Reciprocity has core significance for understanding basic human living conditions: our social nature is founded on reciprocal relations, and reciprocity strengthens the ties between people. Reciprocity-based anthropology is a kind of cultural logic, one that stresses the interaction between different groups. Fundamentally, it involves studying forms of the mutually beneficial relations involved in complementary differences. This perspective reconciles differences, creating a communicative space for diverse cultures’ coexistence, symbiosis and sharing. The various channels formed through human activity include ways in and ways out, constant incomings and outgoings, the coexistence of different cultures, ways of life and ideas, and complementarity. The launching of the Belt and Road Initiative includes channels with multiple characteristics and functions, so research on this topic involves the analysis of society and culture based on roadways rather than locations.

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一带一路与对等人类学的重新发现

互惠对理解人类基本生活条件具有核心意义：我们的社会性质是建立在互惠关系基础上的，而互惠关系则加强了人与人之间的联系。基于互惠的人类学是一种文化逻辑，强调不同群体之间的相互作用。从根本上讲，它涉及研究互补差异中互利关系的形式。这种观点调和了分歧，为多种文化的共存，共生和共享创造了交流空间。人类活动形成的各种渠道包括进出方式，不断进出，不同文化的共存，生活方式和思想方式以及互补性。