When ethnography is used in fields outside anthropology, vignettes often take a central role. Yet methodological discussions of the vignette are not as central to anthropology as their cross-disciplinary use might warrant. By dwelling on, but perhaps less stringently guarding, disciplinary boundaries, anthropology can gain a clearer view of its own central tools—in this case, vignettes. Reconsidering these tools holds particular relevance for work on refugee studies, an inherently interdisciplinary field that anthropology has had a key role in shaping. Artistic works focused on refugees are considered here from a meta-ethnographic perspective that pays attention to the processes through which a specific series of artworks were produced alongside their content. Central to this analysis is the role of the vignette in the artist's presentation of her work, which enables an inquiry into the double role of the vignette as both method and presentation in anthropology.

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重新考虑小插图作为方法

当民族志被用于人类学以外的领域时，小插曲通常起着核心作用。然而，对小插图的方法论讨论并不像它们的跨学科使用所保证的那样对人类学至关重要。通过专注于但也许不那么严格地守卫学科边界，人类学可以更清楚地了解自己的核心工具——在这种情况下，是小插图。重新考虑这些工具与难民研究的工作特别相关，这是一个固有的跨学科领域，人类学在塑造方面发挥了关键作用。这里从元民族志的角度考虑关注难民的艺术作品，关注特定系列艺术作品及其内容的制作过程。该分析的核心是小插图在艺术家的作品中所扮演的角色