Doctoral Dissertation Research: Complex Dynamics of the Earthquake Recovery of an Ethnic Minority

博士论文研究：少数民族地震恢复的复杂动力学

• 批准号: 1323698
• 负责人: Nicholas Spitzer
• 金额: $ 1.41万
• 依托单位: Tulane University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323698&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Complex; Dynamics

This research will explore the political, economic and cultural resources, processes and consequences of state-sponsored, culturally-oriented post-disaster reconstruction of an ethnic minority. After a devastating earthquake claimed about 10% of the ethnic population in 2008, many villages not only swiftly recovered materially, but were made into heritage tourist destinations with state planning to "restore and develop" their culture. The proposed research will examine both the state's conception of the ethnic minority through its policies and projects, and the range of villagers' response to the reconstruction and negotiation of lives and relationships revealing complexities and problems of this culturally sensitive recovery project.The researcher will conduct 10 months of fieldwork. Two more months will be spent interviewing officials and planners in the capital as well as archival research into official reconstruction policies and tourism plans. Physical changes of the villages and statistical data of the reconstruction will be collected and mapped. Participant observation, interviews, and focus group discussions will be conducted to understand how villagers differently perceive and interact with the newly-established living environment and changed lifestyle. Beliefs, rituals, traditional festivals and official events will be documented to show the negotiation and representation of emergent and differential identities. This research is important because it will contribute to the anthropological study of disaster recovery by examining the interplay of state-led planning and the core values of an affected ethnic minority. The knowledge gained will help the research, teaching and awareness of the complex effects of any recovery project that claims to seek justifiable and sustainable community development.

这项研究将探讨国家赞助的，以文化为导向的少数民族的政治，经济和文化资源，过程和后果。经过毁灭性的地震声称2008年大约有10％的族裔人口，许多村庄不仅迅速恢复了实质性的康复，而且被州计划“恢复和发展”其文化。拟议的研究将通过其政策和项目来研究该州对少数民族的概念，以及村民对生活和关系的重建和谈判的反应范围，揭示了这一文化敏感的恢复项目的复杂性和问题。研究人员将进行10个月的实地考察。还将花两个月的时间在首都采访官员和计划者，以及对官方重建政策和旅游计划的档案研究。将收集和映射村庄的物理变化和重建的统计数据。将进行参与者的观察，访谈和焦点小组讨论，以了解村民如何对新建立的生活环境以及改变生活方式进行不同的感知和互动。将记录信仰，仪式，传统节日和官方活动，以显示出紧急和差异身份的谈判和代表。这项研究很重要，因为它将通过研究以国家领导的计划的相互作用和受影响少数民族的核心价值的相互作用来为灾难恢复的人类学研究做出贡献。获得的知识将有助于对任何恢复项目的复杂影响的研究，教学和意识，该项目声称寻求合理和可持续的社区发展。