Role of the research standpoint in integrating global-scale and local-scale research

Climate Research

Steve Rayner¹  Elizabeth L. Malone¹ 

关键词: Interdisciplinary research;    Global-local links;    Social sciences;   

DOI  :  10.3354/cr019173

来源: Inter-Research Science Publishing

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Climate change research is hampered by the gap between 2 styles of research, raising fundamental issues of standpoint. Interpretive-style researchers see themselves as at the center of the environment, experiencing it from within; theirinvolvement is what allows them to gain knowledge. Descriptive-style researchers see themselves as outside the environment they analyze; their distance is what allows them to gain knowledge. This fundamental difference in standpoint indicates thatattempts to meld the 2 styles of research in articulating global-local links are unrealistic and doomed to failure. Instead, we should look for complementarities and attempt to bring the differently achieved knowledge to bear on global problems.

【 授权许可】

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