The focus of traditional anthropology has been on the “simple and primitive” tribal societies that still exist. The question of how anthropology can carry on to study complex civilizations, especially those with a long history like Chinese civilization, has gained attention due to the discipline’s development and expansion. Anthropologists around the world have developed several significant research methods in the study of complex societies in response to this challenge. Taking anthropology research in China as an example, these methods include not only the summary and improvement of Western anthropological methods applied by Chinese scholars to Chinese practice but also methodological innovations based on traditional Chinese research paradigms and explorations of anthropological fieldwork methods in the digital age. In China, the latest advancements in anthropological methods for studying complex societies can be seen in historical anthropology, multi-sited ethnography, internet anthropology, and Rapid Anthropological Assessment. This effectively responds to many doubts about whether anthropological fieldwork methods are capable of studying complex societies and spurred anthropology’s reciprocal adaptation to new fields of study and contemporary needs. In this sense, anthropological research on complex societies is entirely possible, feasible, and necessary.

This article explores the motivations behind the moral code of delivery rider migrant workers who served in Wuhan, China, during the pandemic. Based on ethnographic research, we analyze how riders experienced the challenging situation of everyday work. Influenced by socialist and neoliberal contexts, the riders’ actions reflect diversified moral values combining individualistic and collectivist ethics. The precarious conditions gave rise to alternative visions and opportunities for the migrant laborers. They created a new mode of autonomy with economic rationality and emotional bonds to a geographical locality. Simultaneously, the riders’ identity was temporarily reshaped by both the public and themselves, creating responsibility and meaning. This act of strong “social responsibility” reconnected individuals trapped in the plight of the pandemic. This kind of altruistic behavior exemplified the process of people seeking meaning through their work.

In this Chapter, we will exam the mobility features for urban new immigrants, especially the labour immigrants, who showing a phenomenon of "return home" and "transference". We will elaborate the case of mobility for labour immigrant in a stationary factory, showing the sources, reasons, and the living strategy for immigrants.

This book focuses on the background, migration and settlement of new migrants in China, the status of and changes in their social networks.

对173例(男性91例,女性82例)世居于湖南省沅陵县盘古、麻溪铺、筲箕湾等乡镇的成年瓦乡人进行了以头面部为主的体质测量.具体包括对头面部22个容貌形态特征的观察记录,对头面部44个项目以及身高、体重两项体部指标的测量.分析显示:湖南瓦乡人属于亚中等偏矮身材;头型以狭头型、超狭面型为主;男性多长头型、高头型;中鼻型、颏部直型出现率最高;颧部不突出;上眼睑褶皱出现率高;蒙古褶出现率较低;鼻根低平,鼻背较直,鼻尖上翘,鼻翼微凸,鼻翼沟发育中等;多正唇、凸唇,上唇(皮肤部)高度、红唇厚度、口裂宽均为中等;耳廓外形多为卵圆形与椭圆形,耳廓外展程度男性显著高于女性,耳垂约半数是三角形(无),达尔文结节微显(痕迹)出现率最高,耵聍湿型多于干型.与我国其他39个族群进行聚类分析,结果表明:湖南瓦乡人主要和西南云贵地区的族群聚类在一起,并且与湖南苗族、贵州土家族、贵州布依族、云南佤族的体质特征较为接近.湖南瓦乡人属于蒙古人种的南亚类型.

Anthropology now plays a crucial role in the Global Social Governance. This article traces the development of cooperation between anthropology and international organizations from the perspective of anthropology's participation in the operation of international organizations' projects. It presents the status and role of anthropology in global governance, and briefly describes the operation mode of anthropology in international organizations and the practice status in China by taking the cooperation with the World Bank as an example.

The social network is one of the core concepts in the field of social sciences, and its research path has been elaborated from different perspectives by sociologists such as Granovetter, Bourdieu, Coleman, Burt, Putnam, Lin Nan, et al. Among them, the most influential theories include Granovetter and Bian Yanjie's assumptions about the strength of strong ties and weak ties, Lin Nan's theory of social resources, Bourdieu and Coleman's social capital theory, and Burt's theory of structural holes. The social support network in the field of social sciences is explained from the perspective of the interaction between individuals and the structural society.

西宁市城东区二手车市场是一个从无到有,由商人自发创建的地区性专业市场.在中国的现代化过程中,市场、政府、社会三大结构力量,在改革开放后共同形塑了微观市场发展的社会过程.市场经济推动、社会自发规范和政府引导规制是推动整个中国社会结构转型的重要力量,这三个要素在西宁二手车市场的社会过程中均有显著的表现.

Although they are both citizens, they have the distinction between "urban new immigrants" and "locals". This segregation reflects the fact that there is still a "boundary" between outsiders and locals. Among the many reasons for this segregation, the first to be criticised is the household registration system. Zhu Yu believes that "the non-permanent migration of migrant population is an abnormal phenomenon caused by the household registration system.

