Cultural Construction and Retention in Two Ethnic Diaspora Populations

我们的世界是由许多散居的民族社区组成的，每个社区都在不同程度上保持着与其起源文化相关的认同感。文化人类学家的这项研究研究了威尔士社区文化认同的变异模式。目前的研究增加了两个社区，一个在巴塔哥尼亚（阿根廷），保留了威尔士语和各种其他文化习俗，另一个在俄亥俄州，威尔士裔美国人生活在自觉的威尔士社区，但没有保留威尔士语。该项目的新信息将与以前对澳大利亚、爱荷华州和威尔士的威尔士社区的研究相结合。有关语言、民族博物馆、表演、传统机构创新以及与威尔士文化交流的重要性的假设将受到检验。使用多种方法，包括深度访谈和共识分析（一种描述个体之间同意和不同意模式的统计技术），该研究将促进我们对散居社区身份的文化建构的理解。这项研究的广泛影响将是重要的，因为该项目将使我们更好地理解身份政治是如何与文化可见性相关的。

Our world is composed of many ethnic communities in diaspora, each maintaining to a different degree a sense of identity related to their culture of origin. This research by cultural anthropologists studies patterns of variation in the cultural identity of Welsh communities. The current research adds two communities, one in Patagonia (Argentina) which retains the Welsh language and a variety of other cultural practices, and one in Ohio where Welsh-Americans live in self-consciously Welsh communities, but without retaining the language. The new information from this project will be integrated with that from previous studies of Welsh communities in Australia and Iowa as well as Wales. Hypotheses dealing with the importance of language, ethnic museums, performances, innovation in traditional institutions, and cultural exchange with Wales will be tested. Using a variety of methods including in-depth interviews and consensus analysis, a statistical technique that describes patterns of agreement and disagreement among individuals, the study will advance our understanding of the cultural construction of identity among diaspora communities. The broader impacts of the research will be important as the project will allow us to better understand how identity politics works in relation to cultural visibility.