Is There Life in the "Void"? People, Spaces, and Meanings
Rubrics: REVIEWS AND OVERVIEWS
Authors:
1.
Far Eastern Federal University
employee
Vladivostok, Russian Federation
employee
Vladivostok, Russian Federation
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 176
to 178
Status:
Published
Received:
15.04.2025
Accepted:
26.05.2025
Published:
26.06.2025
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
social space, periphery, settlements and inter-settlement territories, local communities, regional practices, everyday life
Abstract (English):
The book under review presents a comprehensive study that explores various aspects of life in local communities located in remote settlements in the upper reaches of the Lena River. The central concept of the book is "void" as a specific type of socio-spatial organization in the Russian East. Drawing on extensive theoretical insight and rich empirical data gathered during field expeditions in the Upper Lena region from 2018 to 2023, the authors describe the social practices, institutional forms, and identities emerging within fragmented and weakly structured spaces of Eastern Siberia. This study makes a valuable contribution to the development of contemporary regional studies, social anthropology, and the sociology of space.
The book under review presents a comprehensive study that explores various aspects of life in local communities located in remote settlements in the upper reaches of the Lena River. The central concept of the book is "void" as a specific type of socio-spatial organization in the Russian East. Drawing on extensive theoretical insight and rich empirical data gathered during field expeditions in the Upper Lena region from 2018 to 2023, the authors describe the social practices, institutional forms, and identities emerging within fragmented and weakly structured spaces of Eastern Siberia. This study makes a valuable contribution to the development of contemporary regional studies, social anthropology, and the sociology of space.
Keywords:
social space, periphery, settlements and inter-settlement territories, local communities, regional practices, everyday life
social space, periphery, settlements and inter-settlement territories, local communities, regional practices, everyday life
1. Bliakher L. E., Grigorichev K. V., Kovalevskii A. V. Life in the Void: Anthropological Essays on Social Space Beyond State Regulation. Moscow: Foundation for the Support of Social Research "Khamovniki": Common Place, 2024. 272 p. (In Russ.).
