UrFU Culturologists Create a Methodology for the Study of Visual Anthropological Sources

12:25, June 18, 2018

The project received a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for three years

The project of a group of scientists led by Elena Golovneva, the Associate Professor of the Department of Culturology and Design of the Ural Humanitarian Institute, won in the competition for fundamental research. The competition is conducted by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Foundation for the Russian Language and Culture in Hungary. The project of UrFU team received funding for a period of three years. The project is devoted to the examination and visual representation of the frontier territories of Russia and the USSR in the visual anthropology of the first half of the 20th century on the example of research by Russian and Hungarian scientists and filmmakers.

‘The project is aimed at studying archival and museum materials on visual anthropology. Visual anthropology is a science that observe visual information demonstrating how a culture captures itself or is viewed from the outside. We plan to develop a methodology for study of visual anthropological sources, such as drawings, photos, films created by scientists and filmmakers of the first half of the 20th century who worked in Siberia and the Far East. The work is conducted in collaboration with experts from Hungary,’ said Elena Golovneva.

The research group plan to publish articles, participate in scientific forums and organize photo exhibition and film programs.