Doctoral Dissertation Research: Legal and Moral Sources of Trust in the Social Lives of Displaced People

博士论文研究：流离失所者社会生活中信任的法律和道德来源

• 批准号: 1728090
• 负责人: Thomas Hansen
• 金额: $ 2.2万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1728090&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Legal; Moral

The research supported by this award investigates the local-level legal and moral relationships through which displaced people are incorporated into new social environments. Massive global population displacement has produced what some label the greatest humanitarian crisis since the founding of the United Nations. But explaining the full ramifications of displacement remains a challenging problem for social scientists. Those who ascribe to rational choice models may see the decision to move as a reasoned choice given situational factors. Others point to structural factors, such as political and economic inequalities, to explain dislocation. But these explanations do not account for the legal and ethical relationships, grounded in trust, that make it possible for displaced people to be re-emplaced after relocation. This research will investigate the micro-processes through which trust is cultivated by and for displaced people. Understanding these processes, critical to comprehending what is needed to end the crisis, is important for advancing social science theory about displacement and for U. S. policy.The research will be carried out by Stanford University anthropology doctoral student, Kerem Can Ussakli, as part of advanced training in how to conduct empirically grounded scientific fieldwork, under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Blom Hansen. The research will be conducted in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. This is an appropriate site because after gaining autonomy, the region has become known for its resilience, social cohesion, and hospitality for the internally displaced populations. The researcher will look at sponsorship relations between Iraqi internally displaced people and their Kurdish hosts, to examine how individuals create cultural networks and moral mechanisms of trust even in conditions of prolonged violence. He will work with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), humanitarian workers, lawyers, displaced people, and local residents to document the varying legal statuses and claims raised by each actor. Data will be collected through a mixed-methods approach including participant observation, interviews and life-histories and archival research. Findings from this research will be useful to policymakers who seek better-informed policies in the fields of state-building, refugee settlement, government, and international law.

该奖项支持的研究调查了地方一级的法律和道德关系，通过这些关系，流离失所的人被纳入新的社会环境。大规模的全球人口流离失所造成了一些人所说的自联合国成立以来最大的人道主义危机。但是，对于社会科学家来说，解释流离失所的全部后果仍然是一个具有挑战性的问题。那些归因于理性选择模型的人可能会认为，考虑到情况因素，搬家的决定是合理的选择。其他人指出，政治和经济不平等等结构性因素是造成混乱的原因。但这些解释没有考虑到建立在信任基础上的法律和道德关系，这些关系使流离失所的人有可能在重新安置后重新安置。这项研究将调查流离失所者培养信任和为他们培养信任的微观过程。了解这些过程对于理解结束危机需要什么至关重要，对于推进有关流离失所的社会科学理论和美国的政策至关重要。这项研究将由斯坦福大学人类学博士生凯伦·坎·乌萨克利进行，作为如何在托马斯·布卢姆·汉森博士的指导下进行基于经验的科学实地考察的高级培训的一部分。这项研究将在伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区政府进行。这是一个合适的地点，因为在获得自治后，该地区以其韧性、社会凝聚力和对国内流离失所人口的好客而闻名。这位研究人员将研究伊拉克境内流离失所者与他们的库尔德东道主之间的赞助关系，以考察即使在长期暴力的条件下，个人如何创建文化网络和道德信任机制。他将与当地非政府组织(NGO)、人道主义工作者、律师、流离失所者和当地居民合作，记录每个行为者提出的不同法律地位和索赔。数据将通过混合方法收集，包括参与者观察、访谈、生活史和档案研究。这项研究的发现将对在国家建设、难民安置、政府和国际法领域寻求更知情的政策的政策制定者有用。