understanding environmental and health issues in the united states emotion, cognition, and action
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Understanding Environmental and Health Issues in the United States
EMOTION, COGNITION, AND ACTION
What problems do I want to solve? What do I care about?Health care accessThe experience of vulnerable people
SustainabilityHow can I
address these issues?
ENTERING ANTHROPOLOGY FROM THE APPLIED PERSPECTIVE
The problem: What leads to sustainable vs. unsustainable rangeland management?
The issues: Ranchers’ LEK and rangeland
management practice Decision-making and the
influence of policy and global markets
Ranching culture and landscape and its relationship to rangeland politics
The work: 2002: General Interviews 2003: Participant Observation 2005: Participant Observation,
Depth Interviews, Decision Modeling
2012: 5-year follow-up Interviews
PROJECT 1:RANGELANDS AND RANCHING CULTURE
Decision-making models link: Policy Market LEK Personal preferences Cultural patterns
Cultural models identify: Worldview diff erences Valuation of knowledge systems Cultural storylines and pictures
that make sense to people Emotional attachments
Why care? Fosters cross-cultural
understanding Identifies counter-productive
forces in policy, market, etc.
DECISION MAKING AND CULTURAL MODELS
Can we make sense out of this in a way that assists in mediating conflict for group decision-making?
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Do you feel that participating in the program compromises your
independence?
Given the monetary and labor costs, would you make more money if you participated
in the program than if you sold independently?
Is participating in the program more expensive than not
participating in it?
Would you have to change your management plan to participate in
the program?
Would participating in the program increase your profits?
Do you believe that such partnerships are where the cattle industry is headed, and that it is
good to proactively get involved?
Do you believe Harris Ranch is the best option to accomplish this?
Do you value the feeling of independence more than any benefits that you could
acquire?
Is the convenience and/or lowered risk worth the lost
profits?
Is getting information back on your calves worth the lost profits?
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Participation in Harris RanchProgram
Changing patterns of production…
What questions were not addressed? Settlement and land use
patterns over time Understanding LEK in place The complex relationship
between: Specific policies at certain places Decisions about land use and
management Environmental health
GIS and ethnographic work Mental maps Social and natural history of
landscape Cultural and individual
memory and knowledge
LAND USE, LANDSCAPES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
The problem: How do Pagan people interact with the biomedical health care system and other forms of treatment?
The issues: Pagan worldviews about health,
healing, and wellness Pagan choices and practices
related to health Problems in access to and
successful integration with the biomedical health care system
The work: 2005-2012: General Participant
Observation 2010: Survey and Interview
Schedule 1,598 participants in survey Depth interviews with nine clergy and
health care practitioners
PROJECT 2:THE PAGAN HEALTH SURVEY PROJECT
The average Pagan:Female and White. She may be from anywhere in the country.
She is between the ages of 36 and 50, and has been a Pagan for 17 years.
She is middle class and college-educated.
She is almost as likely to self-identify as non-heteronormative as she is to self-identify as “woman” and “straight/heterosexual.”
HEALING
• Restoration (43)
• Wholeness (35)
• Recovery (32)
• Reiki (52)• Meditation (40)
• Rest (37)• Magic (32)
• Natural (70)• Spiritual (63)• Holistic (44)
• Energy (107)• Balance(48)• Love (42)
Spiritual Association
s:400
Responses
Types of Healing:
323 Responses
What Healing Means:
345 Responses
Healing Practices:
302 Responses
Number of responses in parentheses.
This became an introduction for doctors, nurses, and other practitioners to their patient…
… and a point to rally around for Pagans, helping them recognize their solidarity.
THE ROLE OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS:WHEN A PRIEST/ESS IS CALLED FOR HELP
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This became a point of discussion with health care practitioners, giving voice to Pagans’ experiences of prejudice and discrimination. It became a rallying point for Pagan mental health professionals to organize.
PAGAN HEALTH SURVEY PROJECT, 2 YEARS LATER: MENTAL HEALTH
Better Linkag
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Clergy are prepared
Pagan-friendly
mental health professionals can be found
and contacted
Mental health community is
prepared
• Recognize mental illness
• Talk to people about finding help
• Offer referrals to Pagan-friendly mental health professionals
• Can differentiate between mental illness and Pagan beliefs/practices
• Are culturally competent
• Can relate to Pagan patients
PAGAN HEALTH SURVEY PROJECT, 2 YEARS LATER: HEALTH CARE
ACCESS46.9% Incomes less than
$25,000
33% Ethnic
minorities
29% Live in rural areas
28.3% LGBTQ (despite higher
education levels)
25.3% Average
Who lacks health insurance?
Affordable Group Plan Insurance
Women’s and LGBTQ HealthElder Care
The problem: How does ritual emplacement and enactment of nature spirit belief relate to sustainable behavior in daily l ife?
The issues: How Pagans use ritual to
emotionally link people to place and teach them about nature
How ritual shapes and reflects Pagan beliefs about nature
How ritual relates to individual commitment and behaviors in non-ritual space and time
The work (coming 2012-13): 8 seasonal festivals: Druidic and
Wiccan 4 major Druidic and fairy-
centered large-scale rituals Interviews Survey
PROJECT 3:PAGANISM AND SUSTAINABILITY
Service to community, especially to non-profits: Organizational
analysis Program design Evaluations
Long-term vision: Serving community Serving students Serving the discipline
CONTRACT PROJECTS: HAVE METHODS, WILL TRAVEL
Assessing Current Program
FindingChallenges
and Opportuniti
es
MakingData-Driven
Changes
Sustaining Funding
Explaining Evaluations
THE BIG QUESTIONS
Personality
Body
Cognitive Patterns
Natural Environme
nt
Worldview and
Religion
History
Built Environme
ntEconomy
What constructs the human experience, individually and collectively?
How do people think of new ideas and choose to behave in new ways? Why sometimes and not others?
How can we get people to think “good” thoughts and do “good” things? How do we define “good”?
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