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Accepted Paper:
Transformations of university ethnological programs in post-Soviet Russia: How can we get out of here now?
Dmitriy Funk
(Moscow State Linguistic University)
Paper short abstract:
The paper discusses the history and contemporary transformations in ethnological / anthropological education in Russia that occurred in the last 30 years, paying special attention to the questions: Who teaches, whom and for what career are they preparing students?
Paper long abstract:
Three departments of ethnography / ethnology throughout Russia (in Moscow, Leningrad and Omsk) at the time of the collapse of the USSR gave an idea of the whole palette of local ethnological education. In the 2019/20 academic year, the number of departments of ethnology, anthropology, ethnology and anthropology or anthropology and ethnology, undergraduate and graduate programs in ethnology in the framework of history or independent programs "anthropology and ethnology" is estimated at dozens. Has anything changed in the education system? Who teaches, whom and for what career are they preparing now at the corresponding departments and programs in Russia? Based on his long experience in working at one of the leading departments of ethnology in Russia, at Moscow State University, the author offers his assessments and thoughts about the directions of the ongoing transformations.