scholarly journals KABARDINO-BALKARIA ON THE SOVIET SCREEN: “ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM” BY ANATOLY TERSKOI

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
И.А. ГОЛОВНЕВ
Keyword(s):  
Silent Film ◽  
Visual Anthropology ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Ethnographic Film ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
Ethnographic Cinema ◽  
The Russian Empire

Исследование выполнено в рамках проекта РНФ № 21-18-00518, https://rscf.ru/project/21-18-00518 В 1920-х гг. в СССР получило развитие производство так называемых «культур­фильмов» о народностях и территориях страны. Эти фильмы имели популярность у зрителей, являясь для многих единственной возможностью совершить кино-путе­шествие по «Шестой части мира». И одним из наиболее популярных мест для съем­ки краеведческих фильмов стал Кавказ – картины, снятые в регионе, становились буквальным открытием этой территории для населения столиц и центральных областей. Была у этого процесса и политическая подоплека – проект создания «Ки­ноатласа СССР» – альманаха о советизации многонациональной страны. В статье рассматриваются непредставленные в гуманитарном обороте теоретические разра­ботки, посвященные развитию этнографического кино, и апробированные на практи­ке в виде киноматериалов о Кабардино-Балкарии, созданные режиссером А.Н. Терским при активном участии научного консультанта Н.Ф. Яковлева. Экран немого кино прямо или косвенно отражал силуэты идеологии и политики, идентичности и куль­туры самобытной территории в период исторической трансформации (из окраины Российской империи в автономную область СССР). Теоретические опыты Терского яв­ляются вкладом в науку, будучи одними из самых ранних отечественных концепций по визуальной антропологии. А в его кинокадрах просматриваются региональные осо­бенности реализации центральных программ советского строительства. Наконец, кинофильмы о Кавказе явились и выгодным экспортным товаром, широко демонстри­ровались в прокате заграничных стран, формируя в общественном сознании образ многоукладной горной страны. Делается вывод о потенциале этнографического кино­документа как исторического источника, и как актуального ресурса для применения в широком спектре современных научно-творческих практик. In the 1920s in the USSR, the production of so called “cultural films” about the nationalities and territories of the country was developed. These films were popular with viewers, being the only opportunity for many to make a film journey through the “Sixth Part of the World”. And one of the most popular places for filming local history films was the Caucasus – the films made in the region became a literal discovery of this territory for the population of the capitals and central regions. This process also had a political background – a project to create a “Cinema-Atlas of the USSR” – an almanac about Sovietization of a multinational country. The article examines theoretical developments that have not been presented in the humanitarian circulation, devoted to the development of ethnographic cinema in the USSR, and tested in practice in the form of film materials about Kabardino-Balkaria, created by film-director A. Terskoi with the active participation of the scientific consultant N. Yakovlev. The silent film screen directly or indirectly reflected the silhouettes of the ideology and politics, identity and culture of a distinctive territory during the period of historical transformation (from the outskirts of the Russian Empire to the Soviet autonomous region). Terskoi’s theoretical experiments are a contribution to science, being one of the earliest domestic concepts of visual anthropology. And his footage reveals regional features of the implementation of the central programs of Soviet construction. Finally, films about the Caucasus were a profitable export commodity – they were widely shown at the box office in foreign countries, shaping in the public consciousness the image of a multi-layered mountainous country. The conclusion is drawn about the potential of the ethnographic film document as a historical source and as an actual resource for use in a wide range of modern scientific and creative practices.

Ethnographic Documentary Production

Anthropology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harjant S. Gill
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Visual Anthropology ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Ethnographic Film ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Ethnographic Cinema ◽  
Definition Of

