Soviet version of ethno-expertise: reports of Northern ethnographers of 1950s–1990s
The article provides an overview of the ethnographer-to-government reports (n = 106) published in five is-sues of the “Ethnological Expertise: Peoples of the Russian North” series. These documents, which represent valuable sources on the history of the northern populations and the national policy of...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b23eb6061c704869bb36b9bda357a9d8 2023-05-15T18:08:00+02:00 Soviet version of ethno-expertise: reports of Northern ethnographers of 1950s–1990s Golovnev A.V. Danilova E.N. 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2021-52-1-12 https://doaj.org/article/b23eb6061c704869bb36b9bda357a9d8 RU rus Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA http://www.ipdn.ru/_private/a52/132-143.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1811-7465 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-0437 doi:10.20874/2071-0437-2021-52-1-12 1811-7465 2071-0437 https://doaj.org/article/b23eb6061c704869bb36b9bda357a9d8 Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, Iss 1(52), Pp 132-143 (2021) ethnography north siberia ussr people ethnological expertise applied research socialism sedentarization nomads Archaeology CC1-960 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2021-52-1-12 2022-12-31T13:17:39Z The article provides an overview of the ethnographer-to-government reports (n = 106) published in five is-sues of the “Ethnological Expertise: Peoples of the Russian North” series. These documents, which represent valuable sources on the history of the northern populations and the national policy of the Soviet government from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s, contain information on demography and distribution of the indigenous groups, economy of collective farms, material status of collective farmers (earnings, living conditions, subsistence, provi-sion of clothing), characteristics of their culture and life, education, and health care. During the analysed period, the monitoring of ethnic communities was carried out as a planned long-term expertise under a unified program throughout the entire territory of the Soviet North. The requirement for this large-scale and continuous survey served as the motive for the creation of the North Sector in the Moscow division of the Institute of Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, where each specialist was assigned to a particular population (or group of peoples). Preparation of reports for the central and local authorities was a state order and the responsibility of employees of the Institute of Ethnography, who conducted field research in the North and Siberia. The analysis of the documents shows that ethnog-raphers, generally following the ideological and political guidelines of the authorities, tried – in some cases rather deci-sively — to correct the policy of the Soviet state in relation to the peoples of the North. Based on their own expert sur-veys, they criticized the transition of nomads to a settled way of life, the introduction of southern agricultural branches in the North, the lack of ethnographic knowledge among administrators; they discussed and proposed innovations in economy, technology, material culture, etc. The Soviet ethno-expertise encompassed, on the one hand, ethnographic data supporting socialist ideology, on the other – elements of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Russian North Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Sion ENVELOPE(13.758,13.758,66.844,66.844) VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII 1(52) 132 143 |
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The article provides an overview of the ethnographer-to-government reports (n = 106) published in five is-sues of the “Ethnological Expertise: Peoples of the Russian North” series. These documents, which represent valuable sources on the history of the northern populations and the national policy of the Soviet government from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s, contain information on demography and distribution of the indigenous groups, economy of collective farms, material status of collective farmers (earnings, living conditions, subsistence, provi-sion of clothing), characteristics of their culture and life, education, and health care. During the analysed period, the monitoring of ethnic communities was carried out as a planned long-term expertise under a unified program throughout the entire territory of the Soviet North. The requirement for this large-scale and continuous survey served as the motive for the creation of the North Sector in the Moscow division of the Institute of Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, where each specialist was assigned to a particular population (or group of peoples). Preparation of reports for the central and local authorities was a state order and the responsibility of employees of the Institute of Ethnography, who conducted field research in the North and Siberia. The analysis of the documents shows that ethnog-raphers, generally following the ideological and political guidelines of the authorities, tried – in some cases rather deci-sively — to correct the policy of the Soviet state in relation to the peoples of the North. Based on their own expert sur-veys, they criticized the transition of nomads to a settled way of life, the introduction of southern agricultural branches in the North, the lack of ethnographic knowledge among administrators; they discussed and proposed innovations in economy, technology, material culture, etc. The Soviet ethno-expertise encompassed, on the one hand, ethnographic data supporting socialist ideology, on the other – elements of ... |
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