Negotiating Authority between UNHCR and ‘The People’

Refugee camps are exceptional places that are left to the benevolent governing of international humanitarian agencies, and offer unique opportunities to explore the making and un‐making of public authority. This article examines how certain groups of young men in a refugee camp in Tanzania manage to establish public authority by relating to ideas of a Burundian moral order, while at the same time relating to the ‘development‐speak’ of international relief operations. The refugees' attempts to establish public authority are highly contested and highly politicized, clashing with the relief agencies' vision of the camp as non‐political. Ironically, the young men who engage in politics in the camp are also closely linked to these relief agencies in their role as brokers between the agencies and the ‘small people’. Public authority is partly produced by the powers that are delegated to them by the agencies and partly formed in the ‘gaps' in the agencies’ system. Similarly, authority rests in part on the respect that these brokers gain from other refugees — a respect that is earned in numerous ways, including outwitting the international organizations — and in part on the recognition that they get from the very same organizations. In other words, public authority rests on complex relations between legitimacy and recognition and between sovereignty and governmentality.     

楠溪江流域宗族与学术高峰

在地理环境相对封闭的楠溪江流域,以血缘宗族为纽带沿江分布的古村落群,在宋代已经形成了基本的格局。发展至今,多数古村落已绵延数百年,创造出了独具特色的宗族文化。在流域宗族文化形成的同时,学术文化也迅速发展,至宋时达到高峰,出现了文化繁荣、政治显赫的时代,形成永嘉事功学派。     

灵寿故城附近发现早期直刀币

中山国灵寿故城附近最近零星发现有所谓“直刀”币①,对于探索有关问题很有帮助。现简要报道如下:1.2005年10月初,在灵寿县古城村(灵寿故城东约6华里)发现罐装钱币,内装刀币21枚,多残断。我们见到完整的9枚,通长在142—147mm之间,多为15—16g,有3枚重13—13.5g。绿锈。正面柄部均有1条线,背部平素。脊背郭线与柄部郭线上下贯通。背弧。刃部有郭(图一、图二,插二下)。详细数据见下列表格。2.2002年,在灵寿县冈北村南(灵寿故城北约2华里)发现刀币2枚(可能出自墓葬)。绿锈。一枚刃部稍残,未见郭线,柄部正面1条线,背面平素,脊背郭线与柄部郭线上…     

从文化差异到文化自觉

任何一门学科都喜欢把自己这门学科的历史追溯到很久远的时代,西方的人类学当然也不例外。甚至有人乐于将其根源追溯到古希腊的时代,以为那个时代就有了人类学思想的萌芽。不过人类学作为一个专门的学科,并有了它自己专门的名字,却是在十九世纪后半个世纪才逐渐发展起来的。这个时期人类学所研究的问题既广     

吉林辉南邵家店发现的旧石器

吉林省辉南县邵家店旧石器地点发现于2003年8月,次年6月又对其进行了复查.该地点位于辉发河流域邵家店村东北的山坡上.两次调查共获得石制品57件,包括石核、石片、使用石片、刮削器、琢背刀和尖状器等.原料以黑曜岩和石英为主.石制品的原生层位全部破坏,皆山坡上采集.石制品具有中国北方主工业鲜明的特点,属于中国东北中部的小石器为主体的工业类型.根据石器类型分析,遗址的年代可能属于更新世晚期,即旧石器时代的晚期.     

‘Hanging out in Runescape’: Identity,Work and Leisure in the Virtual Playground

This article explores young people's practices in the virtual spaces of online gaming communities. Based on a three-year field-study of virtual worlds, it considers how young people construct and maintain identities within virtual social systems. The article discusses the relationship between the material and virtual aspects of young people's leisure. It suggests that the boundaries between these domains are porous. Virtual worlds offer spaces for the imagination and can enhance agency and, potentially, resistance. However, virtuality is no ‘liberated space’ and it incorporates norms and practices that often mirror those of the material world.     

一个完整的复审程序范例——汉司法简《奏谳书》研究之一

张家山汉简《奏谳书》"黥城旦讲乞鞫案"比较全面地反映了秦国司法制度中的复审程序。这种程序包括:重审程序的提起(乞鞫)、书面审理(视其故狱)、开庭审理(讯与诊)、复审判决(鞫之)以及善后处理(谓与誉)。     

济源市东石露头村宋代壁画墓

2004年在济源市东石露头村发现一座保存完好的宋代壁画墓,清理出人骨3具、西汉至宋代铜钱50余枚以及棺钉等物.墓葬形制为近方形四角攒顶砖室墓,初步断定为北宋中晚期墓葬.墓室壁画非常精美,为研究宋代葬俗、民间生活、绘画艺术及佛教文化提供了珍贵资料.