The role of the visual arts in promoting the culture of Finno-Ugric peoples
Ageeva Galina M.,
Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor, Department of Library and Information Resources, Ogarev Mordovia State University, ageevagm@rambler.ru
Antipkina Elena N.,
Candidate Sc. {Philosophy}, Head of the Academic, Research and Practical Laboratory of Digital Processing for Multimedia Data, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), elana19@mail.ru
Sidorkina Tatiana N.,
Candidate Sc. {Cultural Studies}, Director of the Institute of National Culture, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), ink.mgu@mail.ru
The article considers the popularization of Finno-Ugric culture by means of visual arts. It interprets the experience of various organizations in developing ethnographic photo and video data. It highlights the role of Mordovia State University in the participation in the IV International Festival of Visual Arts of the Finno-Ugric peoples “Tuyvezh”.
Keywords: visualization; visual anthropology; Finno-Ugric culture; Mordovia; ethnographic cinema; documentary films; festival; competition.
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