葛学溥与20世纪初潮州乡村生活的人类学书写——以《华南的乡村生活》为中心的讨论

Daniel Harrision Kulp and the Anthropological Writing on Country Life in Chaozhou in the Early 20th Century——A Discussion around Country Life in South China

在众多的西方学者中,葛学溥最早以规范的人类学民族志方法和社区研究方法来对华南乡村生活进行研究。他的研究是上个世纪早期以科学方法研究中国乡土社会的代表性成果,是欧美社会学调查方法和社会研究范式在华南社会的成功尝试,具有特别的社会史研究价值和难以替代的历史意义,也是我们不应淡忘的一笔文化遗产。

Among numerous western researchers,Daniel Harrision Kulp is the first to study country life in South China with the methods of anthropological ethnography and of community research.His research has become a representative achievement of the scientific studies on Chinese rural society in the early 20 century,and it is a successful application of European and American sociological investigation method and Social Research Paradigm to South China.As a cultural heritage,it possesses unique historical significance and special value of social history studies.