RESEARCH IN YANGJUAN
LOCAL SCIENCE FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Since 2000, a large number of students and scholars from the University of Washington-Sichuan University Exchange, as well as the Sichuan Province Nationalities Research Institute, with active help and cooperation from the villagers of Yangjuan, Pianshui, Zhuchang and Gangou, have carried out interdisciplinary research on the social, cultural, economic, and ecological systems of the local area. Here are brief descriptions of the work of some of the projects.

YANGJUAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

YANGJUAN HOME PAGE




Poems about Yangjuan/Pianshui

Personal reflections about Yangjuan/Pianshui
DISTRIBUTION OF PEOPLE AND RESOURCES

Mapping the valley with GPS

Measuring the growth of local forests
PLANT AND ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY

Compiling a floral survey

Making an ethnobotanical collection

Assessing wolf ecology

Collecting local fungi
AGRICULTURE, HUMAN LIVELIHOOD, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Understanding the failure of apple growing

The economy and ecology of hybrid corn

The role of domestic animals

Sichuan pepper: a new cash crop
HUMAN PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Measuring the growth of village children

Understanding health and illness

Local knowledge in the school curriculum