Anthropologists' contribution to the study of cultural change is urgent in light of the increasing number of people of different backgrounds who are migrating around the globe and settling in new communities, and the opportunities and challenges that come along with that process. By examining the anthropological literature on acculturation going back to the 1936 Memorandum by Redfield, Linton and Herskovits, this paper reviews and assesses the discipline's perspective on acculturation, and lays out the case for why it is critical for anthropologists to re-engage the concept. Although other disciplines, particularly psychology and sociology, have dominated the field of acculturation research more recently, they mostly have done so with a narrow focus. While it is important to acknowledge the pitfalls of anthropology's past study of acculturation, there are important features of the acculturation construct that continue to be relevant. Among these are the study of acculturation as a process that is multidimensional; the investigation of how different kinds of power affect the acculturation process; the impacts of attitudes, actions and policies of the receiving group on how acculturation proceeds; the role of "real history" in understanding processes of acculturation; and the global perspective on these processes. We suggest ways in which anthropologists can reignite the field of acculturation research by engaging with Redfield, Linton and Herskovits' framework and subsequent anthropological literature.
鉴于越来越多的不同背景的人在全球各地迁移并在新的社区定居，以及这一过程带来的机遇和挑战，人类学家对文化变迁研究的贡献是迫切的。通过研究自1936年雷德菲尔德、林顿和赫斯科维茨的备忘录(Memorandum of Redfield, Linton and Herskovits)以来关于文化适应的人类学文献，本文回顾和评估了该学科对文化适应的看法，并阐述了为什么人类学家重新参与这一概念至关重要。虽然其他学科，特别是心理学和社会学，最近在文化适应研究领域占据主导地位，但他们的研究大多是狭隘的。虽然认识到人类学过去对文化适应研究的缺陷是很重要的，但文化适应结构的一些重要特征仍然是相关的。其中包括将文化适应作为一个多维过程的研究;不同权力对文化适应过程的影响研究接受群体的态度、行动和政策对文化适应过程的影响;“真实历史”在理解文化适应过程中的作用以及对这些过程的全球视角。我们建议人类学家通过参与雷德菲尔德、林顿和赫斯科维茨的框架以及随后的人类学文献，重新点燃文化适应研究领域。
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