Completion of Work on the Multi--Ethnic Cross-Border Trade Systems of the China-Burma Border

Frederic K.Lehman博士将从事人类学高风险研究(HRRA)，以完成对亚洲高原边境地区中国人、缅甸人和掸族人之间的贸易网络和种族关系的长期研究。通过档案和人种学研究，雷曼兄弟将收集有关文化和语言变异以及随着时间的推移民族认同形成的信息。除了描述性文件外，该项目还将产生一个正式的文化传播认知模型及其在认知母体中的编码。HRRA奖项的目的之一是使用小额赠款来满足迫切需要。在目前的情况下，将进行研究的地区在人种学文献中没有得到很好的记录。此外，文化变化和老年告密者的死亡意味着没有多少时间来填补这一空白。此外，该地区悠久的民族关系历史为进一步发展对人类社会认知的理解提供了独特的机会。由于这项研究将与中国研究人员合作进行，它也将为国际合作和能力建设做出贡献。

Dr. Frederic K. Lehman will undertake High Risk Research in Anthropology (HRRA) to complete a long-term study of trade networks and ethnic relations among Chinese, Burmese, and Shan in the highland border regions of Asia. Through archival and ethnographic research, Lehman will gather information on cultural and linguistic variability, and the formation of ethnic identity over time. In addition to descriptive documentation, the project will produce a formal cognitive model of cultural transmission and its encoding in cognitive matrices.One purpose of HRRA awards is to use small grants to fill an urgent need. In the current case, the region where the research will be carried out is not well-documented in the ethnographic literature. Furthermore, culture change and the death of elderly informants means that there is little time to fill this gap. In addition, the long history of interethnic relations in this region provides a unique opportunity for further development of understanding of human social cognition. Because the research will be carried out in cooperation with Chinese researchers, it also will contribute to international collaboration and capacity building.