Vladimir Romanovich Arsenyev
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Vladimir Romanovich Arsenyev ( born 7 August 1948, Leningrad
- died 30 October 2010, St. Petersburg) – was a Russian africanist, ethnographer, and exhibition curator noted for his research in Western Africa, and particularly of the Bambara; he was a foreign member of the French Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (Paris, 1999) and a member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Science for the Problems of African countries (Moscow,1999) as well as a member of the Société des Africanistes (Paris, 2004).
. In 1971-1974, he served in Africa as a military translator; he was a student of D.A. Olderogge. He received his Ph.D from the Institute of Ethnography of the Soviet Academy in 1977. From 1977 to 2006 he worked in the Kunstkamera
. Starting in 2006 he was a senior research fellow of its Centre for Political and Social Anthropology. He tought Africanist disciplines at the Oriental department of the Saint Petersburg State University
. He participated in the field work in Mali
in 1971-1974, 1980–1981, 1996–1997, 2002, 2005; and expeditions to Perm Oblast
(1967–1970), Kuril Islands
(1985).
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
- died 30 October 2010, St. Petersburg) – was a Russian africanist, ethnographer, and exhibition curator noted for his research in Western Africa, and particularly of the Bambara; he was a foreign member of the French Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (Paris, 1999) and a member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Science for the Problems of African countries (Moscow,1999) as well as a member of the Société des Africanistes (Paris, 2004).
Biography
Arsenyev was born into a family of doctors. In 1971, he graduated the Oriental department of Leningrad UniversitySaint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
. In 1971-1974, he served in Africa as a military translator; he was a student of D.A. Olderogge. He received his Ph.D from the Institute of Ethnography of the Soviet Academy in 1977. From 1977 to 2006 he worked in the Kunstkamera
Kunstkamera
The Kunstkamera was the first museum in Russia. Established by Peter the Great and completed in 1727, the Kunstkammer Building hosts the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, with a collection of almost 2,000,000 items...
. Starting in 2006 he was a senior research fellow of its Centre for Political and Social Anthropology. He tought Africanist disciplines at the Oriental department of the Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
. He participated in the field work in Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
in 1971-1974, 1980–1981, 1996–1997, 2002, 2005; and expeditions to Perm Oblast
Perm Oblast
Until December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast was a federal subject of Russia in Privolzhsky Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged with Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug to form Perm Krai.The oblast was named after its administrative center,...
(1967–1970), Kuril Islands
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands , in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. It consists of Greater...
(1985).
Works
- Арсеньев В.Р. Звери - боги - люди. М., 1991. - 160 с.
- Арсеньев В.Р. Альтернативы будущего. СПб., 1996. - 40 с.
- Арсеньев В.Р. Бамбара: люди в переходной экономике. СПб., 1997. - 260 с.
- Арсеньев В.Р. Бамбара: от образа жизни к образам мира и произведениям искусства: опыт этнографического музееведения. СПб., 2000. - 270 с.
- Арсеньев В.Р. Основные понятия этнософии. Les notions principales de l'Ethnosophie. Манифестация. Учебно-теоретический журнал «Ленинградской школы африканистики». № 7a. СПб., 2006. - 94 с.
- Arseniev, Vladimir . 1999. Le musée d'Anthropologie et d'Ethnographie Pierre-le-Grand à Saint-Pétersbourg. Cahiers d'Études africainesCahiers d'Études africainesThe Cahiers d'Études africaines is an international and interdisciplinary academic journal covering topics in the social sciences as relating to Africa, the West Indies, and Black Africa. The journal publishes miscellaneous issues and essays covering recent trends in research and field theory and...
39, no. 155/156: 681-699. - Arseniev, Vladimir. 2008. L’Afrique: une affection partagée. Quelques approches a la méthode et aux Expériences applicatives. SPb.- 180 P.