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Culture
and Resource Management
on the Chesapeake Bay
“Culture
and Resource Management on the Chesapeake Bay” is a series of
linked projects undertaken by faculty, students and staff of the Anthropology
Department at the University of Maryland. Our work on the Chesapeake
Bay began in the summer of 1998 as a study of the social and cultural
dimensions of Pfiesteria piscicida, a dinoflagellate whose
bloom was linked to fish kills and human health effects. Since that
time, our work has broadened significantly to include:
- Examination
of different groups' knowledge and values regarding the environment
and pollution of the Chesapeake Bay
- Exploration
of meanings of heritage and the impacts of tourism in the Bay region
- Study of gender
roles in the crab fishery
- Collaborative
learning workshops with blue crab fishery stakeholders
- Study of the
cultural and socioeconomic consequences of introducing a non-native
oyster
- Examination
of nature reserves can integrate community history and needs
- Investigation
of cultural models of land conservation on Maryland’s Eastern
Shore
Our work involves
watermen, natural resource managers, policymakers, farmers, non-governmental
conservationists, scientists, and local residents of the Chesapeake
Bay region. In all our work, our mission is to bring the concepts
and approaches of applied anthropology to the study of the cultural
and socioeconomic dimensions of how we use, research and manage the
Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. We seek to educate and inform the
public, professionals who research or manage the Bay, and regional
policymakers on the important role of culture to our efforts to enjoy,
understand and manage the Chesapeake.
| Photos
By: Stacey Hockett Sherlock and Michael Paolisso |
| Web
Design: Mary Winterbottom
Darcie Luce
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