Doctoral Dissertation Research: Interrelations between Fear and Development Work in Guatemala: A Multi-Perspective Analysis

博士论文研究：危地马拉恐惧与发展工作之间的相互关系：多视角分析

• 批准号: 0927269
• 负责人: James Biles
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 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 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0927269&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Interrelations; between

In recent years numerous countries have emerged from large-scale, intra-state conflicts. A common characteristic in these post-conflict societies has been a noted influx of development aid. The legacy of violence in these countries presents unique challenges for the implementation of development projects. As an inevitable response to long-term systemic violence, fear remains a vital issue among the citizenry of many post-conflict societies. Previous research has investigated the cultural and historical processes which underpin the emergence of fear in various societies. As both a project and a process, development also has received a great deal of scholarly attention. What has been less studied is the role played by fear in the implementation and outcomes of development projects. Utilizing the case study of a highland community in post-conflict Guatemala, this doctoral dissertation research project will analyze the ways in which fear and development interrelate and act upon each other in complex ways. This study also will investigate how communities reconcile fear to improve livelihoods. Because development initiatives in post-conflict societies often seek to promote opportunities and alternatives to the legacies of fear, the study of hope is inherent to any study of fear. As such, the relationship between development initiatives at the local level and the emergence of hope, in the forms of resilience and resistance, is an important component of this project. The doctoral student undertaking this research will use long-term ethnographic fieldwork, semi-structured interviews, and archival research to provide in-depth data on the perceptions and realities of actors at local, national, and international levels regarding the specific ways in which fear shapes and is shaped by development interventions. Subsequent analysis and integration of the collected data will incorporate triangulation, drawing together data collected from various sources using a range of collection procedures. The student expects that triangulation will highlight commonalities and contrasts in the findings, confirming shared perceptions and revealing points of disjuncture and contestation among various stakeholders regarding the ways in which fear impacts the conceptualization, accommodation, and negotiation of development interventions within local communities.The interface of fear and development represents an overlooked area of inquiry, with potential benefits for scholars and development actors in Guatemala and other post-conflict societies. By linking these two formerly disparate discourses, this project will reveal underlying processes that potentially confound development initiatives at the local level. Such findings will provide a unique contribution to research on the theory and practice of development and will be relevant to several constituencies, both within the communities in Guatemala and within the networks of transnational actors at multiple scales. By identifying interrelations between fear and development and by examining concomitant implications for the practice of development, this project will identify more general insights that can then be applied to other development settings. The identification of useful comparisons with other post-conflict societies both within Latin America and in other geographic contexts will have widespread implications for public policy. Furthermore, this Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award will contribute to the development of a strong, independent research career. This award is jointly supported by the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Program and the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering.

近年来，许多国家摆脱了大规模的国内冲突。 这些冲突后社会的一个共同特点是发展援助的显著流入。 这些国家的暴力遗留问题给发展项目的执行带来了独特的挑战。 作为对长期系统性暴力的一种不可避免的反应，恐惧仍然是许多冲突后社会公民的一个重要问题。 先前的研究调查了各种社会中恐惧出现的文化和历史过程。 作为一个项目和一个过程，开发也得到了大量的学术关注。 较少研究的是恐惧在发展项目的实施和结果中所起的作用。 利用冲突后危地马拉高地社区的案例研究，本博士论文研究项目将分析恐惧和发展相互关联的方式，并以复杂的方式相互作用。 这项研究还将调查社区如何调和恐惧以改善生计。 由于冲突后社会的发展举措往往寻求促进机会和替代恐惧的办法，因此对希望的研究是任何对恐惧的研究所固有的。 因此，地方一级的发展举措与以复原力和抵抗力的形式出现的希望之间的关系是该项目的一个重要组成部分。 从事这项研究的博士生将使用长期的民族志实地考察，半结构化访谈和档案研究，以提供关于地方，国家和国际层面行为者的看法和现实的深入数据，这些行为者关于恐惧塑造和发展干预措施塑造的具体方式。 随后对所收集数据的分析和整合将采用三角测量法，利用一系列收集程序汇集从各种来源收集的数据。 学生希望三角测量将突出调查结果中的共性和对比，确认共同的看法，并揭示不同利益相关者之间关于恐惧影响当地社区内发展干预措施的概念化、适应和谈判的方式的脱节和分歧点。恐惧与发展的界面是一个被忽视的调查领域，这对危地马拉和其他冲突后社会的学者和发展行动者具有潜在的好处。 通过将这两种以前完全不同的论述联系起来，本项目将揭示可能混淆地方一级发展倡议的潜在进程。 这些研究结果将为发展理论和实践的研究作出独特贡献，并将与危地马拉社区内和多个规模的跨国行为者网络内的若干支持者有关。 通过确定恐惧与发展之间的相互关系，并通过审查对发展实践的伴随影响，该项目将确定更普遍的见解，然后可以应用于其他发展环境。 确定与拉丁美洲和其他地理环境中其他冲突后社会的有益比较，将对公共政策产生广泛影响。 此外，这个博士论文研究改进奖将有助于发展一个强大的，独立的研究事业。 该奖项由NSF地理和空间科学计划和NSF国际科学与工程办公室共同支持。