民俗学与历史学的对话——日本神奈川大学“综合资料学”的探索

Dialogue between Folklore Studies and Historical Studies:The Challenge for Integrated Studies of Cultural Resources at Kanagawa University of Japan

日本民俗学研究重镇神奈川大学的学科建制中,并没有"民俗学",而是名为"历史民俗资料学"的研究生课程及学位设置。这一略显奇特的名称背后,既反映了民俗学研究与资料的关系、民俗学与史学的关系在日本的历史发展,也有着从资料角度奠定文化研究之基础的构想与期待。对此加以梳理,不但有助于我们理解日本在此方面的经验,同时对于思考中国民俗学乃至人文社会研究今后的发展路径,也不无裨益。

Kanagawa University boasts a good tradition and renowned position in Japan's Folklore Studies.Instead of a proper master or doctoral degree under the branch of folklore studies adopted by other universities,its unusual practice of naming its degree“The Study of History and Folklore Materials”is highly unconventional,and self-explanatory in reflecting upon the relations between folklore studies and materials,as well as folklore studies and historical studies in a Japanese historical context.The logic and expectation of conceptualizing cultural studies from the perspective of materials are therefore worthy of further discussion.A systematic overview of said relations and logic in Japan's context is comparable to the experiences of China's folklore studies and may potentially yield constructive patterns as to the approach and prospect of China's Humanities and social sciences in general.