ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS OF ETHNIC AND/OR REGIONAL COMMUNITIES IN POST-SOCIALIST STATES

本研究的目的是从人们生活世界的角度分析后社会主义国家和地区的民族和/或区域社区的结构转型过程。在这两年里，我们举办了两次国际研讨会和两次小型会议，并分析了西伯利亚驯鹿饲养者、东欧少数民族和中亚人民的案例。通过分析，我们得出结论，在后社会主义国家和地区进行社会实地研究，我们应该有共同的概念和认识，1)社会主义社会和后社会主义社会的生活世界概念; 2）对社会主义社会与非社会主义社会的区别的认识; 3）研究者在田野研究中应注意的问题。关于最后一点，我们列出了在后社会主义社会进行实地研究的项目。

The purpose of this research was to analyze the process of the structural transition of ethnic and/or regional communities in the post-socialist nations and areas from a point of view of people's life world. We had two international workshops and two small meetings in these two years, and analyzed cases of Siberian reindeer breeders, minorities in East Europe, and the people in Central Asia. As a result of analysis, we concluded that we should have shared common concepts and recognition to conduct the field research in societies in Post-socialist nations and areas, e.g., 1) the concept of the life world in socialist and post-socialist societies, 2) the recognition of the difference between societies that experienced socialism and those without it, and 3) matters that researchers should pay attention to in their field research. As to the last point, we made a list of items for the field research in post-socialist societies.