Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

博士论文改进补助金：科学与传统生态知识

• 批准号: 2240858
• 负责人: Beckett Sterner
• 金额: $ 1.4万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-15 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2240858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Science

Increasing threats to biodiversity from climate change and other human impacts are forcing scientists to realize the importance of acknowledging and utilizing the Traditional Ecological Knowledge and strategies of Indigenous peoples who have lived with and within their respective ecosystems for millennia. Research on and incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge has become increasingly popular among conservation biologists who collaborate with and work within the traditional homelands of many Indigenous groups. However, these successes have largely occurred without a complete understanding of how these different forms of knowledge can work synergistically. Furthermore, most conservation initiatives are developed by non-Indigenous groups and institutions. This project uses research methods developed by Indigenous scholars to understand how Indigenous institutions develop and implement their own conservation goals and policies. An equally important outcome will be understanding how conservation policies interface with traditional Indigenous lifeways, specifically those based in animal agriculture. To this end, the project will use a combination of interviews and surveys developed in collaboration with Indigenous scholars to gauge how different groups leverage their knowledges and experiences to achieve conservation and agricultural goals. Data collection will focus on Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife and Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture, which are ideal institutions for modeling how this kind of knowledge exchange and translation occurs. These institutions have more than 100 years of combined experience using both traditional Navajo knowledge and scientific knowledge to develop and achieve conservation and management outcomes that are important to the members of the Nation. Responses will be analyzed by appealing explicitly to categories and types of knowledge that are exclusive to Navajo worldviews. By modeling the synergies of scientific and Indigenous knowledge through perspectives specific to individual Indigenous groups, future collaborations in these areas will be more equitable, just, and preserve the autonomy and agency of Indigenous groups.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.

气候变化和其他人类影响的对生物多样性的威胁增加迫使科学家意识到承认和利用与各自生态系统居住的土著人民的传统生态知识和策略的重要性。在与许多土著群体的传统家园合作和合作的保护生物学家中，有关传统生态知识的研究和融合已经变得越来越流行。但是，这些成功在很大程度上发生了，没有完全了解这些不同形式的知识如何协同起作用。此外，大多数保护计划都是由非土著群体和机构制定的。该项目使用土著学者开发的研究方法来了解土著机构如何制定和实施自己的保护目标和政策。 同样重要的结果将是了解保护政策如何与传统土著生命之道（特别是基于动物农业的土著生命之道）的接口。为此，该项目将结合与土著学者合作开发的访谈和调查，以评估不同的群体如何利用他们的知识和经验来实现保护和农业目标。数据收集将重点介绍纳瓦霍国家鱼类和野生动植物部和纳瓦霍国家农业部，这是建模这种知识交流和翻译的理想机构。这些机构使用传统的纳瓦霍知识和科学知识具有100多年的综合经验，以发展和实现对国家成员重要的保护和管理成果。响应将通过明确吸引纳瓦霍人世界观独有的类别和知识类型来分析。 By modeling the synergies of scientific and Indigenous knowledge through perspectives specific to individual Indigenous groups, future collaborations in these areas will be more equitable, just, and preserve the autonomy and agency of Indigenous groups.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.