艺术人类学的阐释路径

Steps in Art Anthropology

在对艺术现象展开具体理论言说时,艺术人类学的阐释路径主要呈现出三个基本环节。首先是遵循文化人类学田野作业的基本方法,参与实践至具体的艺术活动中去,获得直接而完整的审美体验和生活知识;其次是基于文化整体观,对艺术生态做出全面的语境性把握,从而探究艺术活动的文化逻辑和生活特征;最后,以艺术民族志的形式,在关注艺术现象的细节和场景中,使得具体艺术现象得以综合把握和书写。艺术人类学的现实介入力和问题阐发力因此而得到有效实践和彰显。

An anthropological approach to interpreting an artistic phenomenon involves three basic steps.The first is to follow the field work method of cultural anthropology and obtain comprehensive first-hand aesthetic experience and knowledge about life through actual participation in artistic activities.The second is,on the basis of a holistic view of culture,to obtain a full insight into the ecology of art in terms of its context so as to explore the cultural logic and traits of artistic activities.Finally,the third is to compile a comprehensive ethnography of an actual artistic phenomenon with due attention paid to the details of the phenomenon and to its context.The value of actual participation and problem elucidation inherent in an anthropological approach to art is thus obviously realized.