Charity. A praxeological approach to practices of help under urban conditions

慈善机构。

• 批准号: 394731419
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Johannes Moser
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft und Europäische Ethnologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Units
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/394731419?language=en
• 关键词: Charity.; praxeological; approach; practices; help

The proposed ethnographic study focuses on a diverse range of practices that are producing relationships and constellations of help. Starting from two research fields the project is interested in the correlations between ethical subjectivations, affective and bodily aspects of ethical practices and the imaginations of a good conduct of life in the urban context, and, specifically, the city of Munich. Specific milieus claim that solidarizing with the poor and the marginalized members of society is an alternative way of conducting life by specific milieus. The ideal of a solidary city can be connected to the perceptions of growing political and economic destabilization in Europe and beyond. On the one hand support for precarious milieus seems to be a central field for ethical subjectivations. On the other hand, helping others is also criticized in political debates, in self reflections of the socially engaged and by the ones who are meant to be supported. In light of these developments the project aims to understand the self-perceptions and processes of subjectivations of the ones that are trying to help as well as of those who are receiving, denying or adapting to support. What ideal urban society do they imagine? What are the economic or political orders that are questioned by the practices and which ones do they uphold and stabilize? The planned ethnographic study is focusing not only on the perceptions and imaginations of relations of help but is also interested in bodily and material aspects of charity as well as in the influence of emotional and affective patterns. Conceptually the study is linked to the research group urban ethics insofar as it puts the research questions in terms of the group’s shared perspectives. Using the concept of “Multiple responsibilities” (Trnka/ Trundle 2017) the project aims to gain more insight into the correlations between practices of social creativity and techniques of government. The constitution of ethical subjects and the power of ethics play key roles in relations and practices of charity. In Germany, Munich is often presented as the “city with heart”: a warm and cozy place where inhabitants care for each other. That is at odds with the fact that housing prices and costs of living are relatively high and with the city’s image as being utterly exclusive. The research links the focused practices of help to specific milieus, to urban conditions and the imaginaire of the city of Munich. It is concentrated on two research fields in the local context of Munich: a creative-liberal initiative that seeks to care for refugees and puts political pressure on the city administration and a catholic institution that aims to support women and families. By methods of participant observation and in-depth interviews the ethnography tries to concentrate on the daily routines of help as well as the self-perceptions and ethical discourses of those involved.

拟议的民族志研究侧重于产生关系和帮助星座的各种做法。该项目从两个研究领域出发，感兴趣的是伦理主体性、伦理实践的情感和身体方面与城市背景下良好生活行为的想象力之间的相关性，特别是慕尼黑。特定环境声称，与穷人和社会边缘成员团结在一起是特定环境下生活的另一种方式。一个团结的城市的理想可以与欧洲及其他地区日益加剧的政治和经济不稳定的看法联系在一起。一方面，对岌岌可危的环境的支持似乎是伦理主观化的中心领域。另一方面，帮助他人也会在政治辩论中受到批评，在对社会参与者的自我反思中也会受到批评，也会受到本应得到支持的人的批评。鉴于这些发展，该项目旨在了解那些试图提供帮助的人以及那些接受、拒绝或适应支持的人的自我认知和主观化过程。他们想象中的理想城市社会是什么样的？这些做法质疑的经济或政治秩序是什么，它们维护和稳定了哪些秩序？计划中的民族志研究不仅侧重于对帮助关系的感知和想象，而且还对慈善的身体和物质方面以及情感和情感模式的影响感兴趣。从概念上讲，这项研究与城市伦理研究小组有联系，因为它从研究小组的共同观点出发提出了研究问题。利用“多重责任”的概念(Trnka/Trundle 2017)，该项目旨在更深入地了解社会创造实践与政府技术之间的相互关系。伦理主体的构成和伦理力量在慈善事业的关系和实践中起着至关重要的作用。在德国，慕尼黑经常被描述为“用心的城市”：一个温暖舒适的地方，居民相互照顾。这与房价和生活成本相对较高的事实不符，也与香港完全排外的形象不符。这项研究将帮助的重点实践与特定的环境、城市条件和慕尼黑的想象力联系起来。它集中在慕尼黑当地背景下的两个研究领域：一个是寻求照顾难民并向城市管理施加政治压力的创造性自由派倡议，另一个是旨在支持妇女和家庭的天主教机构。通过参与者观察和深度访谈的方法，民族志试图集中于帮助的日常生活以及参与者的自我认知和伦理话语。