Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: Material Culture as a Reflection of Cultural Interaction

博士论文改进奖：物质文化作为文化互动的体现

• 批准号: 2223975
• 负责人: Patricia Crown
• 金额: $ 2.69万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2223975&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Award; Material

When people move to a new area, they form new relationships that are reflected in the objects they make. These relationships may differ depending on whether one is a local or newcomer. Understanding how and why people change the way they do things is important because rapid and largescale migrations are currently occurring across the globe. Archaeology supports the study of the role of material things in local-newcomer interactions. This research will shed light on interaction by looking at material changes in migrant, local, and resultant multicultural communities. The study asks, “How do local residents and new arrivals change or maintain their practices in a new living situation?” It is worthwhile to know how different groups of people react to a move or relocation because what people do and make defines their identity and affects their opportunities for new relationships. This study specifically concerns potting communities and the relationships that form among potters following a move. When potters move with their community, they may work separately from the potters they encounter in their new residence. They may adopt certain local design styles. Or they may begin working with local potters, sharing and merging practices. This archaeological research looks at potters living and working in such a community. Researchers will identify communities of potters based on evidence of those potting practices that are most conservative, most closely tied to the learning environment, and least visible in the finished ceramic product. While potters can copy a painted design by looking at a pot, they learn face-to-face how to form a pot, mix a clay recipe, or fire a batch of vessels. Copying suggests indirect, symbolic interaction, whereas working and learning together is more intimate. Data collection methods include the study of painted decorative designs as well as petrography and X-radiography. The research will use these data to reconstruct production processes and determine whether newcomers and locals worked separately or together. This research relies on and will properly credit descendant scholarship, including published works, artists’ statements, and interviews. The co-PI will hire and train a student from an underrepresented minority group. The PIs will share the results with Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and the public. The project will culminate with a workshop geared toward community members—a productive way to disseminate results and build bridges across disciplines and with descendant communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

当人们搬到一个新的领域时，他们形成了新的关系，这些关系反映在他们制作的物品上。根据是本地人还是新人，这些关系可能会有所不同。了解人们如何以及为什么改变他们做事的方式很重要，因为目前全球正在发生快速而大规模的迁移。考古学支持对物质在当地与新来者互动中的作用的研究。这项研究将通过观察移民、当地和由此产生的多元文化社区的物质变化来阐明相互作用。这项研究提出的问题是，在新的生活环境下，当地居民和新来港人士如何改变或维持他们的做法？了解不同人群对搬家或搬迁的反应是值得的，因为人们的所作所为决定了他们的身份，并影响了他们建立新关系的机会。这项研究特别涉及盆栽社区和搬家后陶工之间形成的关系。当陶工与他们的社区一起搬家时，他们可能会与他们在新住所遇到的陶工分开工作。他们可能会采用某些当地的设计风格。或者，他们可能会开始与当地陶工合作，分享和合并实践。这项考古研究着眼于生活和工作在这样一个社区的陶工。研究人员将根据那些最保守、与学习环境最密切相关、在成品陶瓷产品中最不明显的盆栽做法的证据来确定陶工群体。虽然陶工们可以通过看着锅来模仿画好的图案，但他们会面对面地学习如何制作锅、混合粘土配方或烧制一批器皿。抄袭意味着间接的、象征性的互动，而一起工作和学习则更亲密。数据收集方法包括研究彩绘装饰设计以及岩相学和X光照相法。这项研究将使用这些数据来重建生产流程，并确定新来者和当地人是单独工作还是一起工作。这项研究依赖于并将适当地归功于后代学术，包括出版的作品、艺术家的声明和采访。联合PI将从代表不足的少数族裔群体中招聘和培训一名学生。PIS将与部落历史保护办公室和公众分享结果。该项目将以面向社区成员的研讨会结束--这是一种传播成果、跨学科和与后代社区建立桥梁的富有成效的方式。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。