EWA - The Ethno-ornithology World Archive

EWA - 民族鸟类学世界档案馆

基本信息

批准号：
AH/L007584/1
负责人：
Andrew Gosler
金额：
$ 60.49万
依托单位：
University of Oxford
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FL007584%2F1
关键词：
EWA Ethno ornithology World Archive

项目摘要

Birds inspire people, their cultures and faiths. More than any other wild animals, these vocal, colourful and charismatic creatures fuel human imagination. Myths, stories and religious practices connected to birds are engrained in many cultures, from saluting magpies to relying on vultures in religious burial practices of the Tibetan plateau. At the same time, birds provide essential services to communities and the environment they share with them. Birds may act as pollinators or seed dispersers, but also eat farmland pests, benefiting humans.The presence and abundance of different kinds of birds can also act as an indicator for the state of the natural environment that they inhabit. Because of their interest to people, there are many more volunteer birdwatchers than their are volunteers to document the fortunes of any other creatures. Through 'Citizen Science' approaches involving thousands of volunteers, we are therefore able to monitor changes in bird distributions and numbers on a national scale in ways that would be inconceivable for other animals or plants. Birds are therefore of great importance to conservation and biodiversity research. The environmental and cultural significance of birds can be integrated together to serve communities and their cultures, aid conservation research, and preserve both cultural and biological diversity.Many people possess knowledge of birds that is not rooted in scientific, but in cultural understanding of the world around them. This knowledge is largely undocumented, but is no less valid than scientific knowledge. Being able to share that knowledge can bring inspiration to communities in the realisations that their knowledge, and birds, are important. It can be empowering for people who otherwise might not have a voice in the world, to have the value of their local or traditional knowledge recognised and valued by a global community. But opportunities for such recognition are few, and for Traditional and Local Ecological Knowledge (TEK and LEK), do not exist on the Internet. Individual communities already engage with local conservation organisations and get involved in community conservation projects. A means of sharing the local lore and information can be crucial for successful community involvement, and to build local pride in nature projects.The Internet is recognised as the most powerful means to access a global audience and share information on a global scale. Its potential is constantly growing. Working directly with our Project Partner, Birdlife International, the largest conservation collaborative in the world with partners in 126 countries, and especially its Local Empowerment Programme, the EWA project aims to connect local communities and groups of researchers by creating an open database of cultural knowledge about birds, free to access by individuals, communities and researchers. We will work with communities, as well as local organisations to help preserve the rich cultural diversity present in local stories, myths, or names of birds etc. By encouraging individuals, community leaders or local organisations to submit data such as stories, recordings of songs, or photographs of works of art or cultural artefacts, we will build an archive that will help to bring out the rich cultural and natural heritage inherent in many communities.By linking cultural and biological information, especially through the web-based Handbook of Birds Alive (Lynx Edicions Project Partner) we will achieve a greater integration between conservationists and local people on-the-ground, including greater understanding of the cultures of all stakeholders, including indigenous communities, and to promote the celebration of the cultural diversity of people living in a close relationship with nature. The project is timely in relation to the project partnership, but it is also urgent because TEK and LEK, which is transmitted orally, tends to be held by ageing people and declines daily.

鸟类激发人们，他们的文化和信仰。这些声音，丰富多彩和有魅力的生物比任何其他野生动物都更具想象力。与鸟类相关的神话，故事和宗教习俗都源于许多文化，从敬礼的喜pies到依靠秃fip的宗教葬礼习俗。同时，鸟类为社区及其与之共享的环境提供基本服务。鸟类可以充当传粉媒介或种子分散剂，但也可以吃掉农田害虫，使人类受益。各种鸟类的存在和丰富也可以充当其居住自然环境状态的指标。由于人们对人们的兴趣，志愿观鸟者比志愿者更多地记录了其他任何生物的命运。因此，通过涉及成千上万志愿者的“公民科学”方法，我们能够以国家规模上的鸟类分布和数量的变化，以其他动物或植物的不可思议。因此，鸟类对保护和生物多样性研究至关重要。可以将鸟类的环境和文化意义融合在一起，以服务社区及其文化，援助保护研究，并保留文化和生物学多样性。许多人拥有对鸟类的知识，这些鸟类不是基于科学的，而是对周围世界的文化理解。这些知识在很大程度上是没有证件的，但不亚于科学知识。能够分享知识可以为社区带来知识和鸟类很重要的实现。对于那些可能在世界上没有发言权的人来说，拥有全球社区认可和重视的本地或传统知识的价值，它可能会赋予能力。但是，这种认可的机会很少，对于传统和当地的生态知识（Tek和Lek），互联网上不存在。各个社区已经与当地的保护组织互动并参与社区保护项目。共享本地知识和信息的一种方法对于成功的社区参与至关重要，并在自然项目中建立本地自豪感。互联网被认为是访问全球受众并在全球范围内共享信息的最强大手段。它的潜力在不断增长。 EWA项目直接与我们的项目合作伙伴Birdlife International合作，这是与126个国家 /地区的合作伙伴，尤其是其本地授权计划的合作伙伴，旨在通过创建有关鸟类的文化知识的开放数据库，可以自由地访问个人，社区和研究人员，以联系本地社区和研究人员。我们将通过鼓励个人，社区领导者或当地组织提交故事，歌曲的录音或艺术或文化伪像的照片等数据来帮助保持当地故事，神话或鸟类的名称等中存在的丰富文化多样性，以帮助维护当地故事，神话或鸟类等中存在的丰富文化多样性，我们将构建许多文化和自然的社区，我们将构建许多社区，我们将与社区合作。基于Web的鸟类手册（Lynx Edicions Project Project合作伙伴）我们将在保护主义者和当地人之间取得更大的融合，包括对所有利益相关者（包括土著社区）的文化有更深入的了解，并促进庆祝与大自然之间亲密关系的人们的文化多样性。该项目与项目合作伙伴关系有关，但这也很紧急，因为口头传播的Tek和Lek往往会由老龄化的人持有并每天下降。