Making 'Cypriotness': Exclusion, Belonging and Legacies of Violence for Young Turkish Cypriot Men

打造“塞浦路斯性”：年轻土族塞人的排斥、归属感和暴力遗产

• 批准号: 2444665
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kent
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2444665
• 关键词: Making; Cypriotness; Exclusion; Belonging; Legacies

Cyprus is an island caught in a ceasefire, divided ethnically, politically and socially since 1974. In daily life, the two halves function as separate entities but internationally, the Turkish-speaking north is considered to an occupied region of the Republic of Cyprus. As an unrecognised state, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ('TRNC') exists outside of international legal, economic and political systems, leaving its youth with "no 'identity' that can be properly translated into accepted terms of international practice" (Navaro-Yashin 2003: 114). The proposed project will investigate the first generation of Turkish Cypriots without lived experience of the war, focusing on local ideas of masculinity, ethnicity, and belonging. The lack of recognised nationhood coincides with international demonisation, historical violence, economic embargoes, and geographic isolation to create a context of socio-political entrapment for youth. Turkish Cypriot experiences of marginalisation warrant particular attention due to the entrenchment of division and precarity in this post-conflict landscape. The research will build on a period of extended ethnographic fieldwork in two cities in the TRNC, Lefkosa and Girne, as well as short visits to UK universities, to identify the ways in which ideas about violence shape or permeate young people's identities, subjectivities and engagements with institutions. By focusing on young men rather than both men and women, I hope to explore how the legacies of violence and lack of recognised statehood inform masculinities in a post-conflict society, and what this means for current and future violence. This project aims to give both Turkish and Greek Cypriots an opportunity to start empathising with their 'Other', working towards a gradual reconceptualization of each other as neighbours rather than enemies and so making the ongoing reunification talks more likely to reach a conclusion that satisfies both communities.

塞浦路斯是一个陷入停火的岛屿，自 1974 年以来在种族、政治和社会上分裂。在日常生活中，两半作为独立的实体发挥作用，但在国际上，讲土耳其语的北部被认为是塞浦路斯共和国的被占领地区。作为一个未被承认的国家，北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国（“TRNC”）存在于国际法律、经济和政治体系之外，使其年轻人“没有可以正确转化为国际惯例的公认术语的‘身份’”（Navaro-Yashin 2003：114）。拟议的项目将调查没有战争经历的第一代土族塞人，重点关注当地的男子气概、种族和归属感。缺乏公认的国家地位与国际妖魔化、历史暴力、经济禁运和地理隔离同时发生，为青年创造了社会政治困境的背景。由于冲突后局势中的分裂和不稳定状况根深蒂固，土族塞人的边缘化经历值得特别关注。该研究将以北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国莱夫科萨和吉恩两个城市的长期民族志实地考察以及对英国大学的短期访问为基础，以确定暴力观念如何塑造或渗透年轻人的身份、主体性以及与机构的互动。通过关注年轻男性而不是男性和女性，我希望探讨暴力的遗产和缺乏公认的国家地位如何影响冲突后社会的男性气质，以及这对当前和未来的暴力意味着什么。该项目旨在让土族塞人和希族塞人有机会开始同情他们的“他者”，努力逐步将彼此重新概念化为邻居而不是敌人，从而使正在进行的统一谈判更有可能达成令双方社区都满意的结论。