Lines

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines.

As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates:

speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America

paths, trails and maps

drawing, ...

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines.

As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates:

speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America

paths, trails and maps

drawing, writing and calligraphy

The modern and postmodern world.

Written by a leading expert in the field and including over seventy illustrations, this text offers a radically different approach to anthropological and archaeological studies, taking us on a journey which will change the way we look at the world and how we move within it.

and archaeological studies.

蒂姆·英戈尔德（Tim Ingold）

当代著名人类学家，英国皇家人类学研究所赫胥黎纪念奖章获得者，曾任英国阿伯丁大学社会人类学系主任，现为该系荣休教授。早年在芬兰从事民族志田野调查，关注人类与动物、社会生活与自然环境、历史与进化的关系问题。之后专注于探索环境感知与技能实践之间的关联，建立了新的生态人类学研究范式。《线的文化史》是其代表作，其他著作包括《人类学为什么重要》《制作：人类学、考古学、艺术与建筑》等。

【译者简介】

张晓佳

复旦大学中文系艺术人类学与民间文学博士，上海外国语大学跨文化研究中心副研究员。译有《末日松茸：资本主义废墟上的生活可能》。