Anna Varfolomeeva
Biographic Data
| ID | 840901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Varfolomeeva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Varfolomeeva |
| SIGNATURE | VARFOLOMEEVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tyumen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7421-6766 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Differences in Paradigmatic Approaches to Describing Inter-individual Interaction
In this article, we compare alternative paradigmatic approaches to solving the problem of mutual coordination of evolutionary variations in the context of interindividual interactions. We consider this issue a component of the fundamental problem in the life sciences: the relationship between the social and the biological. We analyze and classify paradigms based on their relation to the principles of wholeness, interaction, development, activene…
Forum 62
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…
Incorporating stone mining into Indigenous and local notions of cultural heritage and sustainability
This article focuses on Indigenous and local practices of decorative stone extraction as a part of traditional economic activities. It analyses how historical continuity of mining contributes to the visions of sustainability and heritage existing in the community. The article focuses on the case study of the Veps Indigenous minority in the Republic of Karelia, northwest Russia. Since the 18th-19th centuries, Karelian Veps have been extracting rar…
The nothingness myth
This article analyzes the concept of “nothingness” as a part of human- resource relations in pre- and post-industrial landscapes. It addresses nothingness as a part of mythological narratives in Kvartsitnyi settlement in northwestern Russia. Kvartsitnyi was built in the 1970s near the new quartzitic sandstone quarry and was initially viewed as a modern settlement attracting workers from all around the country. However, in the early 2000s, the qua…
Indigenous connections with the resourcescape in the Russian North and Siberia
This article analyzes the impacts of resource extraction on indigenous communities focusing on the case studies of two indigenous minorities in Russia: Veps in Karelia and Soiots in Buriatia. Veps and Soiots have a history of engagement with resource extraction, which goes back to the eighteenth century and continues till the present time. By focusing on two models of human – landscape relations and industrial development in indigenous territorie…
Destructive care
There is a growing awareness of the essential similarities between care and maintenance notions in more-than-human settings. Whereas the concept of care is increasingly extended towards non-living organisms, research on maintenance and repair still focuses mainly on technologies and infrastructures. This article extends the realm of maintenance theorizing towards humans' caretaking activities and discusses the concepts' parallels. It focuses on t…
Constructing the Not-So-New Normal
This article examines the early evidence for the emergence of new governmental regulations of intimacies during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the authors’ experience of hospital treatment in Russia. It discusses the increasingly used notion of ‘the new normal’ and its potential implications for citizen–state relations. Approaching these emerging regulations from both legal and anthropological perspectives, the authors propose the alternative con…
Care/punishment dilemma in Covid‐19 hospital treatment
Lines in the Sacred Landscape
This article discusses how transportation routes affect local relations with place and resources while being simultaneously shaped by the landscape. It focuses on Okinskii district (Oka) of Buriatiia in southcentral Siberia. The Mondy-Orlik road, which connected the district with the rest of Buriatiia, offered extended opportunities for the development of extractive businesses and tourism in the district. For many residents, the greater accessibi…
Indigenous Identity in the Resource Landscape of Buryatia's Oka District
This article features the problem of Indigenous identity (indigeneity) formation through interaction with the landscape, based on the example of Oka district in Buryatia. The two main ethnic groups residing in Oka—the Oka Buryats and the Soyot—have been sharing one territory and exerting a strong influence on one another over a span of several centuries. In 2000, the Soyot received the status of an Indigenous numerically small people of the Russi…
Remaking stone and community
Indigenous peoples’ relations with the mining industry are often discussed by opposing traditional lifestyles and resource extraction; however, there are examples when an indigenous community develops strong bonds with mining. This article focuses on such an example and discusses the Vepses in Karelia (Northwestern Russia) and their historical engagement with the extraction of rare stones, namely gabbro-diabase and raspberry quartzite. This resea…
Lines in the Sacred Landscape
