物的民族志——基于糯食在布依族节庆生活的考察

人类学对物的研究由来已久，并构成学科的重要论域，其目的在于探知物与人“发生关系”后所蕴涵的民族或族群文化意义。本文在梳理中外相关物的理论研究的基础上，以布依族节庆生活中的糯食为考察对象，既揭示布依族“以糯食为贵”的稻作文化状况和特点，也为民族学人类学提供了“物的民族志”的具体案例和书写方法。

The Ethnography of Objects --Based on an investigation of glutinous-rice food by the Buyi people for their festival

The research of objects has been one of the most important fields in anthropology for a long time. Its purpose focuses mainly on the national or ethnic cultural significance, generating after the people and the objects were associated with each other. On the basis of a study of the related theories both at home and abroad, this paper takes the glutinous-rice food at Buyi festival as the target for exploration. It has not only revealed the situation and features of the culture of rice cultivation by the Buyi people who cherish the glutinous rice food, but also provides a concrete example and writing style of ethnography of objects.