Problem and opportunity: Integrating anthropology, ecology, and policy through adaptive experimentation in the urban US southwest

被引:12
作者
Casagrande, David G. [1 ]
Hope, Diane
Farley-Metzger, Elizabeth
Cook, William
Yabiku, Scott
Redman, Charles
机构
[1] Western Illinois Univ, Macomb, IL USA
[2] St Cloud State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, St Cloud, MN USA
[3] Arizona State Univ, Cent Arizona Phoenix Long Term Ecol Res Project, Global Inst Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ USA
[4] Arizona State Univ, Dept Anthropol, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[5] Arizona State Univ, Dept Sociol, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
关键词
urban anthropology; policy; research methods; ecosystem ecology; water;
D O I
10.17730/humo.66.2.h5277q2u27354358
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Natural resource management agencies and governmental programs that fund research are increasingly calling for interdisciplinary research that integrates biological ecology and the social sciences in a way that can inform policy. One fundamental impediment to collaboration derives from the emphasis that biological scientists place on experimentation, which is generally not considered a viable option for anthropologists. We suggest that anthropologists could have additional influence on policy by collaborating with biological ecologists in manipulative experiments that include human subjects. Critical to this approach are the participation of research subjects in research planning and willingness on the part of social and biological scientists to rapidly adopt new hypotheses and control scenarios that may emerge from shifting political and ethical contexts-what we call "adaptive experimentation." We provide an example of an adaptive experiment being conducted at Arizona State University, which situates urban landscaping, water conservation, and human behavior within the context of problem definition in water management policy.
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页码:125 / 139
页数:15
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