Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Proposal: Adivasi Subjectivity and Sites of Reform. State, Tribe, and Drink in Jharkhand, India.

博士论文改进建议：原住民主体性和改革场所。

• 批准号: 0613194
• 负责人: Veena Das
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Johns Hopkins University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-11-15 至 2007-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0613194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Proposal; Adivasi

Graduate student Roger Begrich, under the supervision of Dr. Veena Das, will investigate the relationship between Adivasi (indigenous or tribal people) and the Indian government. Research will be conducted over an 18-month period in two Adivasi communities, one urban and one rural, in the state of Jharkhand, India. Jharkhand is a newly created state in the Indian Union, having been granted statehood in November 2000, after Adivasi movements had demanded state autonomy for more than 50 years. The creation of this new federal state represents an important turning point in the history of indigenous peoples in India. It is therefore of particular interest to analyze the dynamics ensuing from the interaction between governmental processes and local communities at this specific moment. The particular focus of this investigation will be Adivasi practices of alcohol consumption, which long have been at the center of state concerns of reforming Adivasi communities, while simultaneously a fundamental aspect of Adivasi identity. The researcher will gather data from colonial and contemporary archives, and will conduct an ethnographic field study, using participatory mapping, semi-structured interviews, household budget analysis, household suervys, and participant observation. He will investigate state discourses and practices that constitute Adivasis, through their drinking practices, as a distinct population, as targets of reform. He also will compile a detailed ethnography of drinking practices and consequences within the social and moral worlds of the two focal Adivasi communities.This research will contribute significantly to the training of a social scientist and to three contemporary areas of social science inquiry: the study of indigenous peoples, the interdisciplinary field of alcohol studies, and the ethnography of the state. It will also help to fill the need for a nuanced understanding of substance abuse problems among marginal populations. The findings of this research can thus be helpful for formulating effective public health interventions in India and elsewhere.

研究生罗杰·贝格里奇（Roger Begrich）在维纳·达斯（Veena Das）博士的监督下，将调查阿迪瓦西（土著或部落居民）与印度政府之间的关系。研究将在印度贾坎德邦的两个阿迪瓦西社区进行，为期18个月，一个城市，一个农村。贾坎德是印度联邦新成立的一个邦，在阿迪瓦西人运动要求邦自治50多年之后，于2000年11月获得邦地位。这个新的联邦国家的建立是印度土著人民历史上的一个重要转折点。因此，在这一特定时刻，分析政府进程与地方社区之间的互动所产生的动态特别有意义。这项调查的特别重点将是Adivasi人的饮酒习惯，长期以来，这一直是国家改革Adivasi社区的核心问题，同时也是Adivasi人身份的一个基本方面。研究人员将从殖民地和当代档案中收集数据，并将进行人种学实地研究，使用参与性绘图，半结构化访谈，家庭预算分析，家庭调查和参与者观察。他将调查国家的话语和做法，构成Adivasis，通过他们的饮酒习惯，作为一个独特的人口，作为改革的目标。他还将编写一份详细的民族志，介绍两个重点阿迪瓦西社区的社会和道德世界中的饮酒习俗和后果。这项研究将大大有助于培养社会科学家，并有助于社会科学调查的三个当代领域：土著人民的研究，酒精研究的跨学科领域，以及国家的民族志。它还将有助于满足对边缘人口中药物滥用问题的细致了解的需要。因此，这项研究的结果有助于在印度和其他地方制定有效的公共卫生干预措施。