Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: The Effects of Shifting Borders on Ethnic Identity: The Case of Bulgarian Turks

博士论文改进补助金：边界转移对民族认同的影响：保加利亚土耳其人的案例

• 批准号: 0920941
• 负责人: Robert Hayden
• 金额: $ 1.49万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 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: 2009-06-01 至 2010-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0920941&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Effects

University of Pittsburgh doctoral student Hande Sozer, with guidance from Dr. Robert M. Hayden, will undertake research on how ethnic identity develops when ethnic groups are internally and externally fragmented. The focus of her research will be a case study of Bulgarian Turks. With the creation of the Ottoman-Bulgaria border in 1878, the Turkish population in Bulgaria took on a multifacted identity, divided not only by the border, but also, in both countries, by internal hierarchical divisions along religious lines (Alevi Muslim versus Sunni Muslim) and regional lines (whether they originated in northern or southern Bulgaria). The complexity of the situation of Bulgarian Turks provides an ideal opportunity for refining social science understanding of ethnic groups and boundaries.The researcher will investigate multiple aspects of the situation of Bulgarian Turks: How do members of a minority's different subgroups accommodate their disadvantages vis-à-vis other subgroups and in the broader society? Does it help or hinder them to maintain relations across borders and divisions? When, how, and why have members of some subgroups realized these connections while others did not? She will conduct archival research in Bulgaria and Turkey, and undertake ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation and focused interviewing among Bulgarian Turks in two sites in Bulgaria (Razgrad and Kardjali) and one site Turkey (Bursa).Governments often develop policies that are based on the assumption of homogeneity within minority populations. This research will test those assumptions and, in so doing, contribute to better social science theory of ethnic differentiation and the effects of borders, as well as better policy for minorities. The award also contributes to the education of a social scientist.

匹兹堡大学博士生Hande Sozer在Robert M.海登，将进行研究如何民族身份的发展时，民族群体的内部和外部分裂。她的研究重点将是保加利亚土耳其人的案例研究。随着1878年奥斯曼-保加利亚边境的划定，保加利亚的土耳其人口呈现出多方面的身份，不仅因边境而分裂，而且在两国中，还因内部等级划分而分裂，沿着宗教界限（阿列维穆斯林与逊尼派穆斯林）和地区界限（无论他们起源于保加利亚北方还是南方）。保加利亚土耳其人处境的复杂性为完善社会科学对族裔群体和边界的理解提供了一个理想的机会。研究人员将调查保加利亚土耳其人处境的多个方面：一个少数群体的不同亚群体的成员如何适应他们维斯维斯其他亚群体和更广泛社会的劣势？它是否有助于或阻碍他们保持跨越边界和分歧的关系？何时，如何，以及为什么一些小组的成员意识到这些联系，而其他人没有？她将在保加利亚和土耳其进行档案研究，并进行人种学实地考察，包括在保加利亚的两个地点（拉兹格勒和卡尔贾利）和土耳其的一个地点（布尔萨）对保加利亚土耳其人进行参与式观察和重点访谈。这项研究将检验这些假设，并在这样做的过程中，有助于更好的社会科学理论的族裔分化和边界的影响，以及更好的政策，为少数群体。该奖项还有助于社会科学家的教育。