The aim of this work is to identify social constraints on the preservation and sustainable development of traditional crafts in a developed society and to propose a sociological model of possible actions and changes considering not only the situation of a craftsman, but also the potential consumers of goods produced by craftsmen using traditional techniques and designs. We argue that effective activities aimed at preserving and developing traditional skills and products must consider changes in the social environment of the craftsman, including changes in the potential consumer, a change in the meaning of products from purely instrumental to autotelic motivations related to the pro-ecological approach, local and national identity, and positive valuation of cultural diversity.
Will Post-socialism Create "Post-shamanism"? On the Problems of Research on Modern Siberian Shamanism Th e article describes the problem of mutual relations between the "post-Soviet" situation and the process of renaissance or the "rebirth" of shamanism. Th e author asks the question whether a suffi cient explanation for the reappearance of shamanism in Siberia is the collapse of the communist system. Th e next question is whether contemporary shamanism is a completely diff erent phenomenon than pre-revolutionary shamanism and may be considered as "neo-shamanism". Th e author claims that in the case of Siberian shamanism, when asking about the continuity of shamanism, we also need to ask ourselves whether we mean the continuation of the whole system or only its chosen manifestations. We must take into account the changing cultural and social context of shamanism and relationships between shamanism and the cultures of indigenous peoples. Empirical base of this paper are four fi eldworks in the south of
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