Practicing Ethnology in Contemporary Russia

In: National Association for the Practice of Anthropology bulletin, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 82-103

Abstract

The chapter reviews changing priorities of applied studies in Soviet and post‐Soviet Russia, presented on the background of institutional developments and changes in public status of ethnology in the country. Special emphasis is given to activities of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Moscow) in this field and to author–s personal experience in practicing ethnology during the last 15 years.