文化与生境:贵州达地水族乡对旱灾的调适知识

Culture and Eco-environment:the Local Knowledge of Drought in a Town Inhabited by the Shui People in Guizhou

达地乡水族传统文化中有关"水"的地方性知识,表现为当地人对于水资源认知和合理利用的"集体意识",在自然灾害中,曾是水族居民防灾抗旱的有效工具。然而,在现代性的影响下,这些有效贯联文化与生境的地方性知识,此时正像其他传统文化一样面临着传承危机。地方性知识的散失已经成为自然灾害发生中,社区的又一重脆弱性表现。对于民族地区传统文化中与生态适应和保护有关的地方性知识的传承和推广,将有助于民族地区的防灾减灾和可持续发展。

In Dadi Town, the east highland of Guizhou, the traditional cultures of the Shui People contain the local knowledge of water, which has been manifested in local people＇s collective consciousness on how to interpret and use water resource appropriately and has also been an effective instrument for Dadi residents to fight against droughts and other natural disasters. However, influ- enced by modernity, the local knowledge integrating culture and eco-environment is at risk of heritage as other traditional cultures do. The loss of local knowledge has brought more vulnerability to local communities when natural disasters occurred. The heritage and promotion of the local knowledge that is related to the ecological adaption and protection will help the locals deal with disasters and pro-mote sustainable growth in minority regions.