Practices of Record Production and their Impact on the Administration of American Indian and Migrant Populations in the United States

研究小组调查了个人与官方文件互动的方式，以构建其身份和地位的官方版本，以回应监管要求。这项研究考察了两个群体：1)准备入籍文件的移民，2)准备联邦部落承认文件的土著个人。这项研究提供了对构成国家权力并界定其边界的实践、公民身份、监管在身份形成中的作用以及知识的文化生产的洞察。研究计划包括参与者观察、档案研究和在加利福尼亚州选定的三个官方文件地点进行采访。这项研究将突出个人如何响应法律要求，利用正式文件构建自己身份的不同版本，以帮助他们确保自己在社会中的地位--这一过程对那些处于边缘地位的人尤其重要。

The research team investigate the manner in which individuals interact with official documents to construct official versions of their identity and status in response to regulatory requirements. The research examines two groups: 1) immigrants preparing naturalization documents, and 2) indigenous individuals preparing federal tribal recognition documents. The research offers insights into the practices that constitute state power and define its boundaries; citizenship; the role of regulation in identity-formation; and the cultural production of knowledge. The research plan involves participant observation, archival research and interviews at three selected sites of official documents in California. The research will highlight the ways that, in response to legal requirements, individuals use official documents to construct versions of their own identity that will help them secure their place in society -- a process that is especially important for those with marginalized status.