论民族学的“物”与“文化”关系之辨

Discrimination of the Relationship between “Material” and “Culture” in Ethnology

自然万物型构民族社会结构,民族学以自然万物为研究对象。人贵为万物之首在于人可以创造文化以区别于其他万物,人以文化去识别物、利用物,于是物被赋予文化特性,使自然之物变为文化之物。物型构自然,人在认识物的前提下创造文化,在文化的作用下又不断加深对物的认识和利用,构成“物—人—文化”的循环体系。民族学“物”与“文化”关系的研究将是民族学研究的新视角。

Ethnology takes the material of nature as the study object,and the nature of all things constitute social structure. Human is at the top of everything which can create culture to distinguish themselves from other things. People depend on culture to identify and uti. lize materials,therefore,things are endowed with cultural characteristics,and natural things become cultural objects. Material forms na. ture,human creates culture. Under the influence of culture,human beings continue to deepen their understanding and utilization of ob. jects,which constitutes the circulation system of“material-human-culture”. The study of the relationship between“material”and“cul. ture”in ethnology will be a new perspective of ethnology research.