Doctoral Dissertation Research: Caregiving and Care Receiving

这项研究项目对研究生进行基于经验的科学研究方法进行培训，将调查特定类别的年轻人如何与政府资助的护理互动，以及它对长期自给自足的影响。无人陪伴的未成年人是受国际保护的一类人，其权利受到1990年《联合国儿童权利公约》的保障，该公约已在196个国家批准成为法律。然而，在实践中，对于照顾和保护未成年人，特别是无人陪伴的未成年人移民，实际上应该如何进行，以及这意味着什么，存在着分歧。这种含糊不清可能会给接受国带来重大的政策挑战。虽然“融合”和“关怀”的概念很少受到挑战，但这些想法产生的实践可能是模棱两可的，甚至是无效的。研究人员问：政府如何履行其对本国公民和抵达的未成年人的责任？未成年人如何才能自给自足，同时又能满足他们作为照顾者的要求？这项研究很重要，因为它将有助于理解世界各地越来越多的年龄较大的无人陪伴未成年人的应对现实。这项研究将由斯坦福大学人类学博士生托林·琼斯在西尔维亚·柳佐子博士的指导下进行。研究人员选择将该项目主要设在地中海城市卡塔尼亚的青年移民中心，卡塔尼亚是西西里岛东部一个长期的移民登陆港。这是一个合适的网站，因为卡塔尼亚因其精心设计的移民欢迎服务而被普遍认为是一个成功的故事。此外，该区域对边界证券化采取了多种办法。因此，了解卡塔尼亚的情况可能会为包括美国移民接收点在内的其他城市提供借鉴。研究人员将通过与官员、移民中心工作人员和移民本人的访谈、参与者观察和生活史选举来收集信息。他还将收集和分析适当的文件。这些材料将使研究人员了解一套特定的政策和计划是如何被青年移民接受和影响的。研究结果将有助于更好地研究移民治理和接受者反应的理论。它还将帮助决策者关注当地社区的未来以及无人陪伴的外国少数民族的未来。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This research project, which trains a graduate student in methods of conducting empirically-grounded scientific research, will investigate how a particular class of young people interact with government-sponsored care and its effects on long-term self-sufficiency. Unaccompanied minors are an internationally protected class of humans, with rights guaranteed by the 1990 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and its ratification into law in 196 nations. However, in practice, there is disagreement about how the care and protection of minors, particularly unaccompanied minor immigrants, actually should happen and what it means. This ambiguity can produce major policy challenges for receiving countries. While the notions of "integration" and "care" are rarely challenged, the practices produced by these ideas may be ambiguous and even ineffective. The researcher asks: How can governments carry out their responsibilities to both their own citizens and to arriving minors? How can the minors become self-sufficient while also conforming to what is asked of them as care recipients? This research is important because it will contribute to understanding the reality of responding to the growing numbers of older unaccompanied minors throughout the world.The research will be carried out by Stanford University anthropology doctoral student, Torin Jones, under the supervision of Dr. Sylvia Yanagisako. The researcher has chosen to situate the project primarily in youth migrant centers in the Mediterranean city of Catania, a longstanding port of migrant disembarkation in Eastern Sicily. This is an appropriate site because Catania is generally regarded as a success story due to its elaborated migrant welcome services. In addition, the region has had multiple approaches to border securitizations. Therefore, understanding the situation in Catania may provide a model for other cities, including migrant receiving sites in the United States. The researcher will collect information through interviews, participant observation, and life history elecitation with bureaucrats, migrant center staff, and migrants themselves. He will also collect and analyze appropriate documents. These materials will allow the researcher to learn how a particular set of policies and programs is received by and affects youth migrants. Findings from the research will contribute to better theory of migrant governance and recipient response. It will also aid policy makers concerned both with the futures of local communities as well the futures of unaccompanied foreign minors.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.