Dissertation Research: Local Identities in Transnational Formation

论文研究：跨国形成中的本土认同

• 批准号: 9707895
• 负责人: Lisa Rofel
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9707895&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Local; Identities; Transnational

This project involves the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the University of California-Santa Cruz. The project will study the changes in cultural identity of people in Macau, a Portuguese colony on the south coast of China, in light of the imminent reversion of the colony to China on 12/20/99. In light of the approaching conversion into a Chinese city the diverse populations have been defining their cultural identity as a unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures. The specific questions the project will study are how changing forms of transnational mobility and identity give new meanings to old colonial social categories, and how, when, and for whom culture itself has become a meaningful category. The student will interview four groups in Macau: people building the Macau Museum of History (which will define Macau's unique heritage); students, teachers and administrators from two middle schools (engaged in transmitting the local culture across generations as well as dealing with the history of colonialism); members of neighborhood associations and native-place organizations (concerned about defining and maintaining local traditions); and residents of Macau who are returning to their hometowns in China. The student will collect life histories, conduct participant observation, and engage in formal interviews on the subject of changing identity. In addition the student will travel to Beijing to interview members of the Hong Kong and Macau affairs office about policy issues and to conduct archival research on the history of Chinese-Macau-Portugal relations. This research is important because it will advance our understanding of a global process of transnational and local political cultural identity formation through this unique case of political change. Cultural identities are involved in many cases of national and international crises (e.g., the former Yugoslavia or central Africa), where ideas of race, nation, Diaspora, city, colony and civilization are hotly contested and not mutually exclusive. This case study will provide valuable comparative information to help understand these contemporary processes.

该项目涉及加州大学圣克鲁斯分校人类学学生的论文研究。 该项目将研究澳门人民的文化认同的变化，澳门是中国南部沿海的葡萄牙殖民地，鉴于殖民地即将于12/20/99回归中国。 鉴于即将转变为一个中国城市，不同的人口已经将他们的文化身份定义为葡萄牙和中国文化的独特融合。 该项目将研究的具体问题是跨国流动和身份的变化形式如何赋予旧的殖民社会类别新的含义，以及文化本身如何，何时以及对谁来说已经成为一个有意义的类别。 学生将采访澳门的四个群体：建造澳门历史博物馆的人们（这将定义澳门的独特遗产）;来自两所中学的学生，教师和行政人员（从事跨代传播当地文化和处理殖民主义历史）;邻里协会和家乡组织的成员（关注界定和维持当地传统）;以及返回中国家乡的澳门居民。 学生将收集生活史，进行参与观察，并就改变身份的主题进行正式采访。 此外，学生将前往北京采访香港和澳门事务办公室的成员有关政策问题，并进行档案研究的历史，中国-澳门-葡萄牙的关系。 这项研究是重要的，因为它将通过这一独特的政治变革案例，促进我们对跨国和地方政治文化认同形成的全球过程的理解。 在许多国家和国际危机的情况下都涉及文化特性（例如，前南斯拉夫或中非），在那里，种族、民族、散居、城市、殖民地和文明的观念是激烈竞争的，而不是相互排斥的。 本案例研究将提供有价值的比较信息，以帮助了解这些当代的过程。