Scientists from 8 countries are looking a new description language for anthropology at TSU

16 September 2016

The first in Siberia forum Anthropology in Search of a New Language of Description was launched at TSU. Scientists from 7 countries: France, Sweden, UK, Germany, Switzerland, the USA, Austria, and Bulgaria gathered there. Scientists are discussing the problems of migration, management of natural resources and modern communities.

- Until 1990-ies of 20th century Tomsk was a closed city and TSU was focused on the science related to the military-industrial complex, and developed appropriate technology. Then, the rapid development of the humanities research has begun - said Georgiy Mayer, the president of TSU. - Today, even such sciences as physics and chemistry at TSU focused on a person, because the problem of a man is one of the most important in the 21st century.

For three days, scientists will present papers on several topics: intensive migration in the modern world, the development of human resources, natural and heterogeneous community. All 3 of these contemporary phenomena are becoming causes of disturbances that change the life of society.

The researchers also plan to discuss the terms, concepts, and categories, which will be used to describe the anthropological research.

- TSU for many years collected ethnographic materials across Siberia - said Professor Dmitriy Funk. - Today, there is a special centre, which partly has left from ethnic parameters of the study, which is connected with a man. Scientists have become more involved in anthropology of its international understanding. Tomsk has to be recognizable, and we are trying to organize a forum with its own face. Its idea is including in the search of own language.

The full programme of the first Tomsk Anthropological Forum can be found at http://lsar.tsu.ru/public/files/Inf_letters/Programm_TAF.pdf.