International conference ‘Field research in the area of the Irtysh and Upper Ob Rivers and Altai’
10th International research conference titled, ‘Field research in the area of the Irtysh and Upper Ob Rivers and Altai (archaeology, ethnography, and oral history). 2014’, organized by the Laboratory of Local History at the Altai State Pedagogical Academy and Research and Practice-Oriented Centre for Archeological and Ethnographical Research at the Pavlodar State Pedagogical Institute, will be held in April 2015 in the city of Barnaul.
The conference aims to introduce and discuss the 2014 field research results.
University teachers, postgraduate and senior students as well as fellows from research organizations, museums, and representatives of institutions of government and education are welcome to take part.
The conference will focus on the following topics:
- The results of studying archaeological sites in the area of the Irtysh and Upper Ob Rivers and Altai (exploration, excavations, and monitoring);
- Traditional and contemporary culture of the peoples of southern Siberia and north-eastern Kazakhstan (based on ethnographic field research);
- Oral sources in the studying of local history of the region;
- Methods of archaeological, ethnographic, and oral history field research
More information is available in Russian here.
The project "Man in a Changing World. Identity and Social Adaptation: Past and Present" is funded by the Russian Government 