人类学田野调查的意义与教学实践

Significance of the Anthropological Field Investigation and its Teaching Practice

关于"人是什么"的问题一直是人们孜孜不倦的话题,也是人类学家致力于回答的问题,而发现"文化的规则"是人类学家解决"人是什么"的钥匙,是人类学最重要的主题。但发现"文化的规则"需要有更加具体的研究方法和路径,人类学创造了从个别的民族、单一的村落研究入手的方法。即从个别的民族、单一的村落研究到区域的整合研究,其实就是由点到线到面的研究。

＂ What is man？＂ has been a popular topic both to the general public and the anthropologists. The discovery of cultural rules is the anthropologists＇ crucial key to solving the problem. However, the discovery of cultural rules needs more workable research approaches. The anthropological approach from a single ethnic group or a single village to the integrated research of a given region is a research approach by piecing together different parts to form a whole picture.