B-HUMAN: Exploring Humanity through Transgenerational Reciprocity

B-HUMAN：通过跨代互惠探索人性

• 批准号: EP/Y017218/1
• 负责人: Kirrily Pells
• 金额: $ 23.84万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY017218%2F1
• 关键词: HUMAN; Exploring; Humanity; through; Transgenerational

When a society experiences an upheaval, people strive to continue to be what they understand as human and preserve their humanity. The literature has offered different views of humanity, including Western views (emphasising subjectivity and dignity), postcolonial views (humanity in colonialism), and indigenous views (the diversity of humanity). However, one assumption underlies these debates: humanity is a static concept. Dynamic aspects of humanity, such as change and continuity of views and meanings, were overlooked. To fill this gap, my PhD and previous postdoctoral studies explored the restoration of humanity in post-genocide Rwanda, and found that, reciprocity--gift practice including giving, sharing, and helping--was perceived as key to reconstructing humanity; moreover, gift practice traversed generations, moving across time and space. I refer to this as 'transgenerational reciprocity' but its nuances/details remain unknown.To address this, the B-HUMAN project aims to investigate transgenerational reciprocity-- intergenerational transmission of gift practices, memories and narratives across time and space, and understand change and continuity of humanity since colonialism from indigenous views. It focuses on Rwanda as one case area, which experienced an extreme humanitarian crisis. Combining interdisciplinary methodologies from history, anthropology/ethnography and phenomenological psychology, the study will explore transmission, transformation and preservation of gift practices, memories, and narratives. Findings will contribute to a deeper understanding of humanity drawing from the perspectives from the global South and better support for mental health and wellbeing and socio-economic recovery of conflict/disaster-affected communities. Without this project, culturally-appropriate international assistance, e.g. mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), peace-building and international development, remain limited.

当一个社会经历动荡时，人们努力继续成为他们理解的人类并保留人性的事物。文献提供了对人类的不同观点，包括西方观点（强调主观性和尊严），后殖民观点（殖民主义中的人类）和土著观点（人类的多样性）。但是，一个假设是这些辩论的基础：人类是一个静态概念。人类的动态方面，例如观点和含义的变化和连续性，被忽略了。为了填补这一空白，我的博士学位和以前的博士后研究探讨了途中卢旺达后人类的恢复，并发现，互惠（包括给予，共享和帮助）的互惠互利是重建人类的关键；此外，礼物练习经过几代人，跨越了时间和空间。我将其称为“跨代互惠”，但其细微差别/细节尚不清楚。为了解决这个问题，B-Human项目旨在调查跨时代的跨代互惠性 - 跨时和空间的天代传播，记忆和叙事跨时空，并了解自殖民观点以来人类的变化和持续性。它专注于卢旺达作为一个案例地区，经历了极端的人道主义危机。该研究结合了历史，人类学/人种学和现象心理学的跨学科方法，该研究将探索礼物实践，记忆和叙事的传播，转型和保存。从全球南方的角度来看，发现将有助于更深入地了解人类的绘画，并更好地支持心理健康和福祉以及对冲突/受灾难的社区的社会经济恢复。没有这个项目，具有文化适当的国际援助，例如心理健康与社会心理支持（MHPS），和平建设和国际发展仍然有限。