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2. Discourse analysis: online forums are popular and there are a number of lay publications by quiverfull members || 1. How do quiverfull women evaluate claims of physicians and modern science about fertility, birth control and child bearing and rearing? 2. How do they evaluate the concept of expert? 3. How have these women created alternative bodies of knowledge? 4. Why have they felt the need to create new bodies of knowledge? 5. What role do women actors have in the quiverfull movement? 6. How do they reconcile notions of personal authority? 7. Is there a relationship/dialogue between feminism and quiverfull women? || 1. Contributes to the study of fundamental movements & women's studies 2. Current literature lacking: does not study specific new right movements, does not deal with reproductive issues other than abortion, little scholarship since mid/late 90s || Not at all yet: Have studied social movements to some degree, but I have no experience with these specific areas or, more importantly, with designing or conducting interviews. || I am an atheist, but it seems that this group would be open to speaking to me and sharing their opinion so long as I was not judgmental. However, I secretly am blown away by how different their perspective is fro my own. || * Feminist perspective of body/health 2. Participant observation of “eco-pirates” || 1. What are the different opinions between IWC scientists and Japanese scientists and how are they culturally defined/impacted? 2. How the did the term eco-piracy come into play and is it accurate? 3. From where do eco-pirates feel that they gain their legitimacy? 4. Are their actions legitimate? 5. What has been their use of weapons, technological and chemical? || 1. Beginning to receive large amounts of attention in the popular media but no work in academia has been done 2. Has the ability to significantly impact environmental policy regulations, which in turn will have cultural implications 3. Calls into questions “expert” opinions from scientists and policy actions based on such decisions || I have done some background work on social movements and environmental philosophy, although I am certainly not an expert. I also have a personal connection with an individual who has worked with “eco-pirates,” which may be useful for gaining access to participants for interviews and perhaps observation. || I tend to be pro-activist and direct action. || *Environmental philosophy 2. Discourse analysis (for contrasting historical and contemporary examples): contemporary drug trafficking and modern piracy || 1. Did the majority of pirates have specific knowledge of scientific instruments (navigational instruments) or did the use other methods of navigations? 2. Did pirates have a higher literacy rate than the general population, general sailors, or enlisted men? 3. What was the relationship between pirates and local communities? Was there a knowledge exchange between indigenous people in Central American and the Caribbean regarding ship building and navigation? 4. What role did pirates/piracy play in the development of colonial science - more specifically cartography and the natural sciences? 5. Viewing ships as “technology” that marginalized social groups had access to, how were these marginalized groups able to gain an economic stronghold in a global economy? Did marginalized groups play a definitive role in the development of colonial science? 6. Given the resources (money and manpower) of the British Navy, how was it the piracy was able to continue unchecked for several hundred years in the Caribbean? || 1. Explores a new dimension of Trans-Atlantic history that has been overlooked. 2. Answers Sandra Hardings call for more work in issues of postcolonial science. 3. Addresses the knowledge gap in the construction of Western science. It acknowledges that some of the roots of institutionalized science lie within the activities of social groups who are generally credited with making little to no beneficial contributions to society. 4. This case study can be used to provide additional support to discussions of lay contributions to scientific knowledge; it also makes a significant contribution to the study of experts/expertise and how expertise relates to Western science practices. 5. Since pirate communities were of mixed ethniticities and cultures and they had close contact with indigenous peoples, pirate knowledge networks have added a distinctly non-Western perspective to the development of modern science. || I have done a decent amount of background work on whether or not this is a doable project (which it seems to be) and have done research into trans-atlantic studies. I need to learn about archival analysis and possibly improve on my reading Spanish/French || I think pirates are pretty cool, but it is entirely possible that they were horrible people. || * Sociology of knowledge
 * Topical Areas? || Data Sets? || Social Theoretical Questions? || Why Now? || How Prepared? || Bias? || Fields of Work? || Funders? ||
 * Quiverfull Movement || 1. Interviews: most quiverfull members are in the U.S. and there is a local community
 * Fundamental social movements
 * Religious movements
 * Alternative bodies of knowledge || * HASS
 * NSF dissertation improvement grant
 * SSRC dissertation development fellowship
 * National Humanities Institute ||
 * Eco-Piracy || 1. Interviews: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has yearly meetings, sub-comissions and each country has a representative. Also, the “eco-pirates” appear to be easily accessible to interview.
 * Activist networks and expert knowledge
 * Role of technology in activism
 * Impact of science regulation boards on cultural relationships (IWC regulations vs. Japanese cultural practices) || * HASS
 * NSF dissertation improvement grant
 * SSRC dissertation development fellowship
 * SSRC International dissertation research fellowship
 * National Humanities Institute ||
 * Criminals (Pirates) and STS || 1. Archival analysis: analysis of journals, court records and transcripts, captain's logs, etc.
 * Access and Appropriation of Technology
 * Postcolonial Studies
 * Subaltern Studies
 * Network Theory
 * SCOT
 * Trans-Atlantic Studies || * HASS
 * NSF dissertation improvement grant
 * SSRC dissertation development fellowship
 * National Humanities Institute
 * SSRC International dissertation research fellowship
 * Rotary Scholarship (for international study) ||