Cross-Cultural Environmental Research: Lessons from the Field

Environmental research with diverse stakeholders poses challenges for researchers, particularly when that research is also cross-cultural and/or cross-language. We argue that cross-cultural and/or cross-language environmental research requires translators and interpreters as active research partners...

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Published in:Environmental management (New York) 2022-08, Vol.70 (2), p.241-253
Main Authors: Schewe, Rebecca L., Hoffman, David, Witt, Joseph, Freeman, Matthew, Shoup, Brian
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Aquatic Pollution
Asian Americans
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Collaboration
Commercial fishing
Culture
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental research
Fisheries management
Fishing
Forestry Management
Interpreters
Language
Mixed methods research
Nature Conservation
Research methodology
Researchers
Response rates
Seafood
Surveys
Translators
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Commercial fishing
Culture
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental research
Fisheries management
Fishing
Forestry Management
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Mixed methods research
Nature Conservation
Research methodology
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Response rates
Seafood
Surveys
Translators
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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