Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: In the Aftermath of Displacement: Producing Vulnerable Livelihoods and Food Insecurity on Mount Elgon, Uganda

格鲁吉亚大学博士生大卫K。在J. Peter Brosius博士的指导下，Himmelfarb将研究非自愿流离失所对粮食安全的长期影响。世界各地的政府每年都会实施一些项目，使数百万人流离失所。政策和社会科学理论都必须研究在面临流离失所和重新安置的情况下，男子和妇女如何构建新的生计和生活方式的社会动态。这项研究将解决两个首要问题：（1）强迫流离失所是否建立了限制流离失所者获得资源和生计机会的不平等关系？ (2)如果是这样的话，这些不平等是否会造成季节性粮食短缺的脆弱性？这项研究将在Benet重新安置区进行，该地区位于Mt.埃尔贡国家公园，乌干达。使用比较研究设计，结合定性人种学数据和粮食不安全的定量评估，研究人员将比较生计活动，获得资源，相对粮食安全，以及应对流离失所者和非流离失所者社区粮食不安全的战略。这项研究将通过增加一个长期的长期的角度来研究流离失所。该项目还将直接帮助政策规划者更有效地应对以往政策的影响，并在今后制定更具社会和经济敏感性的重新安置举措。这项研究也将有助于社会科学家的教育。

University of Georgia doctoral student, David K. Himmelfarb, under the direction of Dr. J. Peter Brosius, will examine the long-term effects of involuntary displacement on food security. Governments around the world enact projects that displace millions of people each year. It is important for both policy and social science theory to investigate the social dynamics of how men and women construct new livelihoods and lifeways in the face of displacement and resettlement. This research will address two overarching questions: (1) Does forced displacement establish relationships of inequality that constrain displaced people's access to resources and livelihood opportunities? (2) If so, do these inequalities produce vulnerability to seasonal food shortages? The research will be carried out in the Benet Resettlement Area, located on the margins of Mt. Elgon National Park, Uganda. Using a comparative research design and a combination of qualitative ethnographic data and quantitative assessments of food insecurity, the researcher will compare livelihood activities, access to resources, relative food security, and strategies for coping with food insecurity in displaced and non-displaced communities.This research will contribute to social science theory about human social resilience and adaptation by adding a long-term perspective to the study of displacement. The project also will directly aid policy planners in more effectively addressing the impacts of previous policies and designing more socially and economically sensitive resettlement initiatives in the future. The research also will contribute to the education of a social scientist.