人类学视野中身体研究新转向——《身体化的人类学》评介

On the New Turning of Embodiment from the Perspective of Anthropology——A Review of The Embodiment of Anthropology

《身体化的人类学》全书16篇论文结合人类学理论研究和田野考察,通过关注人类认知、语言和记忆等活动,从"身体体现"这一新的角度阐释社会结构和民众行为方式。本文通过评介日本学界对身体具象研究的新动向,辨析了"身体化"和"体现"概念,探讨了人类学视角中对"身体体现"研究转向的意义。

The book Embodiment of anthropology revealed the organization of human interaction, by analyzing embodiment in a microscopic way. It established the ground for multi-modal ethnography by integrating the ideas of communication theory, culture anthropology, and ecological psychology in cross-cul- tural perspective. These investigations illuminated how the collective memory was embodied beneath the participants＇ practices. Through introducing the major contents of this book, the author identifies the concepts of ＂Somatization＂ and ＂Embodiment＂, and probes into the research turning of ＂Embodiment＂ from the perspective of anthropology. This book proposed a new theoretical framework that would transcend the dichotomy of perception versus representation.