Anthropological Contributions to Historical Ecology: 50 Questions, Infinite Prospects

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dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, Chelsey Geralda
dc.contributor.authorShoemaker, Anna C.
dc.contributor.authorMcKechnie, Iain
dc.contributor.authorEkblom, Anneli
dc.contributor.authorSzabó, Péter
dc.contributor.authorLane, Paul J.
dc.contributor.authorMcAlvay, Alex C.
dc.contributor.authorBoles, Oliver J.
dc.contributor.authorWalshaw, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorPetek, Nik
dc.contributor.authorGibbons, Kevin S.
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Erendira Quintana
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Eugene N.
dc.contributor.authorIbragimow, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorPodruczny, Grzegorz
dc.contributor.authorVamosi, Jana C.
dc.contributor.authorMarks-Block, Tony
dc.contributor.authorLeCompte, Joyce K.
dc.contributor.authorAwâsis, Sākihitowin
dc.contributor.authorNabess, Carly
dc.contributor.authorSinclair, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCrumley, Carole L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-02T18:02:35Z
dc.date.available2018-08-02T18:02:35Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the results of a consensus-driven process identifying 50 priority research questions for historical ecology obtained through crowdsourcing, literature reviews, and in-person workshopping. A deliberative approach was designed to maximize discussion and debate with defined outcomes. Two in-person workshops (in Sweden and Canada) over the course of two years and online discussions were peer facilitated to define specific key questions for historical ecology from anthropological and archaeological perspectives. The aim of this research is to showcase the variety of questions that reflect the broad scope for historical-ecological research trajectories across scientific disciplines. Historical ecology encompasses research concerned with decadal, centennial, and millennial human-environmental interactions, and the consequences that those relationships have in the formation of contemporary landscapes. Six interrelated themes arose from our consensus-building workshop model: (1) climate and environmental change and variability; (2) multi-scalar, multi-disciplinary; (3) biodiversity and community ecology; (4) resource and environmental management and governance; (5) methods and applications; and (6) communication and policy. The 50 questions represented by these themes highlight meaningful trends in historical ecology that distill the field down to three explicit findings. First, historical ecology is fundamentally an applied research program. Second, this program seeks to understand long-term human-environment interactions with a focus on avoiding, mitigating, and reversing adverse ecological effects. Third, historical ecology is part of convergent trends toward transdisciplinary research science, which erodes scientific boundaries between the cultural and natural.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE) research network, the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University, the Mind and Nature research node at Uppsala University, the SFU Faculty of Environment, Sustainability Simon Fraser University, and the office of the Vice-President, Academic and Provost of Simon Fraser University all provided funding for web costs and workshops and conference organization. The authors acknowledge all workshop participants from the 2014 Uppsala and 2015 Vancouver meetings as well as those who submitted questions and feedback in online surveys for their thoughtful contributions, especially Dr. William Sutherland. The Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE) research network, the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University, the Mind and Nature research node at Uppsala University, the SFU Faculty of Environment, SFU Department of Archaeology, Sustainable SFU, and VP Academic at SFU all provided funding for web costs, workshops, and conference organization. We would lastly like to thank our esteemed readers, Travis Freeland, Rachael O'Callahan, Felix Riede, Nancy J. Turner, Leslie Main Johnson, and the three anonymous reviewers for their helpful and critical comments.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArmstrong, C.G.; Shoemaker, A.C.; McKechnie, I.; Ekblom, A.; Szabó, P.; Lane, P.; … & Crumley, C.L. (2017). Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 Questions, infinite prospects. PLoS One, 12(2), e0171883. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171883en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171883
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9822
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLoS Oneen_US
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Anthropology
dc.titleAnthropological Contributions to Historical Ecology: 50 Questions, Infinite Prospectsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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