Dissertation Research: Social Dynamics of State and Rural Families in Northeast China

9320102科恩本项目涉及哥伦比亚大学一名文化人类学专业学生的学位论文研究。这名学生将在中国东北部的农村地区研究中国传统家庭转型的本质。运用参与观察和深度访谈的民族志方法，学生将追溯土地改革、婚姻法、文化大革命和其他国家政府政策对一个村庄家庭生活和工作的影响。最终的结果将是一份描述这些农村家庭如何应对和回应中央政府改变他们的努力的民族志。这项研究很重要，因为它将增加我们对中国农村社区的研究基础。这一国家在改变农村家庭生活方面的成功和失败的案例研究，将帮助我们了解政府正在实施激进现代化政策的其他领域的类似过程。我们对这些偏远农村地区的现实了解得越多，就越能更好地应对问题和机遇。***

9320102 Cohen This project involves the dissertation research of a cultural anthropology student from Columbia University. The student will study the nature of the transformation of traditional Chinese families in a rural area of northeast China. Using ethnographic methods of participant observation and in-depth interviews, the student will trace the impact on the life and work of families in one hamlet of land reform, marriage laws, the cultural revolution and other national government policies. The end result will be an ethnography that describes how these rural families have coped with and responded to the national government's efforts to change them. This research is important because it will add to our base of studies of rural Chinese communities. This case study of the successes and failures of the national state in changing the lives of rural families will help us understand similar processes in other areas where governments are engaged in drastic modernization policies. We will be better able to respond to problems and opportunities the more we understand about the reality in these remote rural areas. ***