Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Political Economy of Scottish Gaelic Language Revitalization

博士论文研究：苏格兰盖尔语复兴的政治经济学

• 批准号: 9974337
• 负责人: Michael Silverstein
• 金额: $ 0.52万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9974337&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Political; Economy

9974337Silverstein / McEwan-Fujita This project supports the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the University of Chicago studying the role of minority language revival in the development of a European region. Since the 1980s Gaelic has been undergoing a government funded renaissance, let by members of a Gaelic speaking urban middle class. There has been increased funding of Gaelic education and communication and a redefinition of Gaelic as a form of human capital. These claims have been accepted by the Scottish government, the British state and the European Union. The student will try to understand the role of this minority language in the economic development of the region through fieldwork with Gaelic language promoters and their constituents, Gaelic speakers in two sites in the Scottish highlands. Gaelic development agencies in Inverness will be studied as well as a crofting township on the island of Benbecula. In both sites the student will do participant observation and semi-structured interviews of how Gaelic functions to encourage, facilitate, and impede the economic development of the region. This research is important because managing the relation of local cultural minorities to the national state is one of the most challenging tasks faced by contemporary governments, from ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia to Mayan Indians in Mexico. This case of a seemingly successful renaissance and adaptation will provide important material to be compared with other cases of development and conflict. In addition the project supports the training of a young social scientist, and advances our knowledge of this important area of the world.

9974337 Silverstein/ McEwan-Fujita该项目支持芝加哥大学人类学学生的论文研究，研究少数民族语言复兴在欧洲地区发展中的作用。 自20世纪80年代以来，盖尔语一直在经历政府资助的复兴，由讲盖尔语的城市中产阶级成员领导。 对盖尔语教育和交流的资助有所增加，并将盖尔语重新定义为一种人力资本。 这些主张已被苏格兰政府、英国政府和欧盟接受。 学生将试图通过实地考察与盖尔语的推动者和他们的选民，在苏格兰高地的两个地点的盖尔语扬声器了解这种少数民族语言在该地区的经济发展中的作用。因弗内斯的盖尔发展机构以及本贝库拉岛上的一个种植小镇将被研究。 在这两个网站的学生将做参与观察和半结构化的采访如何盖尔功能，以鼓励，促进和阻碍该地区的经济发展。 这项研究很重要，因为管理当地文化少数民族的民族国家的关系是当代政府面临的最具挑战性的任务之一，从南斯拉夫的阿尔巴尼亚族到墨西哥的玛雅印第安人。 这一看似成功的复兴和适应案例将为与其他发展和冲突案例进行比较提供重要材料。此外，该项目还支持培训一名年轻的社会科学家，并增进我们对世界这一重要领域的了解。