Observations on the Ethnography of a Modern City The Example of Erevan

Ethnographical realities are generally fixed, ossified, and traceable to the distant past.1 "So our forefathers have done," say the holders of ancient traditions with a shrug of the shoulders. Today, amid headlong urbanization, the realities of contemporary urban ethno-graphy are being born before our eyes, but like ephemeral butterflies they are doomed to an early death and unable to secure the protection of a strict tradition. The researcher's task is to capture this phenomenon of the present, which may not survive until tomorrow, perhaps living a life not as exquisite and full as customary subjects of classical ethnography, yet viable and distinctive nonetheless

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