生物多样性 ›› 2024, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 24002.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2024002  cstr: 32101.14.biods.2024002

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浅谈中国民族植物学的研究思路和理论假设

耿彦飞1(), 王雨华2,*()()   

  1. 1.贵州大学生命科学学院, 贵阳 550025
    2.中国科学院昆明植物研究所云南省野生资源植物研发重点实验室, 昆明 650201
  • 收稿日期:2024-01-04 接受日期:2024-10-26 出版日期:2024-11-20 发布日期:2024-11-19
  • 通讯作者: E-mail: wangyuhua@mail.kib.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(32260099);贵州省科学技术基金(Qiankehejichu-ZK [2021] 091);第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究(2019QZKK0502)

A brief synthesis of research approaches and theoretical hypotheses in Chinese Ethnobotany

Yanfei Geng1(), Yuhua Wang2,*()()   

  1. 1. College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    2. Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant Resources, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
  • Received:2024-01-04 Accepted:2024-10-26 Online:2024-11-20 Published:2024-11-19
  • Contact: E-mail: wangyuhua@mail.kib.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(32260099);Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Province(Qiankehejichu-ZK [2021] 091);Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(2019QZKK0502)

摘要:

民族植物学是一门探讨人与植物之间相互关系的学科, 自1982年引入中国以来, 该学科在国内也如同在国际上其他地区一样, 开展了大量的描述性研究。为了推动民族植物学成为一个由假设和理论驱动的学科, 本文在对国内外民族植物学研究现状进行回顾基础上, 结合社会学、人类学、民族学、生态学等学科的理论基础, 重新梳理了中国民族植物学的研究思路, 并汇总了民族植物学研究可以参考的15个理论假设。民族植物学研究通常采用从人出发和从植物出发的两种研究范式, 综合运用多种研究方法和工具, 按照“描述—解释—应用”三步走的研究思路开展。在解释阶段, 为了更科学地阐释人与植物的相互关系, 可以依据以下理论假说从人与植物两个视角进行分析: 从人的角度出发的理论假说包括生存假说、泛灵论、文化适应假说、生态位假说、人口特征假说、社交网络理论、城市化假说等; 从植物角度出发的假说则包括生态显性假说、生态冗余假说、协同进化假说、边缘效应假说、多功能性假说、多元化假说、象形假说和亲缘假说等。理论假设是帮助我们开展民族植物学研究的工具, 依赖多种工具进行多维的民族植物学研究是未来民族植物学发展的趋势。希望本文总结的民族植物学理论假设能为未来民族植物学研究提供有益的参考。

关键词: 民族植物学, 理论, 假设, 研究思路, 传统知识

Abstract

Background & Aims: Ethnobotany, the scientific study of the relationship between humans and plants, has been a field of growing interest in China since its introduction in 1982. Over the years, it has accumulated a substantial amount of descriptive work, both domestically and internationally. In our quest to promote Ethnobotany as a hypothesis- and theory-driven discipline, we undertook a comprehensive review of this vast body of domestic and international ethnobotanical research. We also delved into the theoretical bases of sociology, anthropology, ethnology, ecology, and related disciplines. This thorough review allowed us to reorganize the research approaches of Ethnobotany, and present 15 theoretical hypotheses that can serve as valuable references in ethnobotanical research.

Perspective: Generally speaking, ethnobotanical research has two research paradigms, which are the human-oriented paradigm and plants-oriented paradigm, and is carried out according to the three-stage research approach of “description-explanation-application” using a variety of research methods and tools. In the explanation stage, in order to more scientifically explain the relationship between humans and plants, we can proceed from the two perspectives of humans and plants based on the following theoretical hypotheses: (1) Theoretical hypotheses from the perspective of human include the survival hypothesis, animism, cultural adaptation hypothesis, ecological niche hypothesis, demographic traits hypothesis, social network theory, urbanization hypothesis, etc.; (2) Hypotheses from the perspective of plants include ecological apparency hypothesis, ecological redundancy hypothesis, coevolution hypothesis, edge effect hypothesis, versatility hypothesis, diversification hypothesis, pictographic hypothesis and kinship hypothesis, etc.

Future prospects: Theoretical hypotheses, as we have presented in this article, serve as invaluable tools for conducting ethnobotanical research. They not only provide a framework for understanding the complex relationship between humans and plants but also guide our exploration into the future of Ethnobotany. By relying on a variety of tools to conduct multi-dimensional ethnobotanical research, we are paving the way for the evolution of our discipline. It is our hope that the theoretical hypotheses we have outlined here will offer profound insights and practical guidance for future ethnobotanical research.

Key words: Ethnobotany, theory, hypothesis, research approach, traditional knowledge