Past times, present times: kinship dynamics and the notion of household in the north of Haiti

• Grant number: 12/10209-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: August 15, 2012
• End date: February 14, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Omar Ribeiro Thomaz
• Grantee: Rodrigo Charafeddine Bulamah
• Supervisor: Laurent Dubois
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Duke University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/14556-2 - "In Haiti everything is to be done": family dynamics and the notion of house in the north of Haiti., BP.MS

Abstract

In my masters' research, the subject is the connexions between family organization - locally named lakou -, its territorial representation, and the productive organization in the north of Haiti. The main purpose is to relate these linkages with socioeconomic dynamics of the region, by a historical approach. The methods I have been using are the bibliographical research and the analysis of the material I have brought from my fieldwork research between January and April 2012. The application for the research stage in a foreign university intents to carry on my work, through the dialogue with Prof. Lauren Dubois and his research team. Besides, I also aim the engagement in discussion groups in Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, the center that will receive me as a research affiliate. (AU)