Culture in Practice A Study Integrated Culture and Economic Aide fur the Peace Process in Sri Lanka

该研究项目是在斯里兰卡自2002年签署《停火协定》至协定破裂的六年动乱期间进行的。在此期间，苏门答腊大地震引发的海啸摧毁了冲突地区的海岸线。在《停战协定》签署后，国际社会对实现和平寄予了很高的期望，给予了很多支持，日本政府和非政府组织也积极参与支持复兴与和平建设。（首席调查员，人类学家）和Hisashi中村（调查员，发展经济学）从学术中立的立场出发，通过借鉴他们的研究经验来理解和分析局势，为和平进程做出贡献，斯里兰卡数十年研究积累的网络。芦羽参加了两次日本的选举，在政治的第一线进行了参与式观察。 ...更多信息 在2010年，联合国教科文组织与和平特派团合作，在当地大学的支持下，对僧伽罗南部地区和科隆博郊区居民的和平意识进行了社会调查，并深入采访了冲突地区的当地领导人。她的调查结果证实了文化支持对和平进程的重要性。中村对一个受战争和海啸影响的渔业社区和中东的斯里兰卡移民工人进行了调查，并为海啸灾区的重建项目提供咨询。进行多个前线研究和调查使他能够确定向社区提供救灾和综合支持经济发展的优先事项。为了与民间从业者、学者、日本和斯里兰卡官员持续分享研究成果，该项目在一桥大学、科隆博大学、日本基金会和日本外务省的支持下，在两国举办了四次公开研讨会。研究结果超出了预期，这在很大程度上归功于足和中村在斯里兰卡的深入实地经验和知识，使该项目能够克服组织、进行和完成研究过程中的高度紧张和意外变化的困难。该项目的主要结论之一是，和平进程的破裂主要是由于国际社会只注重经济发展，完全没有支持为人民的和平意识奠定坚实的基础。这种意识本可以通过支持开放媒体和文化项目，促进分裂社区之间的共同和平价值观，从而推动和平进程，使族裔群体之间能够进行对话，这一项目是冲突后地区参与观察研究的一个罕见而重要的实例。其数据、活动和调查结果是解决冲突和建设和平的重要记录减

This research project was conducted in Sri Lanka during a six-year period of turmoil that began with the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in 2002 and concluded with its breakdown. During this period the coastline of conflict zones was devastated by the tsunami generated by the Great Sumatra Earthquake. After the signing of the CFA, the international community provided much support with high expectations for achieving peace, and the Japanese government and NGOs actively participated in supporting rehabilitation and peace construction.In this research Yoshiko Ashiwa (head investigator, anthropologist) and Hisashi Nakamura (investigator, development economics) contribute to the peace process from an academically neutral position to understand and analyze the situation by drawing on their research experiences and networks accumulated over decades of research in Sri Lanka. Ashiwa did participant observation on the frontline of politics by participating in two Japanese election monit … More oring missions, conducting a social survey of peace consciousness of inhabitants in the Sinhalese southern region and the suburbs of Colombo with the support of local universities, and intensively interviewing local leaders in conflict zones. Her findings confirm the importance of cultural support for the peace process. Nakamura conducted surveys of a fishing community affected by the war and tsunami and Sri Lankan immigrant workers in the Middle East, as well as advising rehabilitation projects in tsunami-devastated areas. Conducting multiple frontline studies and research enabled him to identify priorities in the provision of disaster relief to communities and integrated support for economic development. For the purpose of sharing the research results in an ongoing fashion with civil practitioners, scholars, and Japanese and Sri Lankan officials the project organized four public symposia in both countries with the support of Hitotsubashi University, Colombo University, the Japan Foundation, and the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The research exceeded the expected results, due largely to Ashiwa and Nakamura's deep field experiences in Sri Lanka and knowledge that enabled the project to surmount difficulties of high tension and unanticipated shifts in organizing, conducting, and completing the research. One of the project's major conclusions is that the breakdown of the peace process can be attributed largely to the singular focus of the international community on economic development and total lack of support for forming a solid foundation of peace consciousness of the people. Such a consciousness could have furthered the peace process by promoting shared values of peace among the split communities through support for open media and cultural projects to enable dialogue between ethnic groups.This project is a rare and significant instance of participant observation research in post-conflict zones. Its data, activities, and findings are a significant record of conflict resolution and peace construction Less