Doctoral Disseration Research: Stabilizing Gender in a Post-War Context: Possibilities for Peace in Northern Uganda

博士论文研究：战后背景下的性别稳定：乌干达北部和平的可能性

• 批准号: 1003541
• 负责人: Lorraine Dowler
• 金额: $ 1.18万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-15 至 2011-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1003541&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Disseration; Research; Stabilizing; Gender

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONGEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL SCIENCES PROGRAMABSTRACT1003541 Lorraine DowlerNicole J LalibertePennsylvania State Univ University ParkStabilizing Gender in a Post-War Context: Possibilities for peace in northern UgandaThis study investigates the ways in which post-war stabilization may perpetuate or even create new forms of gendered violence and inequality, even when explicitly attentive to issues of gender. Attempts to stabilize are attempts to normalize particular social relations and an analysis of these processes can be used to assess the priorities of those vying for power in the post-war context. In particular, an analysis of attempts to stabilize gender relations can be used to examine how gender identities are used to place some people in positions of power over others. Taking advantage of the transitional moment of resettlement in northern Uganda, this study examines the negotiation of power in processes of stabilization in the post-war landscape, the way gender is used within these negotiations, and the effect of these gendered processes of stabilization on people's lives. This study asks how gender is constructed by the state, local organizations, and international agencies in Uganda to affirm their visions of stability. How do these visions vary by place, and how do their discursive and material manifestations affect people's lives? Finally, what role does the stabilization of specific social relations have on local strategies for realizing peace and equality? This research will apply feminist theory and critical development theory to the particularities of post-war landscapes in order to understand the shifts in authority, agency and violence that are associated with stabilization and reconstruction. This research will be conducted in collaboration with the National Association of Women's Organizations in Uganda (NAWOU). By using a qualitative methodology while working with NAWOU member organizations in Gulu, Pader and Kitgum districts, the study will be able to collect data on a highly transient population that has little trust in researchers. With the guidance of NAWOU, the findings of this study will be disseminated directly to local feminist organizations to contribute to their ongoing efforts for peace and equality in the region as well as national and international actors that are trying to create gender sensitive programming in the post-war landscape of northern Uganda.This project contributes to feminist scholarship in multiple disciplines by investigating the theoretical disconnect between the investigation of the experiences of both men and women during a period of conflict and the experiences of those very same men and women in a post-war society as it undergoes the process of development. This project nests itself in the intersection of these two very important theoretical frameworks with the aim of not simply offering a better understanding of gender relations but a better understanding of how those gender relations are integral to sustainable peace. Furthermore, by using feminist geographic theory that critically engages with the concepts of place and scale, this research will connect global, national and local discourses with the on-the-ground material experiences of individuals to explore possibilities for peace. This project is jointly supported by the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Program and the NSF Africa, Near East, and South Asia Program (ANESA) of the Office of International Science and Engineering.

1003541 Lorraine Dowler Nicole J Lalibert宾夕法尼亚州立大学公园战后背景下的性别稳定：乌干达北方和平的可能性这项研究调查了战后稳定可能延续甚至创造新形式的性别暴力和不平等的方式，即使明确关注性别问题。稳定的努力是使特定社会关系正常化的努力，对这些进程的分析可以用来评估那些在战后争夺权力的人的优先事项。特别是，对稳定性别关系的努力进行分析，可以用来审查性别认同如何被用来将一些人置于凌驾于其他人之上的权力地位。利用在乌干达北方重新安置的过渡时刻，本研究探讨了战后景观的稳定化进程中的权力谈判，在这些谈判中使用性别的方式，以及这些性别稳定化进程对人们生活的影响。本研究询问性别是如何构建的国家，地方组织和国际机构在乌干达，以肯定他们的稳定愿景。这些愿景如何因地而异，它们的话语和物质表现如何影响人们的生活？最后，具体社会关系的稳定对实现和平与平等的地方战略有何作用？本研究将运用女权主义理论和批判性发展理论，以战后景观的特殊性，以了解与稳定和重建相关的权力，机构和暴力的变化。这项研究将与乌干达全国妇女组织协会合作进行。通过与古卢、帕德尔和基特古姆地区的NAWOU成员组织合作，使用定性方法，这项研究将能够收集关于高度流动人口的数据，这些人口对研究人员几乎不信任。在吴导的指导下，这项研究的结果将直接传播给当地女权组织，以促进它们为该区域和平与平等正在进行的努力，并传播给正在努力在2010年后制定对性别问题有敏感认识的方案的国家和国际行为者。乌干达北方的战争景观。这个项目有助于女权主义奖学金在多个学科通过调查之间的理论脱节调查男子和妇女在冲突期间的经历以及这些男子和妇女在战后社会发展过程中的经历。该项目本身就处于这两个非常重要的理论框架的交叉点，其目的不仅是更好地理解性别关系，而且是更好地理解这些性别关系如何成为可持续和平的组成部分。此外，通过使用女性主义地理理论，批判性地参与地方和规模的概念，这项研究将连接全球，国家和地方的话语与个人的实地物质经验，以探索和平的可能性。该项目由NSF地理和空间科学计划以及NSF国际科学与工程办公室的非洲，近东和南亚计划（ANESA）共同支持。