在如今的中国版图上,西南日益成为意义凸显和世人关注的重要单位。自司马迁的“西南夷列传”以来,世人对西南的关注和研究可谓内容多样、纷繁不一。与此并行的是,作为与中原及其他区域相对不同的文化地理单位,西南诸省区的族群与文化也堪称交错兼容,各具特色。本专栏邀集部分论者从历史、经济和人类学角度对西南研究加以回顾和扩展,在对象和论题方面学科的汇通和行省的交融,以期形成较开阔的交流对话。其中内容兼顾西南诸省,有的关注一地,或滇或黔,有的淡化边界,突出跨省关联。论者的身份内外有之,所言问题亦力图彼此相关,互为应证。萧霁红考察宗教,论说明清时期傣族土司崇奉道教的文化轨迹;安琪的文章以云、贵、川三省的田野考察为基础,描绘和分析了西南“民族博物馆”中的族裔叙事问题;笔者与彭文斌的对话,由“帝国”、“边疆”和“国家”等关键词入手,梳理上世纪80年代以来西南研究的复兴和演变,提出了一组有关的反思问题。诸学者的视野、方法各自有别,但对于西南研究的关注和实践却体现出内在的呼应和关联。总之,“西南研究”历史久远,议题繁多,近代以来更可谓此起彼伏,方兴未艾。本专题只是其中的一种延续而已,期待更多的批评和回应。 In today’s Chinese territory, the southwest has increasingly become an important unit of significance and world attention. Since Sima Qian’s “Biography of Southwest Yi”, the world’s attention and research on the southwest can be described as diverse and varied. In parallel with this, as a cultural and geographical unit relatively different from the Central Plains and other regions, the ethnic groups and cultures in the southwestern provinces and regions may also be characterized as being staggered and compatible. This column invites some of the commentators to review and expand Southwest Studies from a historical, economic and anthropological point of view and to bring together disciplines and provinces in the field of objects and topics so as to form a more open exchange and dialogue. The contents of both southwest provinces, some concerned about a place, or Yunnan or Guizhou, some dilute the border, highlighting the inter-provincial ties. The identity of the person inside and outside there, the problems are also trying to relate to each other, each should be evidence. Hsiao Hung-hong inspected religion, and talked about the cultural track of Taoist worship of Dai chieftain during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the basis of the fieldwork in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, An Qi’s article described and analyzed the ethnic narrative problem in the Southwest Museum of Ethnography ; The dialogue between the author and Peng Wenbin starts with the key words such as “Empire”, “Frontier” and “Country”, combs the revival and evolution of Southwest studies since the 1980s, and puts forward a set of related reflections problem. The scholar’s field of vision, methods are different, but the attention and practice of Southwest studies reflect the intrinsic echo and correlation. In short, “Southwest Studies ” has a long history and numerous topics. Since the modern era, it has become more and more popular in the ascendant. This topic is just one of the continuations, looking forward to more criticism and response.