“The Art of Renovating Forms”: Hidden Symbols of Tradition and Its Driving Forces
[“Iskusstvo obnovleniia form”: skrytye znaki traditsii i eio dvizhushchie sily]
Type of publication: Research Article
Submitted: 13.03.2016
Accepted: 01.09.2016
About author(s)
Igor Morozov | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1987-0706 | mianov@rambler.ru | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (32-a Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia)
Irina Sleptsova (Kyzlasova) | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9058-1464 | I_Kyzlasova@mail.ru | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (32-a Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia)
Keywords
ethnology, social anthropology, garbology, social space, thing in culture, tradition and innovation, transformation of tradition, upcycling
Abstract
Drawn on the authors’ own field research in the Kostroma region of Russia and a variety of other sources, the article discusses the practice of reusing things and waste, also known as upcycling, in decorating home space, backyards, gardens, and children’s playgrounds. The authors think about the role that the practice plays in the cultural innovation that unfolds as part of globalization, as well as about its relationship and connection to the notions of “fashion”, “custom”, and “tradition”. The article is supplemented with comments by S.B. Adonieva, Z.S. Antipina and K.E. Shumov, M.L. Butovskaya, D.V. Gromov, and T.B. Shchepanskaia.
Citation
Morozov, I.A., and I.S. Sleptsova. 2017. “Iskusstvo obnovleniia form”: skrytye znaki traditsii i eio dvizhushchie sily [“The Art of Renovating Forms”: Hidden Symbols of Tradition and Its Driving Forces]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 1: 109-122
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