Dissertation Research: Linking Social and Cultural Capital: An Analysis of Cultural Change in Two Q'eqchi' Maya Communities

论文研究：链接社会和文化资本：两个 Qeqchi 玛雅社区的文化变迁分析

• 批准号: 0450980
• 负责人: Edward Fischer
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0450980&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Linking; Social; Cultural

Development programs in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala seek to provide economic alternatives for the local Q'eqchi' inhabitants, improve their health and nutrition, and protect the region's rich natural and cultural resources which include rainforests, caves, and archeological ruins. Analyses of development often consider program impacts and outcomes at a collective, community-wide level rather than at the level of the individual. Using the frameworks of social and cultural capital, this dissertation research project by a cultural anthropologist examines how personal assets differentially position Q'eqchi' individuals to take advantage of opportunities brought by development projects. Social capital refers to the resources that an individual or group has the ability to access through social networks, whereas cultural capital is more diffuse, including education, ethnicity, and dispositions gained through socialization. Research with Q'eqchi' participants and non-participants of development projects in two villages will investigate how assets of cultural capital such as bilingualism (Spanish and Q'eqchi'), educational level, experience living outside of the village, and knowledge of natural resources correlate directly with access to opportunities brought by development agents, as well as how these personal assets position individuals to form relationships with development workers which can lead to access to benefits. Benefits include employment in tourism, training in cash crop production, educational workshops, and travel opportunities. This comparative analysis will expand our understanding of social and cultural capital, which will contribute to a theory widely employed by economists, anthropologists, and sociologists. As ethnographic research among the Q'eqchi' is limited, this research will also expand the field of Maya studies. Broader impacts include new knowledge to help development planners ensure the success of their projects, as well as the advance in the education of a young social scientist.

危地马拉上韦拉帕斯地区的发展计划旨在为当地 Q'eqchi' 居民提供经济替代方案，改善他们的健康和营养，并保护该地区丰富的自然和文化资源，包括雨林、洞穴和考古遗址。 发展分析通常考虑项目在集体、社区层面而不是个人层面的影响和成果。 文化人类学家的这篇论文研究项目利用社会和文化资本的框架，研究了个人资产如何对 Q'eqchi 个人进行差异化定位，以利用发展项目带来的机会。 社会资本是指个人或群体有能力通过社交网络获取的资源，而文化资本则更加分散，包括教育、种族和通过社会化获得的性格。对两个村庄的 Q'eqchi' 开发项目参与者和非参与者进行的研究将调查双语（西班牙语和 Q'eqchi'）等文化资本资产、教育水平、村外生活经验和自然资源知识如何与获得发展代理人带来的机会直接相关，以及这些个人资产如何使个人与发展工作者建立关系，从而获得福利。 福利包括旅游业就业、经济作物生产培训、教育研讨会和旅行机会。 这种比较分析将扩大我们对社会和文化资本的理解，这将有助于形成一种被经济学家、人类学家和社会学家广泛采用的理论。 由于Q'eqchi'人的民族志研究有限，这项研究也将扩大玛雅研究的领域。 更广泛的影响包括帮助发展规划者确保项目成功的新知识，以及年轻社会科学家教育的进步。