Doctoral Dissertation Research: Legal Regulation, Memory, and Cultural Heritage

这个项目探讨了法律法规如何塑造记忆和文化遗产。着眼于法律和实践管理的历史挖掘地点和申请挖掘许可证，研究询问国家法规和那些受这些法规管辖的有助于生产的历史帐户，纪念馆，和物质遗产。该研究旨在推进对法律如何在有时意想不到或矛盾的方式下工作的理解和理论。这个项目更广泛的影响包括训练研究生在严格的经验和定性的实地工作方法。博士生Onder Celik在Veena Das博士的指导下，将通过规范大规模暴力遗址挖掘的法律的民族志案例研究来进行这项研究。具体而言，案例研究将侧重于在土耳其寻找亚美尼亚宝藏时“寻宝”的法律规定。人类学研究将在土耳其的五个地点进行，使用实地研究技术，包括参与观察、访谈和文件分析。

This project examines how legal regulation shapes memory and cultural heritage. Focusing on laws and practices governing historical excavation sites and applications for excavation permits, the research asks how state regulation and those governed by those regulations contribute to the production of historical accounts, memorials, and material heritage. The research seeks to advance understanding and theory of how law works in sometimes unexpected or contradictory ways. The broader impacts of this project include the training of a graduate student in rigorous empirical and qualitative fieldwork methods.Doctoral student Onder Celik, supervised by Dr. Veena Das, will conduct this research through an ethnographic case study of laws regulating excavation of sites of mass violence. In particular, the case study will focus on the legal regulation of "treasure hunting" in the search for Armenian treasures in Turkey. The anthropological research will be carried out in five sites in Turkey using field research techniques, including participant observation, interviews, and document analysis.