Doctoral Dissertation Research: Articulations of Local Indigenous Ecology, Identity, and History

自然公园通常既容纳了拥有历史土地所有权的土著居民，也容纳了那些被认为是当地特有的植物和动物。两者之间的关系通常是互补的。然而，负责保护自然区域的生物学家可能会发现，全球发达的保护政策和方法与传统的当地居民的政策和方法相冲突。该奖项支持的研究调查了定义植物和人类独特性的潜在过程，地方和全球保护方法之间分歧的原因，以及如何可持续地协调两者。这项研究将由弗吉尼亚大学人类学博士生乔纳森·p·法维尼（jonathan P. Favini）在詹姆斯·j·伊戈（James J. Igoe）博士的监督下进行。研究人员选择在牙买加的Maroon人口中进行研究，他们是逃亡的泰诺人和非洲人的后裔，他们在丛林茂密的内陆建立了社区。在21世纪初，这些社区附近的森林被开放给铝土矿开采，这使得maroon与环保主义者的接触越来越多。这种情况提供了一个很好的研究机会，可以调查栗色人和自然资源保护主义者是如何协商他们不同的生态系统保护方法的。该研究人员将与当地和国际科学家以及四个栗色社区进行为期12个月的人种学研究。他将通过采访、参与观察、分析政策报告和媒体报道等方式收集数据。这项研究的结果将为决策者提供信息，他们必须找到与不同的土著和科学群体谈判的方法。这项研究还将帮助人类学家和生物学家提高对土著的理论认识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Nature parks often harbor both indigenous people with historic land claims and plants and animals also considered native to those spaces. The relationship between the two is usually complementary. However, biologists charged with protecting natural areas may find that globally developed policies and approaches to conservation conflict with those of the traditional local residents. The research supported by this award investigates the underlying processes that define indigeneity of plants and people, the reasons for divergences between local and global preservation approaches, and how the two might be sustainably reconciled. The research will be carried out by University of Virginia anthropology doctoral student, Johnathan P. Favini, with the oversight of Dr. James J. Igoe. The researcher has chosen to conduct the research among Jamaica's Maroon population, descendants of fugitive Taino and African people who built communities in the jungled interior. In the 2000s, the forests adjacent to these communities were opened to bauxite mining, This has brought Maroons into increasing engagement with conservationists. This situation provides an excellent research opportunity to investigate how Maroons and conservationists negotiate their different approaches to ecosystem protection. The researcher will undertake 12 months of ethnographic research with local and international scientists, as well as in four Maroon communities. He will collect data through interviews, participant observation, and analysis of policy reports and media accounts. Findings from this research will inform policy makers who must find ways to negotiate with divergent indigenous and scientific groups. The research will also help anthropologists and biologists improve theoretical understanding of indigeneity.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.