Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North

Joachim Otto Habeck

Description

Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North breaks new ground by exploring the concept of lifestyle from a distinctly anthropological perspective. Showcasing the collective work of ten experienced scholars in the field, the book goes beyond concepts of tradition that have often been the focus of previous research, to explain how political, economic and technological changes in Russia have created a wide range of new possibilities and constraints in the pursuit of different ways of life.


Each contribution is drawn from meticulous first-hand field research, and the authors engage with theoretical questions such as whether and how the concept of lifestyle can be extended beyond its conventionally urban, Euro-American context and employed in a markedly different setting. Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North builds on the contributors’ clear commitment to diversifying the field and providing a novel and intimate insight into this vast and dynamic region.


This book provides inspiring reading for students and teachers of Anthropology, Sociology and Cultural Studies and for anyone interested in Russia and its regions. By providing ethnographic case studies, it is also a useful basis for teaching anthropological methods and concepts, both at graduate and undergraduate level. Rigorous and innovative, it marks an important contribution to the study of Siberia and the Russian North.
 

Sujets

• Anthropology

Informations

• Publié par: Open Book Publishers
• Date de parution: 25 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• EAN13: 9781783747207
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North
Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North
Edited by Joachim Otto Habeck
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Cover image: Ulan-Ude, 2009. Participants of a brass band open-air festival are returning to their hostel from the main square where they’ve just performed. Photo: Luděk Brož, CC-BY.
Cover design: Martina Tóthová and Anna Gatti.
Contents
Note on transliteration
ix
Note on translations
x
Notes on Contributors
xi
Preface
xv
1.
Introduction: Studying Lifestyle in Russia
1
Joachim Otto Habeck
Outline of the book
2
The concept of lifestyle in sociological and anthropological literature
5
Towards research on lifestyle in Siberia: some remarks on the regional context
17
The concept of lifestyle in Russian social science literature
21
First insights obtained in the course of the research project
27
References
29
2.
Implications of Infrastructure and Technological Change for Lifestyles in Siberia
35
Dennis Zuev and Joachim Otto Habeck
Major infrastructural and related social changes during the last three decades
36
Entering the post-Soviet 1990s: personal experiences
38
Movement, telecommunication, and lifestyle in peripheral settings
42
Overview of field sites
48
Means of transportation
58
Telecommunication, media, social networks, and photography
80
Conclusion
92
References
95
3.
Lifestyle and Creative Engagement with Rural Space in Northwest Russia
105
Masha Shaw ( née Maria Nakhshina )
Kitchen table talk as a research tool
109
(Dis-)empowered by the state: lifestyles of (im)mobility
111
Life histories over “liquidation” of time
116
Conclusion: lifestyle as a creative engagement with place
125
References
127
4.
Holiday Convergences, Holiday Divergences: Siberian Leisure Mobilities Under Late Socialism and After
131
Luděk Brož and Joachim Otto Habeck
Tourism and holiday-making during late socialism
133
Precursors and “noble causes” of socialist holiday worlds
140
Divergent travel biographies in the first post-Soviet decade
146
Growth of the Siberian tourist industry in the 2000s
150
New directions and motivations: post-socialist holiday worlds
154
Final thoughts on the future of tourism to, from, and within Siberia
160
References
162
5.
Spatial Imaginaries and Personal Topographies in Siberian Life Stories: Analysing Movement and Place in Biographical Narratives
167
Joseph J. Long
Mobility, geography, and topography
168
Narratives, images, and the spatial imaginary
170
Changing spatial imaginaries and possibilities for travel
172
Institutionalised rites of passage in travel biographies
175
Narratives of discovery
178
Movement that anchors: roots and rodina in personal topographies
179
Visualising social encounters
181
Movement as lifestyle
184
Conclusion
187
References
189
6.
Something like Happiness: Home Photography in the Inquiry of Lifestyles
191
Jaroslava Panáková
On the notion of happiness
192
Photo elicitation interviews
196
Modernity the Siberian way
206
Home photography in Siberia
208
Biographical narratives: consistencies and ruptures
213
“Collective and individual”
215
“Reading” the narratives along the photographs
218
“Significant other”
234
Portraits of self
236
Conclusion
244
References
249
7.
Soviet Kul’tura in Post-Soviet Identification: The Aesthetics of Ethnicity in Sakha (Yakutia)
257
Eleanor Peers
Lifestyle, Aesthetics, and Identity Politics in Sakha (Yakutia)
259
Soviet policy, kul’tura , and lifestyle
275
Kul’tura and the emergence of ethnicity
284
Conclusion: Soviet aesthetics and the Yhyakh
288
References
290
8.
Ethnicity on the Move: National-Cultural Organisations in Siberia
295
Artem Rabogoshvili
Ethnic diversity in the Baikal region
296
Ethnic activism and lifestyle: paradigms of research
298
Divides and disparities among ethnic activists in Siberia
301
Original home and mobility
305
New home and visual self-presentation
314
Conclusion
325
References
328
9.
“We are not Playing Life, We Live Here”: Playful Appropriation of Ancestral Memory in a Youth Camp in Western Siberia
331
Ina Schröder
Shared sensibilities: taking charge of local youth
333
Summer camp as a lifestyle
336
Play and self-cultivation
339
Indigenisation of Zarnitsa : retrieving one’s ancestral memory
342
Gender norms, roles, and experiences in the role-playing game
348
Conclusion
360
References
362
10.
A Taste for Play: Lifestyle and Live-Action Role-Playing in Siberia and the Russian Far East
365
Tatiana Barchunova and Joachim Otto Habeck
Live-action role-playing (LARP) in Siberia today
366
The concept of lifestyle and its relevance to taste, play, and game
368
LARP as practice: separation and mixture of game and reality
371
LARP and lifestyle: casual, regular, and total larpers
384
Conclusion
393
References
396
11.
Conclusions
399
Joachim Otto Habeck
Beyond 2011: an update on social and cultural shifts in Russia
400
Lifestyle, habits of travelling, and visual forms of self-presentation
412
Reassessing the concept of lifestyle
423
Lifestyle and modernity in post-Soviet Russia
425
References
430
Appendix: On Research Design and Methods
435
Joachim Otto Habeck and Jaroslava Panáková
References
448
List of Illustrations
451
Index
457
Note on transliteration
In the main text of this volume, certain geographic and other terms widely known to an English-speaking readership are given in their conventional forms (e.g. Buryatia, intelligentsia, Moscow, Yakutia). All other words and phrases transliterated from Cyrillic script are rendered in accordance with the ALA-LC (American Library Association and Library of Congress) romanisation table, available at https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/russian.pdf , with the exception of the Cyrillic letters е, ю, я — rendered in this volume as ye, yu, ya when at the beginning of a word. Words and phrases from Sakha language may also include ө, ү and h, rendered in this volume as ö, ü and h.
Cyrillic
Latin
Cyrillic
Latin
А а
A a
Р р
R r
Б б
B b
С с
S s
В в
V v
Т т
T t
Г г
G g
У у
U u
Д д
D d
Ф ф
F f
Е е
e Ye* ye*
Х х
Kh kh
Ё ё
Ë ë
Ц ц
Ts ts
Ж ж
Zh zh
Ч ч
Ch ch
З з
Z z
Ш ш
Sh sh
И и
I i
Щ щ
Shch shch
Й й
I i
ъ
“
К к
K k
Ы ы
Y y
Л л
L l
ь
‘
М м
M m
Э э
E e
Н н
N n
Ю ю
iu Yu* yu*
О о
O o
Я я
ia Ya* ya*
П п
P p
*at the beginning of a word
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