Reconstruction of a Samoan Village: Poutasi after the tsunami of 2009 - still a spatial symbol of local social identity?

萨摩亚村庄的重建：2009 年海啸后的普塔西 - 仍然是当地社会身份的空间象征吗？

• 批准号: 277067584
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Werner Hennings
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Fakultät für Soziologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-31 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/277067584?language=en
• 关键词: Reconstruction; Samoan; Village; Poutasi; after

At the end of September, 2009, a tsunami destroyed almost all villages of the south-coast of the island Upolu (Samoa). A study which I conducted in 2006 and which has been supported by the German Research Community (Localising Globalisation: Socio-spatial changes in Samoa) among other things showed that the spatial-architectural structure of the village of Poutasi, situated in a central position of the south-coast of Upolu, can be seen as a narrative space providing a central message for the local population and the Samoan society and culture as a whole: The spatial narration of Poutasi can be read as a mirror of the Samoan mythology and the Samoan social structure. The spatial text tells of the myth and the social hierarchy of the families of the village (faalupega) and of the socio-spatial turn of the village towards modernity: the village structure as a spatial symbol of a local identity. The study aims at the spatial pattern followed up in the course of reconstruction and the central themes and ideas which have served as orientation for the process of reconstruction. In order to achieve its aims the study intends to follow up three methodical steps of research: (a) the procurement and comparison of aerial pictures showing the spatial structure of the village before and after the tsunami, (b) a detailed mapping of the actual village structure and its comparison with previous mappings and (c) interviews with a selected number of heads of families (matai) concerning their aims and central ideas for the reconstruction of their homes.

2009年9月底，一场海啸摧毁了乌波卢岛（萨摩亚）南海岸的几乎所有村庄。我在2006年进行的一项研究得到了德国研究共同体的支持，（本地化全球化：萨摩亚的社会空间变化），除其他外，表明位于乌波卢南海岸中心位置的Poutasi村的空间建筑结构，可以被视为一个叙事空间，为当地居民和整个萨摩亚社会和文化提供了一个中心信息：普塔西的空间叙事可以被解读为萨摩亚神话和萨摩亚社会结构的一面镜子。空间文本讲述了村庄（faalupega）家庭的神话和社会等级，以及村庄走向现代化的社会空间转向：村庄结构作为地方身份的空间象征。本研究旨在探讨重建过程中所遵循的空间模式，以及作为重建过程方向的中心主题和思想。为了实现其目标，本研究计划采取三个有条理的研究步骤：（a）获取和比较显示海啸前后村庄空间结构的航空照片，（B）详细绘制实际村庄结构图，并将其与以前绘制的图进行比较;（c）与选定的一些户主（族长）进行访谈关于他们重建家园的目标和中心思想。