The term “documentary production” within anthropology characterizes the making and circulation of ethnographic research and scholarship which includes film and video as the primary medium of storytelling and communicating cultural knowledge. These categories evolve frequently and what constitutes a film as “ethnographic” cinema is a topic of lengthy ongoing debates. In his Oxford Bibliographies in Anthropology entry “Ethnographic Film,” Matthew Durington provides an overview of some of these debates in attempting to narrow down theoretical frameworks and parameters of filmic ethnography. Ginsburg’s 1998 essay “Institutionalizing the Unruly: Charting a Future for Visual Anthropology” (cited under Foundations) charts the lineage of visual anthropology on the development of the subfield as “born of a union between anthropology and documentary film” (p. 173). From its earliest application within ethnographic research, some scholars have approached filmmaking as a methodological and analytical tool that privileges scientific rigor while others regard it primarily as a medium for storytelling and scholarly output. Early adopters of using film within anthropological research, including Mead and Bateson in their 1977 article “On the Use of Camera in Anthropology” (cited under Foundations), have openly quibbled about the role of the camera and the filmmaker in capturing culture on film. These disagreements have been useful in broadening the boundaries of ethnographic cinema, inspiring filmmakers to experiment with different ways of making meaning, as it has been customary from the genre’s inception led by pioneering figures like Jean Rouch, Robert Gardner, and Trinh T. Minh-ha. For a threshold for what constitutes “ethnographic film and media productions,” we can turn to Jean Rouch, who in his essay “The Camera and Man” (cited under Foundations) insists that ethnographic filmmakers must apply the same anthropological rigor—“spend a long time in the field before beginning to shoot (at least a year),” and thereby possessing an intimate understanding of the communities among whom they work while mastering essential “film and sound recording skills” (p. 40). Building on insights offered by Rouch and by drawing on scholarship from documentary and media studies, the goal of this entry is to outline the fundamentals of non-fiction filmmaking geared toward anthropologists who are already trained in ethnographic research. This entry also insists upon a more inclusive definition of ethnographic cinema, one that does not rely on the filmmaker’s academic pedigree as the primary criteria for inclusion into what has historically been a rather insular enterprise. Instead, a section of this entry is devoted to highlighting voices and perspectives from historically marginalized communities—queer, feminist, people of color, immigrants, indigenous filmmakers, who have been sidelined within the discipline of anthropology with its vestiges of colonialism. Another section of this entry highlights the need to decenter the hegemony of North American and European gaze when telling cross-cultural stories by focusing on transnational ethnographic and documentary production, specifically from countries in the Global South.

scholarly journals Pirogov in the caucasus (To the 170th anniversary of the use of ethereal anesthesia in military field conditions).

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-379
Author(s):  
S. B. Manyshev ◽  
Xenia В. Manysheva
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Inhalation Anesthesia ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The Military ◽  
First Time

The article is devoted to the jubilee of Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov’s stay in the Caucasus. Based on a wide range of literature and the first time archival sources introduced into scientific circulation, the authors gave a brief outline of the development of anesthesia in world medical practice. The variants and cases of etheric anesthesia in the Caucasus in the field are described in detail. The article also reflects the difficulties that Nikolai Pirogov encountered when introducing etheric anesthesia into medical practice. The authors point to the criticism that sounded towards Nikolai Pirogov and his methods both from the lips of medical colleagues and ordinary military men. Particular attention is paid to innovative proposals in the field of medical care in military field conditions. One of Nikolay Pirogov’s earlier notes on the organization of medical aid on the battlefield is analyzed, in which the surgeon describes a fundamentally important and new method for sorting the wounded. It was thanks to the tireless work of the great surgeon in the Caucasus that ethereal anesthesia began to be introduced throughout the Russian Empire, which greatly facilitated both the work of doctors and the fate of patients. At the same time, he points out those restrictions, which, according to N.I. Pirogov had to be observed during the application of anesthesia in the military field: this is a closer monitoring of patients, as well as the uninterrupted supply of medical services to medicines. The result of N.I. Pirogov in the Caucasus was the lifting of restrictions on the use of inhalation anesthesia in Russia.

scholarly journals Eastern Transcaucasia on the Eve and During the Persian Campaign of Peter the Great

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
Zahid Alievich Khalaev
Keyword(s):  
Political Elite ◽  
Caspian Region ◽  
The West ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Peter The Great ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Empire

The study examines little-studied issues of the so-cio-political history of Eastern Transcaucasia on the eve and during the Persian campaign of Peter the Great. Based on the analysis of a wide range of nar-rative and archival sources, the influence of the mili-tary campaign of Peter the Great on the socio-political situation in the studied region is shown. The relations of the Russian authorities with the Christian rulers of the Transcaucasia in the interna-tional context are considered. As a result, the con-clusion is substantiated that during his Persian campaign, Peter I paid special attention not only to representatives of the Dagestan political elite, but also to the Christian rulers of the Eastern Transcau-casia, to the Georgian and Armenian rulers, in par-ticular, which gave him a great advantage in the struggle for domination in the Caucasus. The results of the Persian campaign of Peter for the Russian state were successful. The campaign put the west-ern part of the Caspian region under the control of the Russian state, such cities of Derbent and Baku were occupied. In general, this campaign marked the beginning of the process of the accession of the Transcaucasia to the Russian Empire.

