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Antropologicheskij forum, 2024, no. 62

FORUM 62: HUMANS AND OTHER SPECIES

Varvara Baholdina

Lomonosov Moscow State University
1, Bld 12 Lenin Hills, Moscow, Russia
vbaholdina()mail.ru

Alex Blanchette

Tufts University
110 Braker Hall, 8 Upper Campus Road, Medford, MA, USA
alex.blanchette()tufts.edu

Elena Bogdanova

Independent researcher
Helsinki, Finland
bogdanova.nova()gmail.com

Anastasia Fedotova

St Petersburg branch of the Institute for the History of Science and Technology, RAS
5/2 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg, Russia
f.anastasia.spb()gmail.com

Carole Ferret

Laboratoire d’anthropologie sociale, CNRS / Collège de France / École des hautes études en sciences sociales
52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, France
carole.ferret()college-de-france.fr

Ian Helfant

Colgate University
13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY, USA
ihelfant()colgate.edu

Mark D. Hersey

Mississippi State University
208 Allen Hall, Starkville, MS, USA
mhersey()history.msstate.edu

Stepan Kalinin

International Slavic Institute
9 Godovikova Str., Moscow, Russia
rage_of_gods()inbox.ru

Frédéric Keck

Laboratoire d’anthropologie sociale, CNRS / Collège de France / École des hautes études en sciences sociales
52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, France
frederic.keck()cnrs.fr

Olga Korovkina

Independent researcher
Moscow, Russia
kazia-kordecka()mail.ru

Vladimir Korshunkov

Vyatka State University
36 Moskovskaya Str., Kirov, Russia
vla_kor()mail.ru

Olga Kosheleva

Institute of World History, RAS
32A Leninskiy Ave., Moscow, Russia
okosheleva()mail.ru

Ekaterina (Katya) Krylova

University of Canterbury
20 Kirkwood Ave., Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand
ekaterina.krylova()gmail.com

Anna Mazanik

Munich, Germany
anya.mazanik()gmail.com

Mark Mefed

Independent researcher
Balashikha, Russia
fleainmyhead()gmail.com

Eva Meijer

University of Amsterdam
145 Oude Turfmarkt, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
e.r.meijer()uva.nl

Henrietta Mondry

University of Canterbury
20 Kirkwood Ave., Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand
henrietta.mondry()canterbury.ac.nz

Elena Nikiforova

Independent researcher
Helsinki, Finland
elenikifor()gmail.com

Tamar Novick

Humboldt University
47 Georgenstrasse, Berlin, Germany
tamar.novick()hu-berlin.de

Stepan Petryakov

European University at St Petersburg
6/1А Gagarinskaya Str., St Petersburg, Russia
spetryakov()eu.spb.ru

Maria Pirogovskaya

European University at St Petersburg
6/1A Gagarinskaya Str., St Petersburg, Russia
mpirogovskaya()eu.spb.ru

Irina Podgorny

CONICET / Archivo Historico del Museo de La Plata-UNLP
Paseo del Bosque s/n, La Plata, Argentina
ipodgo()isis.unlp.edu.ar

Milena Pugina

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St Petersburg State University
58–60 Galernaya Str., St Petersburg, Russia
milenapugina.ru()gmail.com

Lidiya Rakhmanova

HSE University
123A Griboedov channel Emb., St Petersburg, Russia
muza-spb()yandex.ru

John Sanbonmatsu

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, USA
js()wpi.edu

Julia Shanina

Karelian Scientific Centre
11 Pushkinskaya Str., Petrozavodsk, Russia
ishanina()eu.spb.ru

Denis Sivkov

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
82, Bld. 3 Vernadskiy Ave., Moscow, Russia
The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka)
5 Gazetnyy Lane, Moscow, Russia
d.y.sivkov()gmail.com

Sergei Sokolovskiy

Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology, RAS
32A Leninskiy Ave., Moscow, Russia
SokolovskiSerg()gmail.com

Drew Swanson

Georgia Southern University
Interdisciplinary Academic Building, Statesboro, GA, USA
dswanson()georgiasouthern.edu

Alexandra Terekhina

Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of RAS
21 Zelenaya gorka Str., Labytnangi, Russia
terekhina.yamal()gmail.com

Anna Varfolomeeva

Independent researcher
Oulu, Finland
an.varfolomeeva()gmail.com

Maxim Vinarski

St Petersburg State University
7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg, Russia
St Petersburg branch of the Institute for the History of Science and Technology, RAS
5/2 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg, Russia
radix.vinarski()gmail.com

Grigorij Vinokurov

European University at St Petersburg
6/1А Gagarinskaya Str., St Petersburg, Russia
HSE University
123A Griboedov channel Emb., St Petersburg, Russia
grigorijvinokurov()gmail.com

Alexandr Volkovitskiy

Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of RAS
21 Zelenaya gorka Str., Labytnangi, Russia
alvolkovitskiy()gmail.com

Aleksandra Zakharova

European University at St Petersburg
6/1A Gagarinskaya, St Petersburg, Russia
azakharova()eu.spb.ru

Oksana Zaporozhets

The Georg-Simmel Center for Urban Studies, Humboldt University
6 Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany
oksana.zaporozhetc()hu-berlin.de

Abstract: Studies of more-than-human sociality in general, and multispecies ethnography in particular, are becoming an increasingly popular trend in global (social, human, and transdisciplinary) scholarship. In the current forum, researchers from various disciplines discuss the advantages, limitations, and challenges of this trend. They also share their thoughts on why multispecies research has (or has not) an appeal in Russian academia and what the future may hold for it. The discussion addresses the key issues of the origin of this trend and its distinctive vocabulary; the subject and object problem; the search for an appropriate methodology and elaborating a scholarly narrative; interdisciplinarity and the relationship between political activism and research.

Keywords: more-than-human sociality, multispecies ethnography, animal turn, Anthropocene, interdisciplinarity.

Acknowledgments:

Julia Shanina’s material is produced within the framework of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education program (the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences) “Cultural heritage of Karelia and historical experience: new approaches and interpretations,” no. 124022000029-0.

Alexandra Terekhina and Alexandr Volkovitskiy’s material is produced within the framework of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education program “Terrestrial ecosystem of Northwestern Siberia: assessment of the modern transformation of the communities,” no. 122021000089-9.

To cite: ‘Forum 62: Lyudi i drugie zhivye sushchestva’ [Forum 62: Humans and Other Species], Antropologicheskij forum, 2024, no. 62, pp. 11–224.

doi: 10.31250/1815-8870-2024-20-62-11-224

URL: http://anthropologie.kunstkamera.ru/files/pdf/062/forum.pdf