RUI: A Multi-Sited Ethnography of Global Pentecostal Networks: The View from Fiji

RUI：全球五旬节网络的多地点民族志：斐济的观点

• 批准号: 1024201
• 负责人: Karen Brison
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Union College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1024201&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Multi; Sited; Ethnography; Global

Dr. Karen Brison (Union College) will undertake research on international social and cultural networks outside the United States and Europe that may exhibit features of autonomous global systems independent of economic and political forces. The focus on the research will be international religious connections, one of the most significant areas of international connections, although not one much studied by social scientists. In particular, the researcher will focus her investigation on Fijian Pentecostals, and collect information on ties between Fijian Pentecostals and Pentecostals from other non-Western nations. Data collection will focus on two populations: (1) missionaries from an independent Fijian Pentecostal church who work in Tanzania and Kenya, as well as with diasporic communities in the United States and the United Kingdom; and (2) missionaries from African and Korean independent churches work in Fiji. She also will examine the interaction among Pentecostals from around the world who attend conferences in Fiji. The researcher and two American undergraduate students will conduct interviews and collect life history narratives. They also will analyze the content of sermons, testimonies, conversion narratives, prayer meetings and weekly cell group meetings. The goals of the research are: i) to delineate the extent and influence of a particular area of international cultural flows -- the transnational Pentecostal community; and ii) to examine the visions of personal, cultural, and global identity that emerge in this community and the extent to which these visions influence or are influenced by world religious, political, or economic forces. The research also will further the National Science Foundation's goal of integrating research and education by giving undergraduate students opportunities to participate in the research.

卡伦·布里森（Karen Brison）博士（联合学院）将对美国和欧洲以外的国际社会和文化网络进行研究，这些研究可能表现出独立于经济和政治力量的自主全球系统的特征。对这项研究的关注将是国际宗教联系，这是国际联系的最重要领域之一，尽管社会科学家对此并不多。特别是，研究人员将把她的调查集中在斐济五旬节派上，并收集有关斐济五旬节派与其他非西方国家之间关系的信息。 数据收集将重点关注两个人群：（1）来自斐济独立的五旬节教会的传教士，他们在坦桑尼亚和肯尼亚工作，以及美国和美国的流散社区； （2）来自非洲和韩国独立教会的传教士在斐济工作。她还将研究参加斐济会议的五旬节派之间的互动。研究人员和两名美国本科生将进行采访并收集生活历史叙事。他们还将分析讲道，证词，conversion依，祈祷会议和每周蜂窝小组会议的内容。研究的目标是：i）描述国际文化流动的特定领域的程度和影响 - 跨国五旬节社区； ii）检查在这个社区中出现的个人，文化和全球身份的愿景，以及这些愿景影响或受世界宗教，政治或经济力量影响或影响的程度。 这项研究还将进一步促进国家科学基金会通过给本科生参加研究的机会来整合研究和教育的目标。