民族志写作的困惑与前景——基于《写文化:民族志的诗学与政治学》一书的思考

The Confusion and Prospect of the Ethnography——Thinking about Ethnographic Writing from the Book Writing Culture :The Ethnography of Poetics and Politics

《写文化:民族志的诗学与政治学》(以下称为《写文化》)一书问世以来,在人类学界引起了巨大反响,其影响波及诸多人文学科。该书以其犀利的语言和批判性的后现代风格对传统民族志进行了反思。文章拟在厘清"民族志"、"民族志诗学"等几个重要概念的基础上,从"民族志文本与文学文本的关系"、"民族志的科学表述与伦理问题"等方面进一步探讨民族志写作的困惑与前景,以期为民族志写作的进一步发展提供助益。

Since the book Writing Culture ：the Ethnography of Poetics and Politics （Writing Culture hereafter ） was published, it arouse great echo in the circle of anthropology, whose influence involved multiple humanities. The book introspected traditional ethnography with forthright language and critical post - modem style. Based on the thinking of the book, the paper tries to discuss confusion and prospect of ethnography on＂ relation between ethnography text and literary text＂ and＂ scientific statement and ethic problem of ethnography＂ on the basis of sorting out several important concepts such as＂ ethnography＂ and＂ ethnographic poetics＂ to provide benefits for the further development of the writing of ethnography.