Dissertation Research: Ideology, Agency, and Production in an Andean Peasant Community: The Collective Struggle for Self-Determination

论文研究：安第斯农民社区的意识形态、能动性和生产：争取自决的集体斗争

• 批准号: 9528291
• 负责人: Peter Little
• 金额: $ 1.14万
• 依托单位: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-05-01 至 1998-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9528291&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Ideology; Agency; Production

This project involves the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the University of Kentucky. The topic is to describe how recently developed indigenous peasant social movements in highland Peru facilitate the economic survival of households in light of the severe constraints of rural poverty. The student will conduct a case study of one rural township near the city of Cajamarca, involving the administration of a baseline questionnaire to a sample of 80 households, participant observation in local economic, social and political activities, in-depth analysis of the function of the communal institutions, and a set of intensive life histories. The fundamental questions to be asked involve how these rural Indians have organized to defend their social and communal interests in two organizations, the rondas campesinas, (defence-self-help groups) and the clubs de madres (mothers' clubs), and the answers will come through analysis of household-level variations in economic activities, social organizations and various aspects of cultural capital. This research is important because it will advance our understanding of a fundamental process occurring in the world today, the struggle for self-determination by poor, disadvantaged peasant communities through new organizations in local civil society. Case studies such as this will give planners and development specialists information about how local communities self-organize under varying social and economic constraints; information which will be useful to developing new programs of aid to facilitate peaceful democratic institutions.

本项目涉及一位来自肯塔基州大学人类学学生的论文研究。 主题是描述最近在秘鲁高原发展起来的土著农民社会运动如何在农村贫穷的严重限制下促进家庭的经济生存。 学生将对卡哈马卡市附近的一个乡镇进行案例研究，包括对80个家庭的样本进行基线问卷调查，参与观察当地的经济，社会和政治活动，深入分析社区机构的功能，以及一系列密集的生活史。 要问的基本问题是，这些农村印第安人如何组织起来，在两个组织中捍卫自己的社会和社区利益，这两个组织是：rondas campesinas（自卫自助团体）和clubs de madres（母亲俱乐部），要回答这个问题，就要分析家庭一级在经济活动、社会组织和文化资本各方面的差异。 这项研究很重要，因为它将促进我们对当今世界正在发生的一个基本进程的理解，即贫穷、处境不利的农民社区通过当地民间社会的新组织争取自决的斗争。 像这样的案例研究将为规划者和发展专家提供有关当地社区如何在不同的社会和经济限制下自我组织的信息;这些信息将有助于制定新的援助计划，以促进和平的民主制度。