Dr Tatiana Bulgakova (Russia) 'Bringing traditional Nanay knowledge from the archive to the school' (2005)
In the context of recent rapid cultural change, unique linguistic and cultural inheritance of the Nanay (Tungus-Manchurian people, who live in Far East of Russia) is endangered. The majority of field materials are mostly kept in private archives. These have never been described, nor well systemized (Russian Anthropology is notorious for losing the valuable field collections outside the public archives). Because of the RAI fellowship (2005-2006), I could digitize the oldest part of my field records (1980-1990) and publish a schoolbook for Nanay children, ”Nanay Literature” (2007), which is now widely used in schools. That inestimable contribution to preserving Nanay culture did not, however, solve all the problems related to returning to grandchildren the materials collected from their grandparents. My later audio-records (1991-2003 cassettes) and photos should also be digitized and all the records (including those already digitized) should be placed in public archives. Also, not only folklore, but also other traditional knowledge should be included in schoolbooks and returned to the younger generations.
Publications:
2009. Collective Clan Disease // Journal of Northern Studies. Issue 2. UMEÅ, Sweden. – Pp. 51-81.
2009. Das schamanische Hielungsritual der Nanaj – eine Aet “kleine Initiation” // Schamanen Sibiriens. Magier. Mittler. Heiler. Hg. Erich Kasten. Stuttgart: Linden Museum, S. 96-111.
2009. From Drums to Frying Pans, From Party Membership Card to “Magic Branch” With Three Generations of Nanai Shamans // Generation P in the Tundra: Youth in Siberia. Folklore vol. 41. Guest editor Aimar Ventsel. Tartu, 2009. Pp. 79-98.
2009. Social pressure in the choice of individual religious practice and individual impact on religion within society among the Tungus-Manchurians in Siberia // BOREAS final conference Histories from the North: environments, movements, narratives 28-31 October 2009. Rovaniemi, 2009. – P. 24-25.
2009. Повесть Константина Бельды «Бесстопый шаман» как этнографический источник [Konstantin Beldy’s novel “A shaman with no feet” as a source of ethnographic information] // Литература народов Севера. Вып. 12. СПб., с. 69-74.
2008. Сочинение сказок как способ изучения их структуры: Методика описания и анализа сказок Б. П. Кербелите. [Composing tales as a means of studying their structure: Method of describing and analyzing tales] Учебно-методическое пособие. СПб.: Шатон, 2008. 100 с.
2008. Revival of Christianity and Shamanism among the Indigenous Peoples of Siberia // Shamanism and Christianity: Religious encounters among indigenous peoples of East Asia. Varietes Sinologiques New Series No 96. Taipei: Taipei Ricci Institute, 2008. Pp. 145-162.
2008. Культурология. [Study of culture] Вып. 3. Комплекс программ и методических разработок для студентов Факультета народов Крайнего Севера. СПб. 2008. В соавторстве 260/36 с.
2008. Смена этнокультурной идентичности в процессе возрождения шаманства у нанайцев [Change of ethnic and cultural identity in the process of restoring shamanism among the Nanay] // Реальность этноса. Образование и гуманитарные технологии интеграции этнической, этнорегиональной и гражданской идентичности. 2008, Т. 1. СПб.: РГПУ им. А.И. Герцена. С. 449-451.
2007. Резюме по-русски // Olle Sundstrum. Vildrenen ar sjalv detsamma som en gud. Umea, 2008. 355-367. (Перевод).
Spirit as a Museum Piece // Shamanism. Seoul, 2007. Pp. 71-82. (На корейском языке).
2007. Нанайская литература. Учебная хрестоматия для учащихся 5-6 классов общеобразовательных учреждений. [Nanay Literature. Schoolbook for 5-6 grades of educational institutions]. С Петербург: Филиал издательства «Просвещение». 2007. 303 с.
2007. Конкуренция нанайских шаманов и их высказывания о себе и друг о друге [Competition of Nanay shamans and their utterances about each other] // История, культура Приамурья, 2007. Ч. 2. - С. 96-111.
2007. Kinship and Religious Praxis of Tungus-Manchurian Peoples // Histories from the North – Environments, movements, narratives (BOREAS). Strasburg, 2007. Pp. 13-14.
2007. Творчество нанайского поэта Николая Николаевича Бельды [Works of Nanay poet Nikolay Beldy] // Литература народов Севера. СПб., 2007. С. 134-139.
2006. Neo-shamanic Movements of the Snow Peoples // HUMAN VOICE. Taiwan, June 2006. Pp. 48-57. (На китайском языке).
2006. Christianity and Shamanism among the Indigenous Peoples of Siberia // Workshop on “Shamanic Practices, East-Asian Local Religions and Indigenous Peoples: Encounter with Christianity”. Taitung, Taiwan, 2006. Pp. 43-55.
2006. Коварный друг из сновидений (взаимоотношения нанайских шаманов) [Insidious friend from the night dreams. Relationships of Nanay shamans] // Записки Гродековского музея. - Вып. 15. - Хабаровск: Хабаровский краевой краеведческий музей им. Н.И. Гродекова, 2006. - С.117-124.
2006. Проблема сохранения памятников ритуального нанайского искусства в народном понимании [Preserving the pieces of ritual Nanay art from the point of folk perceiving] // Североведческая наука и образование в перспективе ХХI века. Вып. 9. СПб., 2006. С. 99-108