scholarly journals LEADERS OF THE MUSLIM MOVEMENT RUSSIAN EMPIRE ABOUT KEY POLITICAL ISSUES THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 969-981
Author(s):  
Aydar Yu. Habutdinov ◽  
Marina M. Imasheva
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Ural Region ◽  
The State ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Volga Ural Region

In the article, based on a wide range of documents, an attempt is made to analyze the interaction of the leaders of the Russian Muslim social movement on the main political issues of two key regions: the Volga-Ural and the Caucasus, at the beginning of the 20th century. We are talking about the cooperation of the leaders of the Muslim movement in considering the issues of the models of statehood and autonomy and land. The interaction of Muslims of the Volga-Ural region and the Caucasus in the framework of the activities of the Ittifak al-Muslimin party, the Muslim faction of the imperial State Duma of four convocations, during the revolutionary events of 1917 and the Civil War is considered.The source base of the study is bills, legislative sources, programs of parties and factions, clerical materials, verbatim records of meetings of the State Duma of all four convocations and Muslim congresses. Methodologically, the article is based on systematization, classification and analysis of these documents. To compare the facts and events related to the activities of the leaders of the Muslim movement of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the twentieth century and to determine their role in the history of interaction between the Muslims of the Volga-Ural region and the Caucasus, the comparative-historical method adopted in domestic science was applied. The conclusions are made that, firstly, the economic and intellectual elite of the Tatar and Azerbaijani peoples stood at the head of the social movement of Muslims of the Russian Empire. Secondly, the main issues facing the Muslim politicians of Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century were questions about the form of government and the autonomy of Muslims and land. Thirdly, the political cooperation between the leaders of the Muslims of the Volga-Ural region and the Caucasus at the beginning of the twentieth century led to the creation of the All-Russian Muslim party "Ittifak al-Muslimin", the Muslim faction of the State Duma, and the convocation of All-Russian Muslim congresses.

Organization of volunteer forces of the Ottoman Empire from representatives of the peoples of the North Caucasus during the Russian-Ottoman war of 1877-1878 on the Caucasus-Asia Minor Front

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-202
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Pankin
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Military Units

This article, based on a wide range of sources, primarily of foreign origin (Turkish, English, French and Austrian), examines the issue of an attempt by immigrants from the North Caucasus to integrate into Ottoman society by forming voluntary military units on the eve of and during the years of the Russian-Ottoman war of 1877-1878 The author conducted a study of issues that were practically not studied in domestic and world historiography related to the legislative support of the volunteer movement during the preparation of the armed forces for the expected military conflict with the Russian Empire, the number of formed military units from representatives of the peoples of the North Caucasus, their ethnicity, and command staff and a number of other issues, including uniforms of irregular parts of the Ottoman Empire, weapons and sources staffing. Based on an analysis of the sources available to us, the author concludes that the leadership of the Ottoman Empire is inevitable to seek help from the North Caucasus Muhajir, to form irregular cavalry units from them. The author also concludes that, for the conduct of hostilities on the Caucasus-Asia Minor Front, units formed from the peoples of the Central and Eastern Caucasus were sent: Dagestanis, Kabardins, Ossetians, Chechens and Kumyks, who, after resettlement from the Russian Empire, were settled by the Ottoman government in the territory Sivas and Erzurum vilayets, as well as Samsun (Djanik) sanjak.

Unknown Documents of 1734 About Swedish Citizens Taken Into Serfdom

2019 ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Serhii I. Degtyarev ◽  
Violetta S. Molchanova
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
District Court ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Handwritten Documents ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Historical Phenomenon ◽  
State Archives ◽  
The Russian Empire

