Doctoral Dissertation Research: New Agriculture Frontiers: Land, Labor and Sovereignty in the North

该项目对北极和亚北极社区的农业发展采取了比较案例研究的方法。通过与第一民族和非土著，第一代农民的研究伙伴关系，学生PI将进行西北地区的民族志研究，作为一个新兴的农业前沿，并作为适应气候变化，改善供应链中断，提高粮食安全的战略。这项研究还探讨了北方粮食系统自19世纪以来的变化，以及这些变化对自给种植者、商业农民、后院园丁和土著社区意味着什么。本民族志研究包括焦点小组、参与观察和对三个北方社区成员的生活史访谈，这三个社区在人口、市场准入、土地保有权和生产模式方面存在差异。这项工作将使用历史资料，农业报告和领土文件的背景。将使用定性软件分析对现场记录和访谈记录进行评估。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，被认为值得支持。

This project takes a comparative case study approach to the development of agriculture in Arctic and Subarctic communities. Through research partnerships with First Nations and non-Indigenous, first-generation farmers, the student PI will conduct an ethnographic study of the Northwest Territories as an emerging agricultural frontier and as a strategy for adapting to climate change, ameliorating supply-chain disruptions, and improving food security. This research also explores how northern food systems have changed since the nineteenth century, and what those changes mean for subsistence growers, commercial farmers, backyard gardeners, and Indigenous communities. This ethnographic research involves focus groups, participant observation, and life history interviews with members of three northern communities, which differ in terms of demography, market access, land tenure, and modes of production. This work will be contextualized using historical sources, agricultural reports, and territorial documents. Field notes and interview transcripts will be evaluated using qualitative software analysis. Project findings will be validated collaboratively and will be the basis for a dissertation and peer-reviewed journal articles.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.