Nigel Barley (born 1947 in Kingston upon Thames, England) is an anthropologist famous for the books he has written on his experiences. He studied modern languages at Cambridge University and completed a doctorate in social anthropology at Oxford University. He held a number of academic positions before joining the British Museum as an assistant keeper in the Department of Ethnography, where he remained until 2003.
Barley's first book, The Innocent Anthropologist, was a witty and informative account of anthropological field work among the Dowayo people of Cameroon. Thereafter he published a number of works about Africa and Indonesia in such genres as travel, art, historical biography, and fiction.
Barley has been twice nominated for the Travelex Writer of the Year Award. In 2002, he won the Foreign Press Association prize for travel writing.
发表于2025-04-06
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作者是不可救药的乐观主义者,在那种情况下,没疯掉而且写了两本妙趣横生的书,真是佩服。翻译得很好,如:”笨得很,我居然趋前致意。“ 抄几句: 返乡的人类学者不期望英雄式欢迎,但是某些朋友的平常以待实在太过分了。返家后一个小时,一位朋友打电话给我,简短说:“我...
评分《天真的人类学家——小泥屋笔记》真是一本好玩儿的书,不过我笑得很含蓄,相信有人会被逗得哈哈大乐,也许会从椅子上掉下来。 这是巴利于1977年前往喀麦隆与尼日利亚交界的山区研究多瓦悠族人人类学的故事,巴利的研究成果载于一本通常意义的民族志专著,而这本薄薄的...
评分1970年代末,人类学家巴利离开大学讲桌前往喀麦隆某少数民族村落进行实地调查,历时年余取第一手资料,回来除发表专著外,另有考察手记一本,里面充满挫折与奇遇。文化间的冲突和截然不同的生活法则,弄得人类学家灰头土脸。 这是一本灰头土脸的书。 然如果离开...
评分2003年的时候,《天真的人类学家:小泥屋笔记》出版了简体本,那时我刚在人类学的大门附近亦步亦趋地徘徊缓行;2008年,从老师那里,我复印了《天真的人类学家:重返多瓦悠兰》(续篇)的台版繁体本,稍能抚平的,是我在学术岔道上踯躅焦虑的心绪。2011年的夏日,我看到了“小...
评分左页 “我敢于预言费孝通博士的《中国农民的生活》(又名《江村经济》)一书将被认为是人类学实地调查和理论工作发展中的一个里程碑。”这是在1939年,这一年,费孝通的博士论文出版,他的导师马林诺夫斯基,为他写下了热情洋溢的序言。作为中国人类学的扛鼎之作,它的出现其...
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When British anthropologist Nigel Barley set up home among the Dowayo people in northern Cameroon, he knew how fieldwork should be conducted. Unfortunately, nobody had told the Dowayo. His compulsive, witty account of first fieldwork offers a wonderfully inspiring introduction to the real life of a cultural anthropologist doing research in a Third World area. Both touching and hilarious, Barley’s unconventional story—in which he survived boredom, hostility, disaster, and illness—addresses many critical issues in anthropology and in fieldwork.
看到评论里面这么多去非洲的故事有些感动。想起我的导师毕业之后也去过非洲,以后有机会我也想去看看。
评分果然一边吐槽一边田野才是人类学者的真实工作状态。话是这么说,做还是要做
评分我们再有本事,再有本事,也没办法做到在不同的文化民族形态间一直来回切换。每一次转换,都充满疏离感。这本书真是精彩有趣。我想起我常说的自己的梦想职业,包括植物学家,考古学家,和记者,其实真正向往的,就是有这样的田野调查工作的一个身份啊。
评分果然一边吐槽一边田野才是人类学者的真实工作状态。话是这么说,做还是要做
评分笑点奇多
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