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This volume is devoted to aspects of space that have thus far been
largely unexplored. How space is perceived and cognised has been
discussed from different stances, but there are few analyses of
nomadic approaches to spatiality. Nor is there a sufficient number
of studies on indigenous interpretations of space, despite the
importance of territory and place in definitions of indigeneity. At
the intersection of geography and anthropology, the authors of this
volume combine general reflections on spatiality with case studies
from the Circumpolar North and other nomadic settings. Spatial
perceptions and practices have been profoundly transformed by new
technologies as well as by new modes of social and political
interaction. How do these changes play out in the everyday lives,
identifications and political projects of nomadic and indigenous
people? This question has been broached from two seemingly
divergent stances: spatial cognition, on the one hand, and
production of space, on the other. Bringing these two approaches
together, this volume re-aligns the different strings of
scholarship on spatiality, making them applicable and relevant for
indigenous and nomadic conceptualizations of space, place and
territory.
This volume is devoted to aspects of space that have thus far been
largely unexplored. How space is perceived and cognised has been
discussed from different stances, but there are few analyses of
nomadic approaches to spatiality. Nor is there a sufficient number
of studies on indigenous interpretations of space, despite the
importance of territory and place in definitions of indigeneity. At
the intersection of geography and anthropology, the authors of this
volume combine general reflections on spatiality with case studies
from the Circumpolar North and other nomadic settings. Spatial
perceptions and practices have been profoundly transformed by new
technologies as well as by new modes of social and political
interaction. How do these changes play out in the everyday lives,
identifications and political projects of nomadic and indigenous
people? This question has been broached from two seemingly
divergent stances: spatial cognition, on the one hand, and
production of space, on the other. Bringing these two approaches
together, this volume re-aligns the different strings of
scholarship on spatiality, making them applicable and relevant for
indigenous and nomadic conceptualizations of space, place and
territory.
Notions of culture, rituals and their meanings, the workings of
ideology in everyday life, public representations of tradition and
ethnicity, and the social consequences of economic transition-
these are critical issues in the social anthropology of Russia and
other postsocialist countries. Engaged in the negotiation of all
these is the House of Culture, which was the key institution for
cultural activities and implementation of state cultural policies
in all socialist states. The House of Culture was officially
responsible for cultural enlightenment, moral edification, and
personal cultivation-in short, for implementing the socialist
state's program of "bringing culture to the masses." Surprisingly,
little is known about its past and present condition. This
collection of ethnographically rich accounts examines the social
significance and everyday performance of Houses of Culture and how
they have changed in recent decades. In the years immediately
following the end of the Soviet Union, they underwent a deep
economic and symbolic crisis, and many closed. Recently, however,
there have been signs of a revitalization of the Houses of Culture
and a re-orientation of their missions and programs. The
contributions to this volume investigate the changing functions and
meanings of these vital institutions for the communities that they
serve.
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