Small Grant for Exploratory Research: Collective Forgetting of Historical Violence

用于探索性研究的小额资助：历史暴力的集体遗忘

• 批准号: 0814185
• 负责人: Glenn Adams
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0814185&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Small; Grant; Exploratory; Research; Collective

This SGER proposal investigates mechanisms of collective forgetting in the aftermath of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee (FRC) resolution to identify Ottoman killing of Armenians (1915-1917) a case of "genocide". The theoretical context for the proposal is a larger program of research that applies a cultural psychology perspective to the study of memory and identity. Because people do not have direct memory of centuries-old events, they necessarily construct a sense of collective identity via social representations of history. However, prevailing representations of history are not unbiased reflections of objectively recorded events, but instead constitute celebratory constructions of the past that promote forgetting of collective misdeeds.In the first phase of the study, the research team will travel to Turkey to survey participants regarding experience of Turkish identity, policy-relevant attitudes, and understanding of historical events pertaining to the FRC resolution. Of particular interest will be the relationship between national identification, use of interpretative denial mechanisms (e.g., euphemistic naming) and endorsement of nationalistic policy. The second phase will compare collective forgetting as a function of identity relevance and representation of violence. The final phase involves a follow-up study in Turkey to explore how collective forgetting operates over time. This work contributes to the social, cognitive, and cultural understanding of memory as a dynamic collective construction.

美国众议院外交关系委员会（FRC）决议认定奥斯曼帝国屠杀亚美尼亚人（1915-1917）为“种族灭绝”，SGER提案调查了集体遗忘的机制。该提案的理论背景是一个更大的研究项目，将文化心理学的视角应用于记忆和身份的研究。由于人们对数百年历史的事件没有直接记忆，他们必须通过历史的社会表征来构建一种集体认同感。然而，流行的历史陈述并不是客观记录事件的公正反映，而是对过去的庆祝性建构，促进了对集体罪行的遗忘。在研究的第一阶段，研究小组将前往土耳其，调查参与者对土耳其身份的体验、与政策相关的态度，以及对与FRC决议有关的历史事件的理解。特别令人感兴趣的是民族认同、使用解释性否认机制（例如委婉命名）和支持民族主义政策之间的关系。第二阶段将比较集体遗忘作为身份相关性和暴力表征的功能。最后一个阶段是在土耳其进行的后续研究，以探索集体遗忘是如何随着时间的推移而运作的。这项工作有助于社会，认知和文化的理解记忆作为一个动态的集体建设。