在日内瓦大学工作这大半年,深为法语学术圈自由散漫的风气所震撼;与多年前在美国读书时的感受相比,更是不可同日而语。比方说,在这里攻读博士学位的学生,基本不需要上课,导师也往往对其“撒手不管”。一位正打算做田野调查的中国博士生已入学一年,竟对田野调查究竟该怎么做一头雾 The six months since I was working at the University of Geneva was deeply shocked by the free-spirited atmosphere of the French academic community. Compared with years of reading in the United States, it was even more remarkable. For example, a Ph.D. student here does not need to attend classes, and mentors often “let go”. A Chinese doctor who is going to do a field survey has been in school for a year, actually investigating the field how to make a fog