“藏缅走廊”刍议

A Conceptualization of“Tibetan-Myanmar Corridors”

受费孝通提出的"藏彝走廊"概念启发,结合近二十多年来在相关区域的田野调查,本文提出"藏缅走廊"的概念。在对相关研究进行梳理的基础上,我们为"藏缅走廊"划定了一个大致的范围。这是一个跨越民族国家界限的概念,涵盖了中国、缅甸、印度、不丹、尼泊尔等国交界地区的诸多族群。"藏缅走廊"这一概念,与既往关于该区域研究的学术话语有相通之处,但也有其特定的学术内涵。此外,它还具有十分重要的地缘政治意义。

Inspired by the concept of Zang-Yi-Corridor proposed by Xiaotong Fei and equipped with 20 years of field work in relevant areas,we put forward the concept of Tibetan-Myanmar Corridors.Based on relevant studies,we delineate a general scope of the Tibetan-Myanmar Corridors.This is a concept that transcends the boundary of the nation-state,covering diverse ethnic groups now living in the borderlands of China,Myanmar,India,Bhutan and Nepal.Although the concept of Tibetan-Myanmar Corridors shares common grounds with previous academic studies of this region,it has specific connotations of its own.Besides,the concept may have great geopolitical significance.