Doctoral Dissertation Research: Group Marginality, Internal Differences, and Status Negotiations

博士论文研究：群体边缘性、内部差异和地位谈判

• 批准号: 1123114
• 负责人: Lina Fruzzetti
• 金额: $ 1.03万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1123114&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Group; Marginality

Brown University doctoral student Bhawani Buswala, supervised by Dr. Lina Fruzzetti, will undertake anthropological research on the everyday negotiations of status order by low-status groups. This research is important because it will contribute to the social scientific understanding of how marginalized groups relate to dominant structures and how internal differences within these groups affect these relationships.To explore these issues effectively, the research will be carried out in a particularly marked context of institutionalized low status, that of so-called "untouchables" in India. Indian law abolished untouchability long ago, yet many untouchables continue to experience material and symbolic discrimination. The researcher will undertake 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork with untouchable butcher (Khatik) caste people in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Although butchers challenge their low social position, they also invoke dominant values to explain their dislike of their own work. This research will examine this simultaneous acceptance and rejection of caste values; collect data on the particular exclusions and inclusions faced by Khatik women; and explore the interaction between Khatik and other untouchable castes. Data will be gathered through participant observation and semi-structured informal interviews on three aspects of the lived experience of caste: (1) butchers' material and symbolic conceptualization of their caste occupation; (2) gender differentiation within this occupation; and (3) butcher interaction with Chamars, another untouchable caste. This research will provide new data for understanding the reproduction of inequality in society. This data can inform public policies to counter caste practices. Funding this research also supports the education of a graduate student.

由Lina Fruzzetti博士监督的布朗大学博士生Bhawani Buswala将对低地位群体的日常地位谈判进行人类学研究。这项研究很重要，因为它将有助于社会科学了解边缘化群体如何与主导结构相关联，以及这些群体内部的内部差异如何影响这些关系。要有效地探索这些问题，该研究将在制度化的低地位，印度所谓的“未触摸式”的情况下特别是在制度化的低地位上进行。印度法律很久以前就废除了不可触摸的性能，但许多不可触摸的人继续经历物质和象征性的歧视。研究人员将在印度拉贾斯坦邦（Rajasthan）与不可动摇的屠夫（Khatik）种姓人进行12个月的民族志实地调查。尽管屠夫挑战了他们低落的社会地位，但他们也援引了主导价值，以解释他们对自己的工作的不喜欢。这项研究将研究种姓价值的同时接受和拒绝。收集有关哈蒂克妇女面临的特定排他性和包含的数据；并探索Khatik和其他无法接触的种姓之间的相互作用。数据将通过参与者的观察和半结构化的非正式访谈，涉及种姓的生活经验的三个方面：（1）屠夫对种姓职业的材料和象征性的概念化； （2）该职业内的性别差异； （3）屠夫与Chamars的互动，另一个不可动摇的种姓。这项研究将提供新的数据，以了解社会不平等的复制。 这些数据可以告知公共政策以应对种姓实践。资助这项研究还支持研究生的教育。