Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant:Locating Non-Violence: An Ethnographic Study of Contemporary Palestinian Political Culture

博士生Ala Alazzeh（莱斯大学）将在James Faubion博士的指导下对当代巴勒斯坦政治文化进行人种学研究。研究的重点将是在巴勒斯坦被占领土（被占领土）的非暴力话语和实践。这项研究很重要，因为它将有助于对暴力、全球化、民族主义和中东的社会科学理解。研究将在伯利恒和拉马拉进行。研究人员将使用混合方法，包括观察，访谈，焦点小组和档案研究。 研究对象包括倡导者、政治领导人、学术界人士以及当地和国际非政府组织。研究人员将专注于非暴力的道德，政治和实践的地方宪法;非暴力运动的历史发展;与其他运动的关系，无论是在该地区内外;以及当地的社会、经济、和政治结构，可能会影响非暴力的发展。暴力将有助于扩大我们对国家政治暴力的文化逻辑的理解，以及对跨越国界和文化领域的思想、价值观和做法的涌入所发挥的作用的理解。资助这项研究也支持社会科学家的教育。

Doctoral student Ala Alazzeh (Rice University), with the guidance of Dr. James Faubion, will undertake ethnographic research on contemporary Palestinian political culture. The focus of the research will be on the discourse and practice of non-violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The research is important because it will contribute to the social scientific understanding of violence, globalization, nationalism, and the Middle East. The research will be carried out in Bethlehem and Ramallah. The researcher will use a mix methods approach, including observations, interviews, focus groups, and archival research. Advocates, political leaders, academics, and local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will be among those studied. The researcher will focus on the local constitution of non-violence ethically, politically, and practically; the historical development of the non-violent movements; relationships to other movements, both within the region and beyond; and local social, economic, and political structures that may affect the development of non-violence.This research on non-violence will contribute to broadening our understanding of the cultural logic of national political violence and the role played by the influx of ideas, values, and practices that cross national boundaries and cultural areas. Funding this research also supports the education of a social scientist.