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Polevye issledovaniia V.G. Kuznetsovoi v amguemskoi tundre

[Field Research of V.G. Kuznetsova in the Amguema Tundra]

Type of publication: Research Article

About author(s)

Liudmila Khakhovskaya | hahovskaya@gmail.com | The N.A. Shilo North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences [NEISRI FEB RAS]

Keywords

varvara kuznetsova, chukotka, amguema, chukchee, fieldwork, nomadism, history of ethnography

Abstract

The article examines the scholarly work and life of the Russian ethnographer Varvara Kuznetsova, focusing on her field notes and diaries recorded during her prolonged fieldwork among the Chukchee of the Amguema tundra. The author casts light on the difficulties that the ethnographer experienced while she had, as a participant observer, to live the nomadic lifestyle together with the Chukchee people. The author further discusses the academic career of Kuznetsova after she returned from the field, and argues that the degree of immersion in the culture observed is a factor crucially important for the ethnographer’s personality.

Citation

Khakhovskaya, L.N. 2016. Polevye issledovaniia V.G. Kuznetsovoi v amguemskoi tundre [Field Research of V.G. Kuznetsova in the Amguema Tundra]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 3: 83-95

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