Title: Reconstructing the house of culture : community, self, and the makings of culture in Russia and beyond /
Authors: Donahoe, Brian.; Habeck, Joachim Otto.
Publisher: Berghahn Books,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Ethnology Russia (Federation); Art and anthropology Russia (Federation); Art and society Russia (Federation); Art centers Russia (Federation); Community centers Russia (Federation); Post-communism Russia (Federation); Culture; Russia (Federation) Social life and customs.; Russia (Federation) Intellectual life; Russia (Federation) Civilization.
Contents: From collective enthusiasm to individual self-realization : history of and experience in the house of culture, Anadyr' (Chukotka) / Virginie Vaté, Galina Diatchkova -- "Thank you for being" : neighborhood, ethno-culture, and social recognition in the house of culture / Joachim Otto Habeck -- Pokazukha in the house of culture : the pattern of behavior in Kurumkan, Eastern Buriatiia / István Sántha, Tatiana Safonova -- Three houses of culture in Kosh-Agach : accounting for culture work in a changing political setting / Agnieszka Halemba -- In the face of adversity : Shagonar's culture workers bear the torch of culture / Brian Donahoe -- Constellations of culture work in present-day Siberia / Joachim Otto Habeck, Brian Donahoe, Siegfried Gruber -- The emergence of Soviet houses of culture in Kyrgyzstan / Ali F. İğmen -- Palana's house of Koryak culture / Alexander D. King -- Transformations of the house of culture in civil society : a case study of rural women's culture projects in Latvia / Aivita Putniņa -- Heritage house guarding as sustainable development : community arts and architectures within a world cultural net(work) / Nadezhda D. Savova -- Epilogue. Recognizing Soviet culture / Bruce Grant.