Cultural Anthropological Study on the Formation of New Ethnicity among Tibetan Refugees

本报告旨在从文化人类学的角度，揭示在不同自然和生活环境、政治制度和邻居的各地难民社区中，藏族难民形成新民族的机制。在此期间，调查人员对迈索尔和达兰萨拉藏族难民社区的现状以及西藏难民的来源地康区藏族社会进行了实地调查。在对藏族难民社区的实地调查中，首席调查员和调查员进行了参与者观察和详细的访谈调查。研究人员利用照相机、录影机和录音机记录了他们的调查，并对结果进行了整理和分析。从实地调查中获得的材料被数字化，使用通用表格，并由成员通过笔记本电脑共享。在研究过程中，他们举行了会议，讨论研究的进展情况，并推进了他们的合作工作和联合研究活动。结果显示，在西藏难民社区中发展出一种超越其所在地区文化的新“藏族”民族，并且可以观察到基于其实际生活情况的印度公民身份的混杂性。总结研究成果，编写最终报告。

More than 40 years have passed since the Tibetan Government in Exile was established and third-generation Tibetans have increased in number in Tibetan refugee communities in India, Nepal and elsewhere. This report is intended to shed light on the mechanism of a new ethnicity being formed among Tibetan refugees in refugee communities in various places that have different natural and living environments, political systems and neighbors from cultural anthropological perspectives.The head investigator conducted field surveys at Tibetan refugee communities in Darjeeling, Manali Ladakh and other areas in India from 2003 to 2006. During the same period, the investigator carried out field surveys on the present situation of Tibetan refugee communities in Mysor and Dharamsala as well as the Tibetan society in Kham, China, from which Tibetan refugees come.During the field surveys on Tibetan refugee communities, the head investigator and the investigator carried out participant observations and detailed interview surveys. Using cameras, VTRs and tape recorders, the researchers recorded their surveys and organized and analyzed results.The materials that were obtained from the field surveys were digitized, using common forms, and shared by the members via laptops. Over the course of the research, they held meetings to discuss the states of progress with the research and advanced their collaborative work and joint research activities.As a result, it was revealed that a new "Tibetan" ethnicity, which transcended cultures of the regions they were from, has developed in Tibetan refugee communities and that the hybridity of identity as citizens of India based on the actual circumstances of their lives can be observed. The research results were summarized and the final report was compiled.