Between field observations, notes and knowledge: Content and contexts for M. A. Castrén’s ethnographic notes and lectures
This article discusses M. A. Castrén’s (1803‒1852) ethnographic notes and lectures on Samoyed peoples as part of the development of ethnography and Arctic research in the early 19th-century Russian Empire. Castrén produced several types of texts based on his two Russian expeditions, including travel...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/110835 2023-05-15T15:02:54+02:00 Between field observations, notes and knowledge: Content and contexts for M. A. Castrén’s ethnographic notes and lectures Lukin, Karina 2022-12-08 application/pdf https://journal.fi/fuf/article/view/110835 https://doi.org/10.33339/fuf.110835 eng eng Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura / Société Finno-Ougrienne / Finno-Ugrian Society / Finnisch-Ugrische Gesellschaft https://journal.fi/fuf/article/view/110835/75216 https://journal.fi/fuf/article/view/110835 doi:10.33339/fuf.110835 Copyright (c) 2022 Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen; Nro 67 (2022): Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 67; 127–159 Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen; No. 67 (2022): Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 67; 127–159 Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen; Nr. 67 (2022): Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 67; 127–159 0355-1253 ethnography fieldwork notes M. A. Castrén Samoyed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text 2022 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.33339/fuf.110835 2022-12-14T23:57:47Z This article discusses M. A. Castrén’s (1803‒1852) ethnographic notes and lectures on Samoyed peoples as part of the development of ethnography and Arctic research in the early 19th-century Russian Empire. Castrén produced several types of texts based on his two Russian expeditions, including travel narratives, letters, linguistic transcriptions and ethnographic notes. In addition, he gave lectures about the peoples he studied. The article describes the types of data Castrén collected, the way he organized it and subsequently presented to academic audiences. The academic and societal background of Castrén’s ethnography illustrated in the article, relates him to A. J. Sjögren and to the Imperial Russian and European development of ethnography. It is argued that the tensions between nationalistic aims and broader academic discussions that split Russian discussions over ethnography represented a fruitful context for imperial subjects, such as Castrén. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic samoyed* Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Arctic Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 67 |
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This article discusses M. A. Castrén’s (1803‒1852) ethnographic notes and lectures on Samoyed peoples as part of the development of ethnography and Arctic research in the early 19th-century Russian Empire. Castrén produced several types of texts based on his two Russian expeditions, including travel narratives, letters, linguistic transcriptions and ethnographic notes. In addition, he gave lectures about the peoples he studied. The article describes the types of data Castrén collected, the way he organized it and subsequently presented to academic audiences. The academic and societal background of Castrén’s ethnography illustrated in the article, relates him to A. J. Sjögren and to the Imperial Russian and European development of ethnography. It is argued that the tensions between nationalistic aims and broader academic discussions that split Russian discussions over ethnography represented a fruitful context for imperial subjects, such as Castrén. |
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