Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Proposal: Adivasi Subjectivity and Sites of Reform. State, Tribe, and Drink in Jharkhand, India.

博士论文改进建议：原住民主体性和改革场所。

• 批准号: 0613194
• 负责人: Veena Das
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Johns Hopkins University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-11-15 至 2007-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0613194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Proposal; Adivasi

Graduate student Roger Begrich, under the supervision of Dr. Veena Das, will investigate the relationship between Adivasi (indigenous or tribal people) and the Indian government. Research will be conducted over an 18-month period in two Adivasi communities, one urban and one rural, in the state of Jharkhand, India. Jharkhand is a newly created state in the Indian Union, having been granted statehood in November 2000, after Adivasi movements had demanded state autonomy for more than 50 years. The creation of this new federal state represents an important turning point in the history of indigenous peoples in India. It is therefore of particular interest to analyze the dynamics ensuing from the interaction between governmental processes and local communities at this specific moment. The particular focus of this investigation will be Adivasi practices of alcohol consumption, which long have been at the center of state concerns of reforming Adivasi communities, while simultaneously a fundamental aspect of Adivasi identity. The researcher will gather data from colonial and contemporary archives, and will conduct an ethnographic field study, using participatory mapping, semi-structured interviews, household budget analysis, household suervys, and participant observation. He will investigate state discourses and practices that constitute Adivasis, through their drinking practices, as a distinct population, as targets of reform. He also will compile a detailed ethnography of drinking practices and consequences within the social and moral worlds of the two focal Adivasi communities.This research will contribute significantly to the training of a social scientist and to three contemporary areas of social science inquiry: the study of indigenous peoples, the interdisciplinary field of alcohol studies, and the ethnography of the state. It will also help to fill the need for a nuanced understanding of substance abuse problems among marginal populations. The findings of this research can thus be helpful for formulating effective public health interventions in India and elsewhere.

在Veena Das博士的监督下，研究生Roger Begrich将调查Adivasi（土著或部落人民）与印度政府之间的关系。研究将在印度贾坎德邦州的两个阿迪瓦西社区（一个城市和一个乡村）中进行18个月的18个月。贾坎德邦（Jharkhand）是印度联盟新成立的州，在阿迪瓦西（Adivasi）运动要求国家自治超过50年之后，于2000年11月被授予国家。这个新联邦国家的创建代表了印度土著人民历史上的重要转折点。因此，在这个特定时刻，分析政府过程与当地社区之间的相互作用所带来的动态是特别有趣的。这项调查的特别重点将是饮酒的阿迪瓦西实践，长期以来一直是国家对改革阿迪瓦西社区的关注中心，同时同时是阿迪瓦西身份的基本方面。研究人员将从殖民和当代档案馆中收集数据，并将使用参与式映射，半结构化访谈，家庭预算分析，家庭SUERVYS和参与者观察进行民族志实地研究。他将通过饮酒习惯，作为改革的目标来调查构成Adivasis的国家话语和实践。他还将在两个焦点adivasi社区的社会和道德世界内部进行详细的饮酒实践和后果的详细民族志学。这项研究将对社会科学家的培训以及社会科学询问的三个当代领域的培训做出重大贡献：土著人民的研究，《酗酒研究的互生领域》和国家的跨学科领域。这也将有助于满足边际人口中对药物滥用问题的细微理解的需求。因此，这项研究的发现有助于制定印度和其他地方的有效公共卫生干预措施。