宴请是侗族社会生活的重要部分.本文基于湖南省通道侗族自治县独坡镇骆团村长时期的田野调查,以侗族宴请为研究重点,进而探究宴请作为整合侗寨的运行机制.根据宴请目的将侗民宴请分为日常性宴请、仪式性宴请和工具性宴请,从而探讨宴请在整合私人关系、房族网络、政治资源等方面所起到的关键作用.从现实意义来看,宴请可以被看作是乡村振兴中侗寨社会治理的重要力量,进而为民族地区治理提供新视角.

Field research is a core research method for disciplines such as anthropology, ethnology and sociology. Anthropology is the study of humanity with the combination of humanism and positivism.Field research involves participation in local people’s lives and conclusion of the materials obtained from observation and experience. Both qualitative research and quantitative research can be applied in field research. Observation and perception of a specific community are the main trajectory for carrying out field research. Some cases and segments of field research are shown in this paper to help scholars better understand the method of field research.

From the perspective of urban new immigrants, the immigration process is not only a change of location but also a change of social context and norms. Immigration means being away from the original social context, including the social network and social support built up in long-term life practice, and the familiar social values and norms. Meanwhile, a series of emergencies in the new environment must be coped with, so as to achieve social adaption and integration after continuous adjustment. In the next few chapters, the authors will demonstrate the process of social adaptation and integration of urban immigrants with quantitative data.

人才是乡村振兴的核心要素,吸引人才回流与培育本土人才是人才振兴的两种途径.本文以湖南省攸县渌田镇返乡能人的创业过程为考察对象,分析了劳务型能人、经济型能人、农技型能人参与乡村振兴的路径以及发挥的作用,进一步讨论返乡创业模式引领乡村人才振兴的机制.研究表明,农村产业与人才的良性互动是人才振兴的基本逻辑.能人返乡创业改变了农村生产要素匮乏的困境,带动了产业的转型升级;产业兴旺进一步吸引各类专业人才的回归.然而,高度依赖返乡创业能人的个人能力,村庄很难实现可持续发展.

从音乐学到文学再到人类学民族志的发展,复调在多个领域具有不同的内涵.将"复调"延伸至当代中国人类学的书写,从学术作品、写作者视野和中国社会图景三个角度解读复调的具体表现,可以看出复调糅合了多个领域的关键特点,暗示了一种鼓励多元、自由、内在独立、外在联结并不断反思的话语倾向.以复调的眼光看人类学视野中的中国研究为我们进一步推进当代中国民族志的书写创新提供了更多的可能和机会,且它将从另一个角度启迪我们更加深入地对"中国"这一概念的理解.

随着各种新课题、新理论和新研究的层出不穷,当代美国人类学中国研究进入了从主题、视角到理论、范式和方法多元化的新时代,对当代美国人类学中国研究的学术回顾,既是对中国研究作为人类学一个综合性研究领域的重新思考与整合尝试,也是中国人类学理解自身的重要方式.文章尝试从21世纪美国人类学中国研究的著述和作品出发,论述美国人类学者对中国这一复杂文明田野的理解、思考和表达,进而探讨"中国"在民族志研究的范围和对象以外作为一种方法的意义.

As stated in Chapter 1 , urban new immigrants can be divided into labour, intellectual and entrepreneurial, three types of immigration. In Chapters 2 and 3 , we have outlined the sketch of labour immigrants and intellectual immigrants. In this chapter, we will take the labour and intellectual immigrant as the reference groups, make a comparative analysis on the three types of immigrants, so as to highlight the characteristics of various types of immigrants.

With the development of economy and the acceleration of urban construction, tens of millions of labour immigrant flooded cities in China, from inland to coastal areas, from rural to urban areas, they emerge in all economic sectors and support the development and expansion of cities. In this chapter, we will sketch the living conditions of the labour immigrants based on the survey data, including their basic characteristics, livelihood and financial balance, living conditions, working conditions, social welfare and public security, filial education, recreation and psychological conditions.

Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, China has made remarkable achievements in the process of industrialisation and urbanisation. Accompanied by which, China's population migration has also entered the most active period. According to statistics, China's migrant population reached 211 million in 2009, with an average age of about 27.3 years old. Among them, 78.7% have rural household registration and are mainly young and middle-aged people.

2020年是黄淑娉教授90寿辰,此文为祝贺黄先生90大寿而作.介绍了黄先生自北上燕京大学求学起,在人类学民族学学科建设与科学研究中所作出的贡献.黄先生派兼南北之学科风度,学贯东西之研究精髓,她的学术实践历程,为中国人类学民族学的大发展奠定了坚实的基础.

Mobility and interlinkage have become the most important characteristics of our time. The mobility and interlinkage of people, material and information constitute the way and rules of the operation of today's world. Internet links, cloud computing, complex database and human computation have changed the way people relate to the world, thus the anthropology for understanding and interpretation of human cultures have changed correspondingly. Cultures in the state of mobility and interlinkage, such as spatial changes, the evolution of interpersonal relationships and the new cultural order, have become a new subject.