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Michael Paolisso - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Blue Crabs and Controversy on the Chesapeake Bay: A Cultural Model for Understanding Watermen's Reasoning about Blue Crab Management
Human Organization, 2002Co-Authors: Michael PaolissoAbstract:Commercial fishers of the Chesapeake Bay, known throughout the region as watermen, have depended for centuries on the bay's natural resources to support their families and communities. Recently, yield and population indicators have led marine scientists and natural resource managers to conclude that the blue crab population is at dangerously low levels and that reductions in commercial harvesting are key to protecting the blue crab. Watermen agree that the blue crab fishery is under intense pressure and see a role for science and regulations in helping to sustain the fishery and their livelihoods, but they question the scientific knowledge and are critical of the governmental regulations. Watermen's knowledge, beliefs, and values have not been explored for their potential as an alternative or complement to scientific and regulatory approaches to addressing problems of the blue crab fishery. This paper uses a Cognitive Anthropology approach to enrich our understanding of watermen's cultural and ecological ...
Natalie A Jones - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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using consensus analysis to assess mental models about water use and management in the crocodile river catchment south africa
Ecology and Society, 2011Co-Authors: Samantha Stonejovicich, Timothy Lynam, Anne Leitch, Natalie A JonesAbstract:The content, structure, and distribution of mental models can be elicited and measured using a variety of methods. In this article we explore a method for eliciting mental models within the context of water use and management in South Africa. This method is consensus analysis, a technique developed in Cognitive Anthropology. We used it to analyze qualitative data from semistructured interviews, pilesorts, and questionnaires to test quantitatively the degree of sharing and diversity of mental models within and across social groups. The consensus analysis method focused on comparing the mental models of two key stakeholder groups in the Crocodile River catchment in South Africa, i.e., conservationists and irrigators, to better understand the level of consensus between these groups. We specifically investigated the level of agreement regarding: (1) major water users of the Crocodile River, (2) causes of the current problems with flows in the river, (3) consequences of the river not flowing, and 4) priorities for future use. We discuss the results and examine the strengths and challenges of consensus analysis for eliciting and measuring mental models. We also evaluated the usefulness of this method in assisting natural resource managers to identify strategies for improving integrated management of water resources.
Samantha Stonejovicich - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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using consensus analysis to assess mental models about water use and management in the crocodile river catchment south africa
Ecology and Society, 2011Co-Authors: Samantha Stonejovicich, Timothy Lynam, Anne Leitch, Natalie A JonesAbstract:The content, structure, and distribution of mental models can be elicited and measured using a variety of methods. In this article we explore a method for eliciting mental models within the context of water use and management in South Africa. This method is consensus analysis, a technique developed in Cognitive Anthropology. We used it to analyze qualitative data from semistructured interviews, pilesorts, and questionnaires to test quantitatively the degree of sharing and diversity of mental models within and across social groups. The consensus analysis method focused on comparing the mental models of two key stakeholder groups in the Crocodile River catchment in South Africa, i.e., conservationists and irrigators, to better understand the level of consensus between these groups. We specifically investigated the level of agreement regarding: (1) major water users of the Crocodile River, (2) causes of the current problems with flows in the river, (3) consequences of the river not flowing, and 4) priorities for future use. We discuss the results and examine the strengths and challenges of consensus analysis for eliciting and measuring mental models. We also evaluated the usefulness of this method in assisting natural resource managers to identify strategies for improving integrated management of water resources.
John B Gatewood - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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cultural models consensus analysis and the social organization of knowledge
Topics in Cognitive Science, 2012Co-Authors: John B GatewoodAbstract:The introductory essay to this collection correctly observes that there are many "challenges for rapprochement" between Anthropology and (the rest of) Cognitive science. Still, the possibilities of fruitful interchanges provide some hope for the parties getting back together, at least on an intermittent basis. This response offers some views concerning the "incompatibility" of psychology and Anthropology, reviews why Cognitive Anthropology drifted away from Cognitive science, and notes two areas of contemporary interest within Cognitive Anthropology that may lead to a re-engagement.
Timothy Lynam - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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using consensus analysis to assess mental models about water use and management in the crocodile river catchment south africa
Ecology and Society, 2011Co-Authors: Samantha Stonejovicich, Timothy Lynam, Anne Leitch, Natalie A JonesAbstract:The content, structure, and distribution of mental models can be elicited and measured using a variety of methods. In this article we explore a method for eliciting mental models within the context of water use and management in South Africa. This method is consensus analysis, a technique developed in Cognitive Anthropology. We used it to analyze qualitative data from semistructured interviews, pilesorts, and questionnaires to test quantitatively the degree of sharing and diversity of mental models within and across social groups. The consensus analysis method focused on comparing the mental models of two key stakeholder groups in the Crocodile River catchment in South Africa, i.e., conservationists and irrigators, to better understand the level of consensus between these groups. We specifically investigated the level of agreement regarding: (1) major water users of the Crocodile River, (2) causes of the current problems with flows in the river, (3) consequences of the river not flowing, and 4) priorities for future use. We discuss the results and examine the strengths and challenges of consensus analysis for eliciting and measuring mental models. We also evaluated the usefulness of this method in assisting natural resource managers to identify strategies for improving integrated management of water resources.