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Papers by Zbigniew Szmyt
Prace Etnograficzne, 2021
Facing Challenges of Identification. Investigating Identities of Buryats and Their Neighbor , 2020
The main emphasis of this paper is on Buryat place-making in Ulan-Ude. In order to provide insigh... more The main emphasis of this paper is on Buryat place-making in Ulan-Ude. In order to provide insight into the variety of social behaviors in this regard, attention has been pinpointed upon indigenization of urban landscape and architecture, shamanic activity in the city, new temporalization and local politics of memory. As a consequence of these processes, new indigenous senses of urban space, time and history are established.
Dziedzictwo Kulturowe Wsi, 2017
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“Historia@Teoria”, nr 3(5): Post-socialist city. Between past and future, 2017
ЭТНОГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ, 2011
Статья посвящена концепциям этничности и нации, которые создавались в Монголии с момента обретени... more Статья посвящена концепциям этничности и нации, которые создавались в Монголии с момента обретения независимости до сегодняшнего дня. Проанализированы панмонгольский, социалистический и постсоциалистический этнонациональные дискурсы. Особое внимание уделено практике включения и исключения приграничных групп (таких как буряты, баргуты, тувинцы, а также монголоязычные группы, живущие только в России и Китае) из категории нации. Автор анализирует влияние этнографического дискурса на сегодняшнюю этническую политику в Монголии и размышляет над попытками конструирования национальной идентичности, приводящими к амбивалентному восприятию представителей монголоязычных групп, живущих за границами Монголии, в качестве "нас" и "чужих".
Historia@Teoria” 2, nr 3(5): Post-socialist city. Between past and future, 2017
Th is paper att empts to shed light on the infl uence of ethnography on urban shamanism in Siberi... more Th is paper att empts to shed light on the infl uence of ethnography on urban shamanism in Siberia. In spite of the classic division into the researcher and respondents. Categories used in ethnological descriptions cause changes in an inquired society. Rather than obsessively verify authenticity of shamanic heritage, this paper focuses on agency acquired by Buriads through shamanic practices. Siberian shamanism represents an eff ective and popular way to enforce indigenous rights to the urban space. Contemporary shamanism is involved in such process as decolonisation of urban space, new temporalisation and indigenous placemaking, while question of authenticity is used as an instrument of political legitimacy for diff erent social actors in their fi ght for public space.
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia, 2021
Prace Etnograficzne "Kinship and Urbanisation in Inner Asia", 2021
This paper examines the process of Hunnic symbols introduction to urban space. The question is, w... more This paper examines the process of Hunnic symbols introduction to urban space. The question is, why rapidly expanding and modernizing cities at the same time create so many references to ancient archaeological cultures that previously played almost no role in the urban or national culture? The main emphasis is on public past in two cities: Ulaanbaatar and Ulan-Ude. In order to provide insight into this variety of social behaviours, an increased focus is put on: indigenous placemaking, shamanic activity in the city, new temporalization and local politics of memory. As a consequence of these processes, new senses of urban space, time and history are established. The study presents the results of ethnographic fieldwork in Mongolia and Eastern Siberia 2018-2020.
Prace Etnograficzne, 2021
Sensus Historiae. Studia Interdyscyplinarne”. Borderlands, 2012
Th e History of Nation and Ethnicity in Mongolia T he term "Mongol" known in the world since at l... more Th e History of Nation and Ethnicity in Mongolia T he term "Mongol" known in the world since at least XIII century, is rather ambiguous. In broad sense with the help of this term are defi ned representatives of the peoples, using the languages that belong to Mongolian language group. To these peoples inhabiting the territory of three states: People's Republic of China, Russian Federation and Mongolia, is attributed possession of common identity based on historical and linguistic tradition, and also on set of cultural traits related to nomadic pastoral economy. 1 In another context we call "Mongols" residents of the state Mongolia (Mongol Uls). Sometimes ethnonym "Mongol" becomes synonymous with inhabiting the state ethnic majority-Khalkhas. For this reason, we can assert that the term we are interested in, in diff erent contexts, is used for defi nition of the ethnic group, citizens of the state, or widely understood culture and language community, sometimes defi ned as super-(meta)ethnos. Th is "Mongolness" (in all three values) is used in discourses of ethnic activists, scholars and various government institutions. Let me assume that I am dealing here with a number of discursive practices aimed at creating certain ethnic and national identities. In this paper I will focus primarily on the process of creating ethnicity and nationalism in Mongolia. Herewith I do not aspire to an exhaustive analysis
Rocznik Antropologii Historii, 2014
Porównania, 2018
Artykuł poświęcony jest procesom formowania i przesuwania granic etnicznych na Syberii. Uwagę zwr... more Artykuł poświęcony jest procesom formowania i przesuwania granic etnicznych na Syberii. Uwagę zwróciłem na relacje zachodzące pomiędzy państwem, granicą państwową a etnicznością. Podczas kolonizacji Syberii granica była ruchoma i nielinearna. Formował ją system poboru podatków od rdzennych mieszkańców. System kolonialny wytworzył następnie rody i plemiona administracyjne, które posłużyły za bazę dla późniejszych podziałów etnicznych. W ZSRR utworzono system terytorialnych autonomii dla syberyjskich mniejszości, a etniczność uległa etatyzacji. Od lat dziewięćdziesiątych XX w. etniczność stanowi kluczowy element życia politycznego w regionie, a granice grupowe są nieustannie negocjowane.
