Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: In the Aftermath of Displacement: Producing Vulnerable Livelihoods and Food Insecurity on Mount Elgon, Uganda

博士论文改进补助金：流离失所后：乌干达埃尔贡山生产脆弱的生计和粮食不安全

• 批准号: 0920052
• 负责人: J Brosius
• 金额: $ 1.49万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0920052&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Aftermath

University of Georgia doctoral student, David K. Himmelfarb, under the direction of Dr. J. Peter Brosius, will examine the long-term effects of involuntary displacement on food security. Governments around the world enact projects that displace millions of people each year. It is important for both policy and social science theory to investigate the social dynamics of how men and women construct new livelihoods and lifeways in the face of displacement and resettlement. This research will address two overarching questions: (1) Does forced displacement establish relationships of inequality that constrain displaced people's access to resources and livelihood opportunities? (2) If so, do these inequalities produce vulnerability to seasonal food shortages? The research will be carried out in the Benet Resettlement Area, located on the margins of Mt. Elgon National Park, Uganda. Using a comparative research design and a combination of qualitative ethnographic data and quantitative assessments of food insecurity, the researcher will compare livelihood activities, access to resources, relative food security, and strategies for coping with food insecurity in displaced and non-displaced communities.This research will contribute to social science theory about human social resilience and adaptation by adding a long-term perspective to the study of displacement. The project also will directly aid policy planners in more effectively addressing the impacts of previous policies and designing more socially and economically sensitive resettlement initiatives in the future. The research also will contribute to the education of a social scientist.

佐治亚大学的博士生David K.Himmelfarb将在J.Peter Brosius博士的指导下，研究非自愿流离失所对粮食安全的长期影响。世界各国政府制定的项目每年导致数百万人流离失所。无论是政策理论还是社会科学理论，都必须调查男女如何在流离失所和重新安置的情况下建立新的生计和生活方式的社会动态。这项研究将解决两个主要问题：(1)强迫流离失所是否建立了限制流离失所者获得资源和生计机会的不平等关系？(2)如果是这样，这些不平等是否会造成季节性粮食短缺的脆弱性？这项研究将在贝内特安置区进行，该安置区位于芒特山边缘。乌干达埃尔贡国家公园。采用比较研究设计，结合定性的人种学数据和定量的粮食不安全评估，研究人员将比较流离失所和非流离失所社区的生计活动、获得资源的机会、相对粮食安全以及应对粮食不安全的策略。这项研究将通过为流离失所研究增加一个长期视角，为人类社会复原力和适应能力的社会科学理论做出贡献。该项目还将直接协助政策规划者更有效地处理以往政策的影响，并在今后设计更具社会和经济敏感性的重新安置举措。这项研究还将有助于社会科学家的教育。