Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Representational Abilities of the Northern and Siberian Peoples Indigenous Knowledge in the Ethnography of the Russian Empire in the 18th – early 20th Centuries

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2026 19 (1)
Authors
Kolesnik, Maria A.; Bukova, Maria I.
Contact information
Kolesnik, Maria A. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0001-8194-7869; Bukova, Maria I.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000‑0002‑8069‑9522
Keywords
indigenous peoples; representation of indigenous knowledge; North; Siberia; traditional knowledge; ethnography in Russia
Abstract

This article presents the results of an analysis of ethnographic works by scholars and travelers in Russia from the 18th to early 20th centuries, which present the knowledge of the indigenous peoples of the North and Siberia in a specific way. The aim of this study is to identify and systematize the types and methods of representing indigenous knowledge, documenting the changes that have occurred in its representation in scholarly works over time and depending on the approach’s characteristic of ethnographic research of the era. Conclusions are drawn regarding the changes that have occurred over two centuries in ethnographers’ approaches to interpreting the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples. Ethnographic works by scholars such as G. F. Miller, I. G. Georgi, G. V. Steller, S. P. Krasheninnikov, A. F. Middendorf, P. I. Tretyakov, V. G. Bogoraz, V. I. Jochelson, and others are analyzed

Pages
54–63
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RZWIEH
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/158101

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