Mir Rossii, 2020
This article focuses on shamanic placemaking and the struggles for public space in the Siberian c... more This article focuses on shamanic placemaking and the struggles for public space in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude. Special attention is given to the indigenization of the city, which is a result of the mass immigration of Buryats from rural areas and the decay of the Soviet urbanization model. The article investigates how contemporary shamanism is involved in the decolonization of the urban space, new temporalization, and indigenous placemaking. Instead of dealing with traditional shamanist mediation between spirits and people, the emphasis is on mediation between the idea of ethnicity and the urban space.
Antropologia i polityka. Szkice z badań nad kulturowymi wymiarami władzy, 2012
Wszyscy jesteśmy migrantami. (Od)zyskiwanie pamięci migracyjnej, 2016
Społeczno-kulturowa identyfikacja cudzoziemców. Raporty i ekspertyzy, 2016
Middle grounds, ambiguous frontiers, and intercultural spaces, 2014
Transgraničnyje migracii v prostranstve mongol’skogo mira: istoriâ i sovremennost’ t. 4,, 2017
2 В дальнейшем будем употреблять короткую форму «буряты», но необходимо подчеркнуть, что группа с... more 2 В дальнейшем будем употреблять короткую форму «буряты», но необходимо подчеркнуть, что группа сформировалась до того, как советская власть упразднила название «бурят-монгол». К тому же буряты, проживающие в Китае, воспринимаются властями как и соседями как ответвление монгольского народа (менгу миньцзу, монгол үндэстэн). В отличие от 1 Baldano M.
The Hulunbuir and Transbaikalia Playground. Microphysics of Power on the Sino-Russian Border, 2019
Prace Etnograficzne, 2021
Facing Challenges of Identification. Investigating Identities of Buryats and Their Neighbor , 2020
The main emphasis of this paper is on Buryat place-making in Ulan-Ude. In order to provide insigh... more The main emphasis of this paper is on Buryat place-making in Ulan-Ude. In order to provide insight into the variety of social behaviors in this regard, attention has been pinpointed upon indigenization of urban landscape and architecture, shamanic activity in the city, new temporalization and local politics of memory. As a consequence of these processes, new indigenous senses of urban space, time and history are established.
Dziedzictwo Kulturowe Wsi, 2017
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“Historia@Teoria”, nr 3(5): Post-socialist city. Between past and future, 2017
ЭТНОГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ОБОЗРЕНИЕ, 2011
Статья посвящена концепциям этничности и нации, которые создавались в Монголии с момента обретени... more Статья посвящена концепциям этничности и нации, которые создавались в Монголии с момента обретения независимости до сегодняшнего дня. Проанализированы панмонгольский, социалистический и постсоциалистический этнонациональные дискурсы. Особое внимание уделено практике включения и исключения приграничных групп (таких как буряты, баргуты, тувинцы, а также монголоязычные группы, живущие только в России и Китае) из категории нации. Автор анализирует влияние этнографического дискурса на сегодняшнюю этническую политику в Монголии и размышляет над попытками конструирования национальной идентичности, приводящими к амбивалентному восприятию представителей монголоязычных групп, живущих за границами Монголии, в качестве "нас" и "чужих".
Historia@Teoria” 2, nr 3(5): Post-socialist city. Between past and future, 2017
Th is paper att empts to shed light on the infl uence of ethnography on urban shamanism in Siberi... more Th is paper att empts to shed light on the infl uence of ethnography on urban shamanism in Siberia. In spite of the classic division into the researcher and respondents. Categories used in ethnological descriptions cause changes in an inquired society. Rather than obsessively verify authenticity of shamanic heritage, this paper focuses on agency acquired by Buriads through shamanic practices. Siberian shamanism represents an eff ective and popular way to enforce indigenous rights to the urban space. Contemporary shamanism is involved in such process as decolonisation of urban space, new temporalisation and indigenous placemaking, while question of authenticity is used as an instrument of political legitimacy for diff erent social actors in their fi ght for public space.
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia, 2021
Prace Etnograficzne "Kinship and Urbanisation in Inner Asia", 2021
This paper examines the process of Hunnic symbols introduction to urban space. The question is, w... more This paper examines the process of Hunnic symbols introduction to urban space. The question is, why rapidly expanding and modernizing cities at the same time create so many references to ancient archaeological cultures that previously played almost no role in the urban or national culture? The main emphasis is on public past in two cities: Ulaanbaatar and Ulan-Ude. In order to provide insight into this variety of social behaviours, an increased focus is put on: indigenous placemaking, shamanic activity in the city, new temporalization and local politics of memory. As a consequence of these processes, new senses of urban space, time and history are established. The study presents the results of ethnographic fieldwork in Mongolia and Eastern Siberia 2018-2020.
