Punk Ethnography. Nalchik and Vladikavkaz
Contemporary music culture Caucasus / Ored Recordings is small ethnographic field recordings label. We are traveling to record traditional music of different ethnics and cultures.
Ored recordings ➡️https://oredrecordings.bandcamp.com
Documentary by Open University ➡️ https://openuni.io/course/17-karta-rossii/
Southern Russia and the Caucasus
South of Russia is very diverse. Here are the resorts of the Krasnodar Krai and the Northern Caucasus, skyscrapers of the city of Grozny, Olympic objects in Sochi and ruins of ancient cities. Also traditionally it has been the last line of defense.
Open University has launched a new course, “Map of Russia”, which is dedicated to the cultural and social life of the country outside its larger metropolitan areas.
Although the age of empires has passed, today's Russia remains captive to the power of sovereign illusions, largely ignoring its vast federal potential. Regions are treated as mere resource bowels, or at best, as suppliers of personnel for the several cities, headed by Moscow, with a population of over a million.
Our aim is to reveal a different Russia, from the North-West to the Far East, a Russia that is better known by its inhabitants, mentioned on social media and only occasionally discussed by state news sources.
We want to give a new context to Russia’s communities, replacing the usual economic perspective with one that highlights the distinctive socio-cultural frameworks of each region.
