 Traditions and innovations in the cultures of mountainous Daghestan: From the history of the Soviet schoolNina Dobrushina
Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, 2008, issue 3, 119-144 Abstract: For decades, the Soviet school was a way of shaping a new cultural identity rather than an educational tool. The Archi are a small people (about 1,200) who live in one village high in the mountains of Central Daghestan. Until recently, they have retained their cultural and linguistic isolation. Interviews with the Archi recorded during field work in the village, show that the Soviet school, opened in Archib in the early thirties, had been one of the principal channels of influencing the traditional culture. The school had become the .Big Brother.s. zone in Archib, because for a long period, all teachers were from more socially advanced ethnic groups. The attitude of the Archi to their language and identity, the role of women in the society, traditional clothes, and religious life were largely affected by the school. However, being from 30 to 40 years behind the neighboring ethnoses on the way to innovations, the Archi have kept their ethic identity and their language, and now show a rare example of the successful survival of a smaller nation. Keywords: national educational systems; Daghestan; linguistic isolation; cultural and linguistic isolation; rural schools (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nos:voprob:2008:i:3:p:119-144 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow from National Research University Higher School of Economics |
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