Where anthropology meets diaspora studies: Some considerations in Qiaoxiang studies

Abstract

This paper calls for a multi-disciplinary approach to the research into issues of overseas Chinese villages. It argues that in studying the transnational relationship between the overseas Chinese villages in the mainland and their overseas kin, it's necessary to take into consideration the spatial and temporal factors in the interaction process of the various groups of Chinese. Therefore, the need to cut across geographic space and historical time warrants an approach that combines anthropology and Diaspora studies to understand the emerging social relationship and processes that are at play in the studies of overseas Chinese villages.

探讨如何在侨乡研究中运用多学科方法。在研究位於大陆的侨乡村莊和他们散居在海外的亲属之间关係的时候，有必要考虑这些华人群体在互动过程中的空间和时间问题。因此，对地理空间和历史时间的超越要求一种结合人类学和散居人口研究的方法，以便理解侨乡研究中不断遇到的新的社会关係的出现和兴起的过程。