Ethnography is the science that proclaims that history «can and should be measured in “saraphans”»

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2021-54-2/365-372

Abstract

The specificity of anthropology lies in the fact that much attention is paid to reflection and observation not only of how scientists construct the subject of their research, but also how the researchers themselves construct the world of the scientific community, what role the figure and background of each particular scientist plays in the development of the whole direction (Komarova 2016: 224). The article describes the path of professional development of a major Siberian ethnographer, head of the Department of Ethnography of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS (Novosibirsk) Dr. Elena F. Fursova. The career of a scientist who “makes” our science here and now appears as a specific case that introduces another “brick” in attempts to comprehend and rethink the development of Russian Ethnography, Ethnology, and Anthropology.

For Citation:  Vasekha, M.V., and M.A. Zhigunova. 2021. Ethnography is the science that proclaims that history «can and should be measured in “saraphans”». Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 2: 365–372.

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