Author Archives: shaswitz

Frolova-Walker’s discussion of Soviet attitudes toward folk music struck me as particularly interesting. Folk music, almost by definition, harkens back to earlier time and for the Soviet linear view of history it makes sense that this would be seen as … Continue reading →

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot in this course (particularly during the unit on ethnographers), but also more concretely with respect to tonight’s reading, is the Soviet relationship to facts. While it makes sense that the local party leaders … Continue reading →