Workshop on 21st Century Bioarchaeology; Tempe, AZ - October 2019

这是一项为亚利桑那州立大学将于2019年10月在亚利桑那州坦佩举办的为期数天的研讨会提供资金的提案。研讨会的目标是确定促进这一显著跨学科领域的研究和教育的方法，该领域在社会和行为科学中日益突出。生物考古学存在于生物人类学、考古学和社会文化人类学的交叉领域。迄今为止，从业人员主要是在这些子领域中的一个领域接受培训，在特别的基础上吸收额外的信息。提议的研讨会将侧重于创建一个跨相关领域的示范课程，同时也定义邀请生物考古学投入的大问题。方法学主题的问题领域，特别是与研究设计和分析方法有关的问题领域，将得到深入的治疗。讲习班为科学合作提供了一个平台，其成果将有利于那些致力于开发更有效的方法和途径来传播人类学研究成果，以促进公众的科学理解的人。工作坊的产品将向公众开放。研讨会将集中讨论该领域面临的关键问题，包括课程和研究。例子包括：1)在培训中识别并实现进化理论、社会理论和方法之间的理想平衡；2)如何创造性地、有效地处理骨学悖论；3)在宏观问题和集中的、背景丰富的研究之间的研究平衡；4)小样本量和整合连续和分类数据的统计方法；5)对后代社区观点的延伸和敏感性的重要性。生物考古学是一门跨学科的学科，它已成为人类学研究和教学领域中一个富有成效和受欢迎的领域。到目前为止，还没有全面考虑应该解决的课程和研究问题，以便推进该领域并利用21世纪人类学以外的发展，例如生物地球化学、表观遗传学、统计学、公共卫生和其他物理和社会科学。该基金支持大约40名不同职业阶段的参与者往返于位于亚利桑那州坦佩的高级研究学院的差旅费。该奖项反映了NSF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，认为值得支持。

This is a proposal to fund a multi-day workshop to be hosted by the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona in October 2019. The goal of the workshop is to identify ways to facilitate research and education in this markedly interdisciplinary field that is assuming increased prominence in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Bioarchaeology exists at the intersection of biological anthropology, archaeology, and socio-cultural anthropology. Practitioners to date have largely been trained in one of these sub-fields, assimilating additional information on an ad hoc basis. The proposed workshop will focus upon creating a model curriculum across the relevant fields, while also defining big picture questions that invite bioarchaeological input. Problematic areas of methodological topics, especially those relating to research design and analytical methods, will receive in-depth treatment. The workshop provides a platform for scientific collaboration, the results of which will benefit those working to develop more effective methodologies and avenues for the dissemination of findings from anthropological research to promote public scientific understanding. Products from the workshop will be made publicly available. Discussion at the workshop will focus on key issues facing the field, both curricular and in research. Examples include: 1) identifying and implementing a desirable balance in training between evolutionary theory, social theory, and methods; 2) how to creatively and effectively deal with the osteological paradox; 3) the research balance between big picture questions and focused, contextually rich research; 4) statistical approaches to small sample sizes and integrating continuous and categorical data; and 5) the importance of outreach and sensitivity to perspectives of descendent communities. Bioarchaeology, profoundly interdisciplinary, has emerged as a productive and popular anthropological research and teaching domain. To date, there has been no encompassing consideration of the curricular and research issues that should be addressed in order to advance the field and to take advantage of 21st century developments from outside anthropology, for example, in biogeochemistry, epigenetics, statistics, public health, and other physical and social sciences. Funds support travel costs for a diverse group of approximately 40 participants in various career stages to and from the School for Advanced Research in Tempe, AZ.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.