Doctoral Dissertation Research: Historical Memory and the Making of Liberal-Democratic Citizens in Post-Franco Spain

博士论文研究：历史记忆与后弗朗哥西班牙自由民主公民的塑造

• 批准号: 1023801
• 负责人: Jean Comaroff
• 金额: $ 1.87万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 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: 2010-09-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1023801&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Historical; Memory

University of Chicago doctoral student Jonah Rubin, supervised by Dr. Jean Comaroff, will undertake research on reformulations of a nation's collective memory in transitions from non-democratic to democratic forms of government. The importance of forging a common narrative about the newly democratic country's past is widely recognized, but the actual process of rewriting national histories is often marred with controversies. One reason for this is the lack of understanding of precisely how and why memory is important to creating liberal citizens and states. This research will fill this gap through a field investigation of the production and transmission of historical memories.The research will be conducted in Spain. Over the past decade, the issue of how to remember the victims of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and ensuing Franco dictatorship (1939-1975) have concerned legislators, educators, and everyday citizens throughout Spain. Using a wide variety of qualitative methodologies, including interviews and participant observation, Rubin will carry out research at and near exhumation sites, in schools, and with organizations dedicated to creating historical memory. The researcher will assess: (1) the practices by which historical memories are formed in exhumations and other forensic encounters; (2) the ways this historical memory is articulated and transmitted to the next generation in school curricula; and (3) how the creation and transmission of historical memories reconfigure the understandings of citizenship in contemporary Spain. The research will contribute to social science theories of processes of marked political transitions. Findings may be of interest to those involved in transitional justice policy making and the implementation of democratic transitions the world over. Funding this research also supports the education of a graduate student.

芝加哥大学博士生乔纳·鲁宾将在让·科马罗夫博士的指导下，研究一个国家在从非民主到民主政府形式的过渡中的集体记忆的重新表述。对这个新民主国家的过去形成共同叙述的重要性得到了广泛的认可，但重写国家历史的实际过程往往受到争议的影响。其中一个原因是缺乏对记忆如何以及为什么对创造自由公民和国家很重要的确切理解。这项研究将通过对历史记忆的产生和传播进行实地调查来填补这一空白。在过去的十年中，如何纪念西班牙内战（1936-1939）和随后的佛朗哥独裁统治（1939-1975）的受害者的问题一直困扰着西班牙的立法者，教育工作者和普通公民。使用各种各样的定性方法，包括访谈和参与者观察，鲁宾将在挖掘现场和附近，在学校，并与致力于创造历史记忆的组织进行研究。研究人员将评估：（1）在挖掘和其他法医遭遇中形成历史记忆的做法;（2）在学校课程中表达和传递这种历史记忆的方式;以及（3）历史记忆的创造和传递如何重新配置当代西班牙对公民身份的理解。该研究将有助于显著的政治转型过程的社会科学理论。调查结果可能会对那些参与过渡时期司法政策制定和实施民主过渡的人感兴趣。资助这项研究也支持研究生的教育。