Dissertation Research: Comparing Eugenics in Cuba and the U.S., 1933-1959

这个科学和技术研究论文改进补助金是关于1933年至1959年的古巴优生学运动。它的主要目标是调查科学和大众对优生学的理解，以及优生学制度化对古巴性别角色和性行为的影响。资金将支持对古巴优生学家进行档案研究的额外费用，对古巴人进行性教育的公共宣传工作，以及对1933-1959年这些优生学家的努力的反应。由于目前国务院禁止联邦资助前往古巴，学生将只能在美国获得主要来源。位于华盛顿DC的国会图书馆和国家医学图书馆、佛罗里达大学和迈阿密大学图书馆以及加州大学的主要资料来源将提供主要资料来源。博士生将利用现有的国际优生学研究，并将其与古巴优生学的研究结果进行比较。这个项目在两个层面上是比较性的：首先，它将比较两个不同的. waves。第二，将1933年至1959年期间古巴优生学与美国优生学进行比较。这个项目将有助于有关优生运动的吸引力，影响力和寿命的理论。此外，这些比较将进一步从理论上理解民族史与起源于全球的科学社会运动之间的关系。 关于优生学的拟议论文研究将促进对国家和全球范围内生物医学科学，技术和社会之间相互作用的认识和理解。拟议的研究推进了对优生运动复杂性的发现和理解。这项研究将利用科学和技术研究学者提出的理论和方法，调查优生学塑造古巴社会和文化的方式。成功完成拟议的论文研究将为博士生完成博士学位提供培训和帮助。在历史和人类学上。 博士生计划在未来的高级学术机构进行研究和教学，从而使未来的学者和学生受益。

This Science and Technology Studies Dissertation Improvement Grant is on the Cuban eugenics movement from 1933 to 1959. It's main objective is to investigate scientific and popular understandings of eugenics, as well as the impact of the institutionalization of eugenics on gender roles and sexuality in Cuba at this time. Funding will support extraordinary costs to conduct archival research on Cuban eugenists, on public outreach efforts to educate Cubans about sexuality, and on laypeople's responses to these eugenists' efforts in 1933-1959. Because of the current State Department ban on federally funded travel to Cuba, the student will access primary sources in the U.S. only. Primary sources located in the Library of Congress and the National Library of Medicine in Washington DC, and at the libraries at the University of Florida and Miami, as well as University of California will provide primary sources. The doctoral student will utilize existing studies on international eugenics and compare them to her findings on Cuban eugenics. This project is comparative on two levels: first, it will compare two distinct .waves. of Cuban eugenics, 1900-1933 and 1933-1959; second, it will compare Cuban eugenics with U.S. eugenics in the period between 1933 and 1959. This project will contribute to theories concerning the appeal, impact, and longevity of the eugenics movement. In addition, these comparisons will further theoretical understandings of the relation between national history and scientific social movements that are global in their provenance. The proposed dissertation research on eugenics will advance knowledge and understanding of the interactions between biomedical science, technology, and society in both national and global realms. The proposed research advances discovery and understanding of the complexity of the eugenics movement. The study will use theories and methods advanced by Science and Technology Studies scholars to investigate the ways in which the science of eugenics shaped Cuban society and culture. Successful completion of the proposed dissertation research will provide training and assistance toward the completion of the doctoral student's Ph.D. in history and anthropology. The doctoral student plans to conduct research and teach in upper-level scholarly institutions in the future, thus benefiting future scholars and students.