The National Research Center at Yunnan University for Studies of Borderland Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China was established in 2001. This Center at Yunnan University is one of 100 national humanities and social science establishments set up by the Chinese Education Ministry. Besides the Resource Room, it includes the following five institutions: the Kuige (Fieldwork and Social Culture) Research Unit, the Ethnic Relations and Nationalities Issues Research Unit, the Cross-Border Ethnic and Border Issues Research Unit, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Unit and the Visual Anthropological Laboratory. There are nineteen persons in the Center, including researchers, administrative staff and assistants. Their main academic research fields are: ethnic minorities in southwest China (including the Dai, Hani, Naxi, Zhuang and others which have not yet been classified), ethnic relations in southwest China, economic anthropology and ethnic minority economic issues, development anthropology and cultural industry in ethnic minority areas, border studies, national politics,China and Southeast Asia transnational ethnic minorities, traditional knowledge of ethnic minorities and their intangible cultural heritage, visual anthropology, etc.
Preface From Colonialism and National Crisis to Nation-state Reconstruction and Cultural Self-concepts: Studies of Ethnic History in Southwest China He Ming, Part One Ethnic Groups and Their Cultures Reflections on the Relationship Between Na Mu Ji and the "Naq" Ethnic Groups Yang Fuquan A Study of Folk Beliefs Among the Dai People of Jinping He Shaoying Dao Jie A Study of the Jataka Among the Dai National Minority Living Around Menlom Township Yao Jue A Study of the Concept of "Harmony" within the Folk Religion of Yunnan Gao Zbiying Ma Juli On the Model of "Multi-unification" and "Harmonious Coexistence" He lin The Cultural Meaning of the Traditional House Among the Nu Ethnic Group: Fieldwork of the Nu Villages in Bingzhongluo Township, Gongshan County and Pihe Township, Fugong County Zhang Yue Liu Xianxian An Examination of Medical Beliefs in Yunnan Minority Communities Zhang Sbi Iconographic Styles of Avalokitesvara in Southeast Asia Fu Yunxian Three Misconceptions in Studies of Hani History Gu Yongji A Historical Analysis of the Construction of Jinuo Culture Zhu Yingzban The Formation of the "Parshi Dai" According to Two Genealogical Histories Feng Yu An Anthropological Interpretation of the Movie A B~de of Huayao zhu Iingfei Part Two Ethnic G.oups' Societies and Social Gender Legal Guarantees for Ethnic Groups in Western Large-scale Development Strategy Zhang Xisheng Polygamous Marriage: A Rational Choice in the Context of Tradition and Habitat Li Zbinong Lu Shuangrnei Li Cuibong Fishing by Hani Women in the Terraced Fidds of the Ailao Mountain Area Wang.Q.inghua Ethnic Identity." Men's "Etic" dnd Women's "Emic" Sben Hairnei Tourism and the Changing Image of Gender Construction Yang Hui Liu Yongqing Part Three Change and Development in Society and Culture The Ethnic Culture of the Dai Nationality in the Context of Social Change: An Anthropological Study of a Dad Village in Xishuangbanna Zheng Xiaqun …… Part Four Theory and Methodology