越南本土人类学的研究主题与研究趋势

DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAMESE ANTHROPOLOGY:INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW

本文旨在介绍和评述越南本土人类学的发展与特点,并以观察人类学这一西方学科在越南的本土化历程,增进对越南社会的认识。作者通过探讨族群、乡村、社会发展与城市化、生态环境等四大研究主题,来回顾越南人类学的发展脉络,厘清越南本土人类学的发展简史。同时,揭示出越南学界在新世纪面对复杂的全球政治、文明格局时研究旨趣的转向。越南本土人类学的特点还在于,其基于地方社会、文化多样性的研究在拉近地方与国家的距离中发挥了重要作用。

This article aims to introduce and review development and characteristics of the native Vietnamese anthropologyby observing the localization process of the western discipline anthropology in Vietnamso as to enhance our understanding about theVietnamesesoeiety. Inthisarticle, the author reviews thecontext of development and brief history of the native Vietnamese anthropologyin four major subjectsof research, e.g. ethnicgroups, countryside, social develop and urbanization, ecological environmentetc. In the meantime, it tries torevealthe transition of researehinterests of the Vietnamese academiain facing the complicated global politics andcivilization strncturein the new century. As a discipline of social science based on the researches on local society and cultural diversity, anthropology has played an important part in narrowing the gap between local society and the state in Vietnam.