针对过去二三十年新自由主义经济给人类社会带来的影响,2013年首届海峡两岸人类学论坛以“全球性、文化多样性与地方社会”为主题,在中国台湾新竹举办了为期三天的会议。来自全国各地的与会学者,从全球化背景下国家与地方、宗教与仪式、技艺与市场、物与人群及其日常生活等多个角度进行讨论,透过台湾与内地等多地民族志材料之比较,试图延伸人类学界长期以来对地方社会及其多元文化特质的关注,回应当前社会共同面临的全球化问题。 In response to the impact that the neo-liberal economy has exerted on human society over the past two or three decades, the first cross-Strait anthropology forum in 2013, held on a theme of “global, cultural diversity and local community”, was held in Hsinchu, Taiwan Three days of meetings. Participants and scholars from all over the country discussed from the angles of state and place, religion and ritual, art and market, objects and people and their daily life in the context of globalization. Through the ethnological materials of Taiwan and the Mainland, In comparison, it attempts to extend the concern of the anthropologists for a long time to the local community and its multiculturalism, and to respond to the globalization issue that the current society faces together.