Half a Century through Personal Stories: Palestinian and Israelis in 1967 and Onward

这个民族志项目涉及个人的个人经历，他们的生活跨越了自1967年以来以色列/巴勒斯坦冲突的动荡几十年。国际、国家和地方政治机构以其军事力量对这一地区进行领土塑造和行政控制，通常无视在这一日常环境中具有不同身份的个人的交流和文化习俗。发现自己从公寓里撤离，目睹别人搬进来，尽管政治动荡，但仍坚持睦邻关系，在敌对家庭工作，照顾他们的孩子，代表那些被政府压迫的人抗议：这些被忽视但强大的经历可以追溯到五十多年前，将由以色列和巴勒斯坦的研究人员共同记录。他们将共同培训初级研究人员使用定性访谈方法，并通过实例展示实地关注生活经验的启发性价值，这些经验在冲突各方之间和冲突各方之外传播。先前的研究表明，了解对手的恐惧和愿望可以减少对对方的敌意，并有助于承认共同经历的困难。个人故事以辛酸的形式概括了复杂的经历。对这些指标的分析和在有关人口中的传播有助于对个人愿望与政治两极分化之间的差距有更有区别的理解。与最古老的几代人合作，该项目为那些生活在硬化边界中的人准备了一个讨论性的聚会场所。一个元项目伴随着两个当地的研究团队;它依赖于与主要项目相同的方法，并说明了即使在和平时期，社会和文化研究人员也必须与他们的研究地点保持联系。该元项目阐述了在冲突局势中必须调动的那种反思性，以努力实现跨越冲突线的合作，同时保持对实地顾问的真正同情的立场。整个研究力求为以色列/巴勒斯坦的年轻一代以及其他此类冲突树立一个模式，以化解强硬的政治立场，超越共同人性的基础。

This ethnographic project addresses the personal experiences of individuals, whose lives span over the tumultuous decades of conflict in Israel/Palestine since 1967. International, national and local political bodies with their military power territorially shape and administratively control this region, and generally disregard the communicative and cultural practices of individuals with heterogeneous identifications in this everyday context. Finding oneself evacuated from an apartment and witnessing others moving in, upholding neighborly relations despite political turmoil, working in enemy households and taking care of their children, protesting on behalf of those whoare oppressed by ones government: These overlooked yet powerful experiences reaching back over five decades will be jointly documented by researchers led by an Israeli and a Palestinian P.I. They will jointly train junior researchers in qualitative interview methods and demonstrate by example the heuristic value of on the ground attention to life experiences, brought into circulation among and beyond the conflict parties. Prior research has shown that understanding the fears and aspirations about the opponent reduces antagonisms towards the other and contributes to an acknowledgement of shared if differently experienced hardships. Personal stories encapsulate complex experiences in poignant form. Their analysis and dissemination in concerned populations contributes to a more differentiated understanding of the gap between individual aspirations and political polarization. Working with the oldest generations, the project prepares a discursive meeting ground for those whose lives began in the midst of hardened frontiers. A meta-project accompanies the two local research teams; it relies on the same methods as the primary project and illustrates how qualitative social and cultural researchers are by necessity entwined with their research sites, even in peaceful of times. The meta-project elaborates on the kind of reflexivity that has to be mustered in conflict situations to work toward cooperation across conflict lines while simultaneously maintain a stance of genuine empathy vis-à-vis field consultants. The research as a whole seeks to model for younger generations in Israel/Palestine as well as for other such conflicts an approach to defuse hardened political stances and transcend to the basis of common humanity.