2024-08-08 バージニア工科大学(VirginiaTech)
夏に野生動物観察が人気となり、特にブラック、先住民、有色人種のコミュニティで参加が増加しています。バージニア工科大学の研究では、これらのコミュニティが他のグループよりも野生動物観察を重要視し、友人や家族からのサポートが強いことが明らかになりました。また、自己認識として「野生動物観察者」としての意識が高いほど参加が増える傾向も示されています。研究は、参加を促進する要因に焦点を当て、アウトドア活動の参加機会を平等にするための施策に貢献しています。
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- https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/cnre-jennings-wildlife-diversity.html
- https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10689
社会的支援とアイデンティティが野生動物観察への多様な参加を促進する Social support and identity promote diverse participation in wildlife viewing
Kelsey Jennings, Ashley A. Dayer, Willandia A. Chaves
People and Nature Published: 07 August 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10689
Abstract
- Wildlife viewing is growing in popularity, especially among Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC), whose participation has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. We used a nationwide sample of wildlife viewers to examine how identity as a wildlife viewer, the importance of wildlife viewing to one’s life, ethnoracial identity and social support influenced the degree of participation in wildlife viewing.
- We examined data as part of a non-probabilistic online survey of wildlife viewers (n = 17,104). We were particularly interested in how participation, support, the importance of wildlife viewing, and identity as wildlife viewers varied across ethnoracial groups. Support has been found to influence involvement in various activities, while identity and importance have been shown to drive continued participation, suggesting that these factors may be of great value for encouraging and sustaining behaviour.
- We found that, compared with White groups, multiple ethnoracial groups identified less as wildlife viewers. However, they indicated that wildlife viewing is more important to their lives. We also found that most ethnoracial groups received more support from friends, family, mentors and peers than White viewers.
- This research can help understand the participation of Black, Indigenous and people of colour in outdoor recreation. Furthermore, this work demonstrates how legacies of racially motivated discriminatory policies may limit participation among ethnoracially diverse communities.
