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CURSO: FIELD METHODS FOR ENQUIRING SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
TRADUCCION: METODOS DE CAMPO PARA EL ESTUDIO DE LOS SISTEMAS SOCIO-ECOLOGICOS
SIGLA: VIL626
CREDITOS: 5
MODULOS: 05
CARACTER: OPTATIVO
TIPO: TERRENO
CALIFICACION: ESTANDAR
DISCIPLINA: CIENCIAS FORESTALES, ANTROPOLOGIA, CIENCIAS DE LA AGRICULTURA, SOCIOLOGIA, GEOGRAFIA
PALABRAS CLAVE: BIODIVERSITY SURVEY, HABITAT SAMPLING, PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION, INTERVIEWS, ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE CHANGE


I.COURSE DESCRIPTION

In this course, the students will understand and articulate methodological approaches from both natural and social sciences. In this co-taught field course, the students will be involved within a real social-ecological setting of southern Chile and experience a combination of lectures, discussions, labs, and field activities. The social and ecological methods examined through the course will help the student to develop an interdisciplinary perspective and research skills relevant to sustainability and environmental conservation.


II.LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the term, students should be able to:

1. Apply different field methods for studying wildlife species, communities, and their habitats.

2. Understand a range of social science methods including standard qualitative and quantitative methods.

3. Employ basic knowledge of methods for documenting local environmental knowledge and change.

4. Produce and discuss culturally appropriate, ethically-sound, and environmentally sustainable field studies.

5. Integrate natural and social science methods to study and address complex issues of environmental management and social-ecological sustainability.


III.CONTENTS

1. The basics

1.1 What, Why and How? Conducting social-ecological research & sampling design

1.2 Navigation and recording data

1.3 Field equipment

1.4 Field ethics: the role of the researcher

1.5 Analyzing contextual data: main social descriptive statistics to understand the context


2. Surveying forest wildlife

2.1 Mammal field techniques

2.2 Avian field techniques

2.3 Amphibian and reptile field techniques

2.4 Invertebrate field techniques


3. Habitat sampling

3.1 Species composition

3.2 Trees and canopy

3.3 Coarse woody debris

3.4 Understory

3.5 Landscape level sampling (introduction to GIS and remote sensing techniques)


4. Participant observation and interviews

4.1 Participant observation in the field: uses, acceptance, taking notes, when to stop

4.2 Qualitative interviews (informal, unstructured, semi-structured, focus groups)

4.3 Structured interviews (questionnaires)



5. Documenting local environmental knowledge and change

5.1 Freelisting

5.2 Identification exercises

5.3 Pile sorts

5.4 Participatory mapping


6. General data processing, analysis, and writing-up


IV.METHODOLOGY FOR LEARNING

- Fieldwork

- Lectures

- Workshop

- Lab activities


V.EVALUATION OF LEARNING

- Participation: 20%

- Natural history field notes: 20%

- Data analysis Project: 20%

- Research proposal*: 40%

* The research proposal shall be implemented in the course Planning for Sustainability.


VI.READING SOURCES

Albuquerque UP, Cruz da Cunha LVF, Paiva de Lucena RF, Nobrega Alves RR. 2014. Methods and techniques in ethnobiology and ethnoecology. Humana Press, New York, U.S.A.

Altamirano TA, Ibarra JT, Hernandez F, Rojas I, Laker J, Bonacic C. 2012. Habitos de nidificacion de las aves del bosque templado andino de Chile. Fondo de Proteccion Ambiental, Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Serie Fauna Australis, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago. Available from http://www.peregrinefund.org/docs/pdf/research-library/2012/2012-Chile-nidificacion-libro.pdf.

Bernard HR. 2005. Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches, 4th edition. Altamira Press, Oxford, U.K.

Bibby CJ, Burgess ND, Hill DA, Mustoe SH. 2000. Bird census techniques, 2nd edition. Academic Press, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Bird DM, Bildstein KL. 2007. Raptor research and management techniques. Page Ambio. Surrey, Canada. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21071439.

Caviedes J, Ibarra JT. 2017. Influence of anthropogenic disturbances on stand structural complexity in Andean temperate forests: implications for managing key habitat for biodiversity. PLoS ONE 12:e0169450.

Celis-Diez J, Ippi S, Charrier A, Garin C. 2011. Fauna de los bosques templados de Chile.

Feinsinger P. 2001. Designing field studies for biodiversity conservation. Island Press, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Green RH. 1979. Sampling design and statistical methods for environmental biologists. John Wiley & Sons, New York, U.S.A.

Newing H. 2011. Conducting research in conservation: a social science perspective. Page Igarss 2014. Routledge, New York, U.S.A.

Newton AC. 2007. Forest ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

Uddin N. 2011. Decolonising ethnography in the field: an anthropological account. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 14:455?467.


PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
SEDE REGIONAL VILLARRICA / JUNIO 2017