Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Indigenous peoples of Krasnoyarsk region: concerning the question of methodology of culture studies

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Indigenous peoples of Krasnoyarsk region: concerning the question of methodology of culture studies

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Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2010 3 (4)
Authors: Koptzeva, Natalia P.
Contact information: Koptzeva, Natalia P. : Siberian Federal University , 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia , e-mail:
Keywords: HRAF; indigenous peoples; peoples of the North; Krasnoyarsk region; acculturation; HRAF; methods of culture studies; cultural anthropology
Abstract: The article deals with methodological and conceptual bases of cultural studies of the peoples living in the North of Krasnoyarsk region. The author considers the key terms accepted in the contemporary research works and substantiates the use of «indigenous peoples» term applied for the North aboriginal inhabitants living in the territory of Krasnoyarsk region. The potential of John Barrys conception of acculturation as a foundation of contemporary cultural studies of the indigenous peoples of Krasnoyarsk North are narrowly discussed in the article. The author thinks that today there is a cultural interaction between the Large pluralistic society and a certain ethno-cultural group, but not between two rather separate ethno-cultural groups (the Russian ethnos and that one of the peoples of Krasnoyarsk North). This approach signifies that both of the sides influence on each other and change in the process of acculturation. At present, the changes taking place in a local ethno-cultural group have been studied best of all while the Large pluralistic society is also changed. The author supposes that today Russia is going through a certain stage characteristic of the world community and connected with the change for a new type of social and economic relations between the state and the indigenous peoples of Krasnoyarsk North. This period is characterized by the transition from fixation of traditional way of life (allegedly characteristic of those peoples) to the search for mechanisms of inclusion of those cultural standards in the market system. This social and economic reality requires new cultural and anthropological approaches, in particular, connected with the use of capacities of Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) for cross-cultural studies of the North peoples living in Krasnoyarsk region.
Pages: 554-562
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/1764

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