档案、史实抑或是方法？--宁蒗彝族自治县民主改革档案《烂泥箐农场史》的人类学回访

Files,Historical Facts or Methods? ——An Anthropological Revisit to the Democratic Reform File “The History of Lannijing Farm ” in Ninglang Yi Nationality Autonomous County

1959年,为了记录奴隶解放及翻身的历史,宁蒗彝族自治县工委宣传部组织整理了一份名为《烂泥箐农场史》的档案。在对该档案的亲历者、报道人和整理者的人类学回访时发现:对档案的回访,不仅可以将档案、历史、文学、个人、时代等主题连接起来,此方法也因有效揭示围绕档案形成的多层文本而具有方法论意义。因此,对档案的人类学回访,似乎可以成为研究中国少数民族当代社会史比较有效的方法之一。

In order to record the liberation and deliverance history of the slaves in Ninglang Yi Nationality Autonomous County,the publicity department of the local working committee sorted out a file entitled ＂The History of Lannijing Farm＂in 1959. On an anthropological revisit to the file＇s witnesses,informants and recorders,it was found out that the revisit to the file could not only connect such subjects as files,history,literature,individuals and times,but also have methodological significance for revealing effectively the multilayer texts around the file＇s formation. Therefore,it seems that an anthropological revisit to files can become one of the quite effective methods for studying modern social history of the ethnic minorities in China.