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Busyreva, E. V. METHODS OF WORK WITH FIELD SOURCES IN STUDYING FAMILY HISTORY. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(6):92–102. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1355
Ethnology, anthropology and ethnography |
METHODS OF WORK WITH FIELD SOURCES IN STUDYING FAMILY HISTORY
| Busyreva E. V. | Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Keywords: researchers Kola Science Center interviewing biographical documents ego-documents epistolary materials visual sources multi-species historical sources comparative method |
Summary: The purpose of this article is to describe the types of sources and methods used in their study. This article
examines commemorative practices in the families of research fellows at the Kola Science Center of the Russian
Academy of Sciences. The families studied included members who had worked at the Kola Science Center (KFAN) for
two to three generations. The study focused on the memorial culture of preserving memory. Despite increased interest
in the scientific community, many issues related to the memorial culture of research fellows’ families have not received
due attention. The socio-cultural characteristics of this category of families are examined almost exclusively from a
gender perspective. Using the methods described in this article, the author attempts to determine the commemorative
practices practiced by members of the studied families to preserve and transmit their family history to future generations.
The article is based on the author’s fieldwork, including interviews and family archives. A comprehensive analysis of
documents, oral sources, visual objects, and multi-faceted sources reflecting individual events was used to reconstruct
the family histories. A significant role in the work was played by the inclusion of two generations of the researcher’s family in the community being studied, which undoubtedly had a positive impact on interaction with informants and made it possible to implement the principle of trusting cooperation between the participants in the anthropological study. |
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