人类学仪式研究的空间转向——以瑶族送鬼仪式中人、自然与宇宙的关系建构为例

Spatial Turn of Anthropological Ritual Studies:A Case Study on Relationship Construction between Man,Nature and the Universe among Exorcism of Ghosts in Yao’s Rituals

20世纪70年代以来,西方社会科学界逐渐掀起"空间转向"研究思潮。瑶族"送鬼"仪式中体现的空间观念及其建构表明,人类学仪式研究的"空间转向"为仪式及空间本身的研究提供了一个崭新的范式,促进仪式研究从仪式本体研究、功能论和象征论等传统理论模式向人类身体、空间感知和建构理论解释的转变,更加注重仪式与人类自身及其认知、知识体系的关系。这一转向对于南方山地民族来说,具有更加独特的研究意义。

Since the 1970s, western circle of social science has gradually started a ＂spatial turn＂. Spatial sense and its construction embodied in exorcism of ghosts in Yao＇s rituals indicate the spatial turn of an- thropological ritual studies. This spatial turn not only provides a new paradigm for the research on rituals and space itself, but also promotes the ritual studies＇ transformation from traditional theoretical model of research on noumenon of rituals, functionalism and symbolism to theoretical interpretation of human it- self, spatial sense and its construction. Moreover, it pays more attention to the relationship between ritu- als and human itself, human＇s cognitive system and knowledge structure. For the ethnic groups in the mountainous and border areas, this spatial turn has more unique research significance.