This work is devoted to the publication and analysis of two previously unknown handwritten documents of 1734. These documents contain information on several persons of Swedish nationality, which were illegally taken out by the Russian nobleman I. Popov during the Northern War from the territory of Sweden. Materials are stored in the State Archives of the Sumy region. They are part of the archival case of Okhtyrka District Court, but they are not thematically connected with it. These documents were once part of a much larger complex of materials. They refer to the request of former Swedish nationals to release them from serfdom from the Belgorod and Kursk landlords Popov and Dolgintsev. The further fate of these people remained unknown. But it is known that they were mistreated by their masters. Russian legislation at the time prohibited such treatment of persons of Swedish nationality. This was discussed in terms of the peace agreement Nishtadskoyi 1721. The two documents revealed illustrate the episodes of the lives of several foreigners who were captured. The analyzed materials give an opportunity to look at a historical phenomenon like a serfdom in the territory of the Russian Empire under a new angle. They allow us to study one of the ways to replenish the serfs. Documents can also be used as a source for the study of some aspects of social history, in biographical studies. The authors noted that the conversion to the property of the enslaved people of other nationalities was a very common practice in the XVII-XIX centuries. This source of replenishment of the dependent population groups were popular in many nations in Europe, Asia and Africa since ancient times. For example, in the Crimean Khanate, Turkey, Italy, Egypt, the nations of the Caucasus and many others. Кeywords: Sweden, Russian Empire, historical source, documents, Russo-Swedish War, Nistadt Treaty, Viborg, Swedish citizens, enslavement, serfdom.

scholarly journals Kinematics of Nuclei of Sc Galaxies

1980 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 191-191
Author(s):  
V. C. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Hii Regions ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
High Luminosity ◽  
Rotation Curves ◽  
Velocity Gradients ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Velocity Dispersions

For a sample of 21 Sc galaxies with a wide range of luminosities, of radii, and of masses, W. K. Ford and I have obtained spectra and determined rotation curves. By their kinematical behavior in their central regions, the Sc’s can be separated into two groups. Some galaxies, generally small and of low luminosity, have shallow central velocity gradients, reflecting their low central masses and densities. Other galaxies, most often large ones of high luminosity, have steep central velocity gradients. One reason this separation by central velocity gradients is of interest is because these galaxies exhibit other significant spectral differences which go hand-in-hand with the kinematical differences.The small, low luminosity galaxies show emission lines of Hα and [NII], with nuclear Ha sharp and stronger than [NII], and little or no stellar nuclear continuum, just as conventional HII regions. In contrast, the high luminosity galaxies show broad nuclear emission, with [NII] stronger than Ha. These galaxies have a strong red stellar continuum, arising from a red stellar population. The cause of the Hα[NII] intensity reversal in the nuclei of some galaxies remains unknown. However, the strong [NII] emission in generally high luminosity galaxies with massive nuclei, nuclei which show strong red continua, suggests that [Nil] intensity correlates with nuclear luminosity, and in turn with the density and velocity properties of the nuclear populations. We would expect high velocity dispersions and high bulge luminosities for galaxies with strong nuclear [NII] and steep central velocity gradients.

Dialogs ar vizuālo mākslu: mākslinieks un mākslas darbs

2021 ◽  
pp. 183-191
Author(s):  
Inta Klāsone ◽  
Solvita Spirģe-Sēne
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Public Consciousness

Nowadays, various forms of visual art have brought closer people’s daily lives to the processes that occur in the society. At the same time, the visually fulfilled environment has created favourable conditions for misunderstanding the contexts and meanings of artworks. This article draws attention to the fact that dialogue with visual art can be an important tool for developing personal values and promoting the spiritual understanding of a cultural environment. The topicality of the issue is supported by the educational trends of the 21st century – to educate comprehensive people who are capable of doing a wide range of tasks, constantly continuing their learning and development. Art plays an initiator’s role in social life and it encompasses all spiritual realms of humanity, which cannot be accomplished by other forms of public consciousness. A work of art can be viewed as a multi-layered expression of thoughts in an artistic form of images and symbols. The artist's work means producing a coded text or message. This article includes insights of scholars and artists developing an understanding of the artist’s work and artworks in a cultural and historical context to enrich the individual's competence base, and examples of the work and beliefs of particular artists of the 21st century.

scholarly journals About the perspectivity or unsufficiency of introducing the institute of chipping the population

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-244
Author(s):  
Yernar Begaliyev
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Urgent Problem ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Wide Range

This article is devoted to an urgent problem – the issues of feasibility, legality and expediency of population chipping. The author provides a deep and comprehensive analysis of the positive and negative sides of the problem under consideration, using the example of foreign countries in which there is a studied practice. The article proposes a scientific polemic of published works on the problem of microchips, offers its own point of view and draws its own conclusions. The key point of this article is, developed on the basis of research, SWOT analysis, which includes the strengths and weaknesses of the problem under study. In conclusion, the author draws his own conclusions and makes proposals aimed at committing the crimes, which may have theoretical and / or practical value. The article is intended for persons interested in the forensic technique, forensic characteristics of crimes, methods of investigation of certain types (groups) of crimes, as well as for a wide range of readers.

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