Abstract
This publication is a collection of documentary materials of the Russian and Chinese anthropologist Sergei Mikhailovich Shirokogorov (1887–1939) and his wife Elizaveta Nikolaevna Shikogorova (Robinson, 1884–1943).
The name of Sergei Mikhailovich is widely known primarily as the author of the theories of ethnos and the psychomental complex. Until recently, however, anthropological historians knew almost nothing about the fate of this pair of ethnographers. Through the juxtaposition of a huge number of documents from Russian and foreign archives, editors restore not only the biographies of researchers, but also the social life of their ideas across national borders, for the first time offering to look at the history of Russian anthropology at the beginning of the XX century as a transnational project. In addition, this publication is a return of the cultural heritage of the Evenks, Orochens and Manchus - records of their social and economic practices, rituals, etc. The book is richly illustrated with archival photographs and drawings, as well as maps that restore the course of the field work of researchers and show the cultural and linguistic diversity of the local population.
The name of Sergei Mikhailovich is widely known primarily as the author of the theories of ethnos and the psychomental complex. Until recently, however, anthropological historians knew almost nothing about the fate of this pair of ethnographers. Through the juxtaposition of a huge number of documents from Russian and foreign archives, editors restore not only the biographies of researchers, but also the social life of their ideas across national borders, for the first time offering to look at the history of Russian anthropology at the beginning of the XX century as a transnational project. In addition, this publication is a return of the cultural heritage of the Evenks, Orochens and Manchus - records of their social and economic practices, rituals, etc. The book is richly illustrated with archival photographs and drawings, as well as maps that restore the course of the field work of researchers and show the cultural and linguistic diversity of the local population.
Translated title of the contribution | Journeys through the Siberian Steppes and Taiga to Anthropological Concepts: The Ethno-history of Sergei and Elizabeth Shirokogoroff |
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Original language | Multiple languages |
Place of Publication | Moscow |
Publisher | Indrik |
Number of pages | 776 |
Volume | 2/2 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-5-91674-679-2 |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |