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

这个项目考察了法律法规如何塑造记忆和文化遗产。这项研究聚焦于管理历史挖掘遗址和挖掘许可证申请的法律和实践，询问国家法规和受这些法规管辖的法规如何有助于历史记述、纪念碑和材料遗产的制作。这项研究试图增进对法律如何以有时出人意料或相互矛盾的方式运作的理解和理论。该项目的更广泛影响包括对研究生进行严格的实证和定性田野调查方法的培训。博士生Onder Celik在Veena Das博士的指导下，将通过规范大规模暴力地点挖掘的法律的人种学案例研究来进行这项研究。特别是，该案例研究将重点关注在土耳其寻找亚美尼亚宝藏过程中的法律监管。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，包括参与者观察、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.