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CR 19:173-178 (2001)
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Abstract
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Role of the research standpoint in integrating global-scale and local-scale research
Elizabeth L. Malone1,*, Steve Rayner2
1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory**, 901 D Street, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20024, USA
2School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10027, USA
*E-mail: e.malone@pnl.gov **Operated by Battelle for the US Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC06-76RLO 1830
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; their
involvement 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 that
attempts 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.
KEY WORDS: Interdisciplinary research · Global-local links · Social sciences
Full text in pdf format
Published in CR Vol.
19, No. 2
(2001) on December 4
Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2001
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