在文本与情境之间:历史人类学的研究方法反思

Between Text and Context:A Reflection on Research Methods of Historical Anthropology

文本记述着历史上某个时期之人群认为值得记述的内容,它们也常遵循着人们的某种规范来被记录进而形成文类。与这些文本相关的,是现实中的人群围绕某种情境加以构建与策略性改编的同时也被认为是合理与相信的历史。《华夏边缘》、《羌在汉藏之间》、《游牧者的抉择》即是在文本与情境之间找到某种对应,同时体察文本与情境背后人群的书写意图抑或潜在的情境。历史人类学正是此种策略下对人类社会的再认识,是在文本与情境之间寻找对应。

This paper documents what was considered being worthy of documentation in a given historical period.The documented is usually e—volved into texts that follow certain rules.Relating to these texts is an attempt by which people were constructing and strategically reorganizing history around certain context that they believed was legitimate and trustworthy.Three works of mine are such an attempt of unveiling the connections between text and context whilst observing the motivation of people's writing behind text and context.Historical anthropology is such a re-understanding of human society.