Prace Etnograficzne, 2021
Sensus Historiae. Studia Interdyscyplinarne”. Borderlands, 2012
Th e History of Nation and Ethnicity in Mongolia T he term "Mongol" known in the world since at l... more Th e History of Nation and Ethnicity in Mongolia T he term "Mongol" known in the world since at least XIII century, is rather ambiguous. In broad sense with the help of this term are defi ned representatives of the peoples, using the languages that belong to Mongolian language group. To these peoples inhabiting the territory of three states: People's Republic of China, Russian Federation and Mongolia, is attributed possession of common identity based on historical and linguistic tradition, and also on set of cultural traits related to nomadic pastoral economy. 1 In another context we call "Mongols" residents of the state Mongolia (Mongol Uls). Sometimes ethnonym "Mongol" becomes synonymous with inhabiting the state ethnic majority-Khalkhas. For this reason, we can assert that the term we are interested in, in diff erent contexts, is used for defi nition of the ethnic group, citizens of the state, or widely understood culture and language community, sometimes defi ned as super-(meta)ethnos. Th is "Mongolness" (in all three values) is used in discourses of ethnic activists, scholars and various government institutions. Let me assume that I am dealing here with a number of discursive practices aimed at creating certain ethnic and national identities. In this paper I will focus primarily on the process of creating ethnicity and nationalism in Mongolia. Herewith I do not aspire to an exhaustive analysis
Rocznik Antropologii Historii, 2014
Porównania, 2018
Artykuł poświęcony jest procesom formowania i przesuwania granic etnicznych na Syberii. Uwagę zwr... more Artykuł poświęcony jest procesom formowania i przesuwania granic etnicznych na Syberii. Uwagę zwróciłem na relacje zachodzące pomiędzy państwem, granicą państwową a etnicznością. Podczas kolonizacji Syberii granica była ruchoma i nielinearna. Formował ją system poboru podatków od rdzennych mieszkańców. System kolonialny wytworzył następnie rody i plemiona administracyjne, które posłużyły za bazę dla późniejszych podziałów etnicznych. W ZSRR utworzono system terytorialnych autonomii dla syberyjskich mniejszości, a etniczność uległa etatyzacji. Od lat dziewięćdziesiątych XX w. etniczność stanowi kluczowy element życia politycznego w regionie, a granice grupowe są nieustannie negocjowane.
Mir Rossii, 2020
This article focuses on shamanic placemaking and the struggles for public space in the Siberian c... more This article focuses on shamanic placemaking and the struggles for public space in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude. Special attention is given to the indigenization of the city, which is a result of the mass immigration of Buryats from rural areas and the decay of the Soviet urbanization model. The article investigates how contemporary shamanism is involved in the decolonization of the urban space, new temporalization, and indigenous placemaking. Instead of dealing with traditional shamanist mediation between spirits and people, the emphasis is on mediation between the idea of ethnicity and the urban space.
Antropologia i polityka. Szkice z badań nad kulturowymi wymiarami władzy, 2012
Wszyscy jesteśmy migrantami. (Od)zyskiwanie pamięci migracyjnej, 2016
Społeczno-kulturowa identyfikacja cudzoziemców. Raporty i ekspertyzy, 2016
Middle grounds, ambiguous frontiers, and intercultural spaces, 2014
Transgraničnyje migracii v prostranstve mongol’skogo mira: istoriâ i sovremennost’ t. 4,, 2017
2 В дальнейшем будем употреблять короткую форму «буряты», но необходимо подчеркнуть, что группа с... more 2 В дальнейшем будем употреблять короткую форму «буряты», но необходимо подчеркнуть, что группа сформировалась до того, как советская власть упразднила название «бурят-монгол». К тому же буряты, проживающие в Китае, воспринимаются властями как и соседями как ответвление монгольского народа (менгу миньцзу, монгол үндэстэн). В отличие от 1 Baldano M.
The Hulunbuir and Transbaikalia Playground. Microphysics of Power on the Sino-Russian Border, 2019
Память о Второй мировой войне за пределами Европы: коллективная монография, 2022
МОДЕРН НОМАДС. Антропологические очерки современных бурятских миграций в России , 2014
Книга посвящена антропологическому анализу миграции и адаптации мигрантов из Республики Бурятия в... more Книга посвящена антропологическому анализу миграции и адаптации мигрантов из Республики Бурятия в Москву и шэнэхэнмких бурят из КНР в Россию. На основе методов социальной антрологии автор исследует стратегии и пактики адаптации двух минрантских групп в общем контексте реконструирования бурятской этничности. Книга предназначена для специалистов в области проблем миграций и диаспор, истории и современного развития Сибири, преподавателям и студентам, широкому кругу читателей.
Azja u bram. Studium nad migracjami Buriatów w Rosji , 2013
Myśli - pasje - działania. 100 lat etnologii uniwersyteckiej w Poznaniu, 2021
Vajrayana Buddhism in Russia: An Historical Discourse and Adjacent Cultures, Moscow: Almaznyj Put’, 2013
Migracii i diaspory v mongol’skom mire: strategii i praktyki transkul’turnogo vzaimodejstviâ, 2017