This article discusses how transportation routes affect local relations with place and resources while being simultaneously shaped by the landscape. It focuses on Okinskii district (Oka) of Buriatiia in southcentral Siberia. The Mondy-Orlik road, which connected the district with the rest of Buriatiia, offered extended opportunities for the development of extractive businesses and tourism in the district. For many residents, the greater accessibi…
Remaking stone and community
Indigenous peoples’ relations with the mining industry are often discussed by opposing traditional lifestyles and resource extraction; however, there are examples when an indigenous community develops strong bonds with mining. This article focuses on such an example and discusses the Vepses in Karelia (Northwestern Russia) and their historical engagement with the extraction of rare stones, namely gabbro-diabase and raspberry quartzite. This resea…
Constructing the Not-So-New Normal
This article examines the early evidence for the emergence of new governmental regulations of intimacies during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the authors’ experience of hospital treatment in Russia. It discusses the increasingly used notion of ‘the new normal’ and its potential implications for citizen–state relations. Approaching these emerging regulations from both legal and anthropological perspectives, the authors propose the alternative con…
Care/punishment dilemma in Covid‐19 hospital treatment
Lines in the Sacred Landscape
This article discusses how transportation routes affect local relations with place and resources while being simultaneously shaped by the landscape. It focuses on Okinskii district (Oka) of Buriatiia in southcentral Siberia. The Mondy-Orlik road, which connected the district with the rest of Buriatiia, offered extended opportunities for the development of extractive businesses and tourism in the district. For many residents, the greater accessibi…
Indigenous Identity in the Resource Landscape of Buryatia's Oka District
This article features the problem of Indigenous identity (indigeneity) formation through interaction with the landscape, based on the example of Oka district in Buryatia. The two main ethnic groups residing in Oka—the Oka Buryats and the Soyot—have been sharing one territory and exerting a strong influence on one another over a span of several centuries. In 2000, the Soyot received the status of an Indigenous numerically small people of the Russi…
Destructive care
There is a growing awareness of the essential similarities between care and maintenance notions in more-than-human settings. Whereas the concept of care is increasingly extended towards non-living organisms, research on maintenance and repair still focuses mainly on technologies and infrastructures. This article extends the realm of maintenance theorizing towards humans' caretaking activities and discusses the concepts' parallels. It focuses on t…
Incorporating stone mining into Indigenous and local notions of cultural heritage and sustainability
This article focuses on Indigenous and local practices of decorative stone extraction as a part of traditional economic activities. It analyses how historical continuity of mining contributes to the visions of sustainability and heritage existing in the community. The article focuses on the case study of the Veps Indigenous minority in the Republic of Karelia, northwest Russia. Since the 18th-19th centuries, Karelian Veps have been extracting rar…
The nothingness myth
This article analyzes the concept of “nothingness” as a part of human- resource relations in pre- and post-industrial landscapes. It addresses nothingness as a part of mythological narratives in Kvartsitnyi settlement in northwestern Russia. Kvartsitnyi was built in the 1970s near the new quartzitic sandstone quarry and was initially viewed as a modern settlement attracting workers from all around the country. However, in the early 2000s, the qua…
Indigenous connections with the resourcescape in the Russian North and Siberia
This article analyzes the impacts of resource extraction on indigenous communities focusing on the case studies of two indigenous minorities in Russia: Veps in Karelia and Soiots in Buriatia. Veps and Soiots have a history of engagement with resource extraction, which goes back to the eighteenth century and continues till the present time. By focusing on two models of human – landscape relations and industrial development in indigenous territorie…
Forum 62
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…
Differences in Paradigmatic Approaches to Describing Inter-individual Interaction
In this article, we compare alternative paradigmatic approaches to solving the problem of mutual coordination of evolutionary variations in the context of interindividual interactions. We consider this issue a component of the fundamental problem in the life sciences: the relationship between the social and the biological. We analyze and classify paradigms based on their relation to the principles of wholeness, interaction, development, activene…
Sociology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)