dr. H. Russell Bernard, University of Florida, will continue to direct the Short Courses on Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (SCRM) program to help professional anthropologists improve their skills in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data. The SCRM program was funded by the National Science Foundation from 2004 through 2012, and the current award extends the program through 2016. The program currently consists of six intensive five-day courses: Text Analysis, Methods of Behavioral Observation, Methods of Ethnoecology, Analyzing Video Data, Network Analysis, and Geospatial Analysis in Cultural Anthropology. Three five-day courses are offered each summer. Participants are recruited nationally, and twelve participants are accepted into each course. Readings are online, and participants come prepared for rigorous hands-on training in data collection and data analysis. Two more courses will be added to the curriculum during the next four years from among the following: cross-cultural research; research design; methods in medical anthropology; methods in cognitive anthropology. The SCRM program has trained 179 anthropologists since 2004. From 2012-2016, it is anticipated that between 120 and 160 more scholars will participate in these courses. This will have a substantial broader impact as these scholars train their students, who then move on to the research phase of their careers as better trained social scientists. In addition to the five-day courses in the SCRM, one-day workshops on the use of software for collecting and analyzing data will be offered at national meetings of anthropologists and are open to students as well as to faculty. In summer 2012, two courses in the curriculum will be offered online for university credit through a program at the University of Florida's distance learning center. By 2016, the goal is have six courses online and to expand the program to accommodate all in the discipline who want this training. Strengthening the research skills of cultural anthropologists will help them do better research on important social issues.