Route, Development And Power

The core of humanities and social sciences’ research is people themselves, especially anthropology, which is famous for human studies. However, during discussing the problem of people, we should not only focus on the man himself, or we may lose some possibilities of knowing ourselves. Hence, the studies of anthropology often need to deal with the relation of people, people and society, people and objects, in order to understand people themselves better. In this research, I will concern about the change process of Qiangdian ancient Carrier Routes in Southwest of China, which is shaping the societies and cultures of Guizhou province. Also, I will explain the real social connotation of this change. Actually, this analysis is how to understand people themselves by understanding the relationship between people and object. With the pace of social development, routes already have played the multiplicity and complex role. It also have been added much more social characteristics along with sociality of human and space plasticity of routes. Therefore, some common problems associated with the routes will become interdisciplinary research issues which cannot be avoided.Certainly, the important significance of route study lies in its social connotation under the certain conditions of time and space, which contains practical value and easy to manipulate. Thus, this research have focus on Qiangdian ancient Carrier Routes, across Guizhou and Yunnan province, with long history, which have been engraved the rich social and cultural connotation of Guizhou as the foundation changing of social development. In brief, this research pays attention on Yidao’s own historical change and its shaping forces to the society and culture of Guizhou, as well as development issues in facing modern functional changes, and the power relations between them, also needs to survey and research on modern road construction from the perspective of culture.Specifically, there are eight chapters to discuss the above issues. In first chapter, the author starts with personal route story, then extends to the value of Qiandian ancient Carrier Routes to the social cultural significance of Guizhou. The research origin is the current development issues that accompany the process of road construction. Besides, there are parts containing research assume, procedure, road ethnographic and research methods. Literature review is in second chapter, which concerning about the "object" quality of routes and characteristics as the power to run the carrier. Meanwhile, I have reviewed Southwest Ethnic corridor, postal relay system and road traffic study. Also, the article have generalized the significance of the road in the text which are given imagery and metaphors to express characteristics. In third chapter, I have sorted out the formation and the networking of Qiandian ancient Carrier Routes from the geographical features and historical particularity of Guizhou. From ethnic divisions and pattern recognition, as well as national and local perspective, I will describe the "transport" public space of Qiandian ancient Carrier Routes as central Guizhou hinterland. The shaping power of Qiandian ancient Carrier Routes to social culture of Guizhou will be focused on Chapter four. We can see, the distribution of Weisuo in Guizhou is correspond to the spread of Yidao, which was the key to control Guizhou society by feudal dynasties. More importantly, they are figuring and maintaining the culture unit features and integrated multi-ethnic relationships. Meanwhile, the opening of Qiandian ancient Carrier Routes, making the societies of Guizhou become more clear, and also provide a primitive accumulation of its establishment as a provincial-level regions. In fifth chapter, the discuss turns to modern road establishment and its logic of power control behind. From the modern postal reform to the recent highway construction, I have described the Republic of China’s highway construction, as well as modern high-speed road network formation process and the regional pattern caused by changes. Also, obtaining the ruling legitimacy problem in the nation. I have been discussed in this chapter. The next chapter, I continue to focus on power logic of modern high-speed road construction. From rural area perspective, road construction on those behaviors are not accepted definition of violence dubbed, will be divided into road construction visible damage to the natural environment matters, such as living environment, as well as the concept of modern road accompanied by exclusive. And to reflect on the possible way that the modern routes to play so that the "civilized" could go up the mountain. In seventh chapter, the research will reveal interests choice and power logic behind the construction of modern high-speed road, because the modern routes supports the modern city as the core of the development model, which reflects a fair trade-off with the speed and efficiency of modern road construction issues. The last chapter, to sum up, I generalize the relationship between concept, routes and space shaping force. Meanwhile, I make further efforts to discuss the methods and paths of route research, as well as reaffirm social and cultural values of Qiandian ancient Carrier Routes to Guizhou. More importantly, the significances and issues of modern road in a specific time and space for social development have been reviewed and reflection in last part.