Doctoral Dissertation Research: Embodied Geopolitics of Everyday Life in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

博士论文研究：波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那莫斯塔尔日常生活的具体地缘政治

• 批准号: 1129790
• 负责人: John Jones
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1129790&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Embodied; Geopolitics

In order to comprehend what processes are involved in solidifying, as well as dissolving ethnic identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), this doctoral dissertation research project focuses on the daily activities and rituals that embody a particular ethnic identity, as well as emotions that accompany them. Complexities of ethnic identity in the region of former Yugoslavia are almost always associated with the brutal conflict that occurred in the 1990s. Dominant political discourses on ethnicity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in particular, are marked with attempts to naturalize opposition between different ethnicities, as well as legitimize violence and creation of ethnically homogeneous areas. Ethnosectarian ideology permeates all structures and institutions of Bosnian society, from political and educational institutions to religious and cultural ones; most of all, it heavily structures the everyday life of people in Bosnia. As such, this project seeks to study the mundane practices of what has been called the "geopolitics of everyday life"; specifically, this research examines not only what particular people are doing in particular places in their daily life, but also the much under-studied issue of what they feel and what emotions they are experiencing in these settings. The research is a primarily qualitative investigation of daily life, based on deployment of multiple methods such as participant observation, walk-alongs, interviews and space-time-emotion diary. The site of the study is a town of Mostar, located in southwestern BiH. It is a historic setting, the contemporary socio-spatial landscape of which is the product of war atrocities, competing nationalist ideologies, and a volatile political climate created under the administrative ethnic partitioning of post-Dayton BiH, during which the town was segregated into a "Bosniak/Muslim" east and a "Croat/Catholic" west.The dissertation advances our knowledge of the relationships between emotions, affect, and geopolitics; for, among several criticisms of affect's non-representational theories is the claim that it has not been used to understand problems of real social and political importance. In addition, this research deploys, in the study of the affective and emotional dimensions of the built environment, an innovative methodology developed in psychology; in particular the project uses an established projective technique that enables the assessment of emotions and affect during participants' daily activities. In this way, this research advances methodologies of affect and emotion in geography. More broadly, the insights gained from this study will contribute to our understanding of the current challenges of multiculturalism throughout Europe. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research career.

为了了解在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那(波黑)巩固和消除种族认同的过程，这一博士论文研究项目侧重于体现特定种族认同的日常活动和仪式，以及伴随他们的情感。前南斯拉夫地区族裔身份的复杂性几乎总是与1990年代发生的残酷冲突联系在一起。特别是关于波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那(波黑)族裔问题的主要政治论述，其特点是试图将不同族裔之间的对立归化，并使暴力合法化和建立种族同质地区。种族宗派意识形态渗透到波斯尼亚社会的所有结构和机构，从政治和教育机构到宗教和文化机构；最重要的是，它严重影响了波斯尼亚人民的日常生活。因此，这个项目试图研究所谓的“日常生活的地缘政治”的世俗做法；具体地说，这项研究不仅考察特定的人在他们日常生活中的特定地方正在做什么，而且还考察了他们在这些环境中感受到的东西和他们正在经历的情感这一很少被研究的问题。本研究以日常生活定性调查为主，运用参与观察、漫步、访谈、时空情感日记等多种研究方法。这项研究的地点是位于波黑西南部的莫斯塔尔镇。这是一个历史背景，其当代社会空间景观是战争暴行、相互竞争的民族主义意识形态以及在后代顿波黑行政种族分割下创造的动荡政治气候的产物，在此期间，该镇被分割为“波什尼亚克族/穆斯林”东部和“克罗地亚/天主教”西部。论文提高了我们对情感、情感和地缘政治之间关系的认识；因为，在对Effect非代表性理论的几个批评中，有一种说法是，它没有被用来理解真正的社会和政治重要性问题。此外，在建筑环境的情感和情感维度的研究中，这项研究运用了心理学中开发的创新方法；特别是该项目使用了一种既定的投射技术，能够在参与者的日常活动中评估情绪和影响。通过这种方式，本研究提出了地理情感和情感的方法论。更广泛地说，从这项研究中获得的见解将有助于我们理解整个欧洲目前面临的多元文化主义挑战。作为博士论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个强大的独立研究生涯。