Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Descendants' Organizations and Cultural Heritage in Kiowa Society

博士论文改进补助金：基奥瓦社会的后裔组织和文化遗产

• 批准号: 0823653
• 负责人: Daniel Swan
• 金额: $ 0.66万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 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: 2008-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0823653&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Descendants

A core finding of recent research on heritage and historical consciousness is that interpretations and representations of the past are rooted in the contemporary moment. Their significance is seen as lying not in the past, but rather in the cultural work that they are made to perform in the present. Previous studies have focused on the role of heritage and historical consciousness in large scale nationalist and separatist movements. Far less is known about how they are deployed in smaller but still culturally distinct social settings. This research will fill that gap. Graduate student Michael P. Jordan, supervised by Dr. Daniel C. Swan, will undertake research on the ways in which heritage and historical consciousness are brought into the social dynamics and internal politics of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, a federally recognized American Indian tribe with headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma. Nineteenth century Kiowa society was stratified and social rank continued to influence tribal politics into the mid-twentieth century. To examine the uses of the past today, the researcher will focus on recently created formal descendants' organizations, groups organized by lineal descendants to commemorate their nineteenth century ancestors. He will employ a mixed methods approach, combining the study of inter- and intra-group interaction, analysis of the discursive and material aspects of performance events, and informal and formal interviewing. This investigation of this interesting case will provide a window into the larger phenomenon of how consciousness of the past is deployed in the present. The research is important because the phenomenon under investigation is found world wide. The research will contribute to theory about how and why contemporary social groups continue to make use of highly localized distinctions despite globalization. In addition, assessment of the ways in which descendants' organizations utilize intellectual property associated with 19th century historical figures will contribute to social science understanding of cross-cultural variation in intellectual property systems. The research also will contribute to the education of a graduate student.

最近关于遗产和历史意识的研究的一个核心发现是，对过去的解释和再现植根于当代。 他们的意义被认为不在于过去，而在于他们在现在所做的文化工作。以往的研究主要集中在遗产和历史意识在大规模民族主义和分离主义运动中的作用。关于它们如何在规模较小但文化差异仍然很大的社会环境中部署，人们知之甚少。这项研究将填补这一空白。 研究生迈克尔·P·乔丹，由丹尼尔·C博士指导。斯旺将研究遗产和历史意识如何被带入俄克拉荷马州的基奥瓦部落的社会动态和内部政治，这是一个联邦政府承认的美洲印第安部落，总部设在俄克拉荷马州的卡内基。世纪基奥瓦社会是分层的，社会等级继续影响部落政治，直到世纪中期。 为了研究过去的今天的用途，研究人员将重点放在最近创建的正式后代组织，由直系后代组织，以纪念他们的世纪祖先的团体。 他将采用混合方法的方法，结合组间和组内互动的研究，对表演事件的话语和材料方面的分析，以及非正式和正式的采访。对这个有趣案例的调查将为我们提供一个窗口，让我们了解更大的现象，即过去的意识是如何在现在部署的。这项研究是重要的，因为正在调查的现象是世界范围内发现的。这项研究将有助于理论如何以及为什么当代社会群体继续利用高度本地化的区别，尽管全球化。此外，对后代组织利用与19世纪历史人物有关的知识产权的方式进行评估，将有助于从社会科学角度理解知识产权制度的跨文化差异。本研究也将有助于研究生的教育。