How to Make Precarious Russia Habitable – or, What Russians Want in Putin’s Fourth Term
Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York CityThis talk is about ethnographic research Professor Morris carried out in ‘small town’ Russia and beyond since 2009. In this talk, Professor Morris will review the main ideas of his book Everyday Postsocialism: that even in contexts characterised by deindustrialisation, loss, and precarity, ordinary people do more than just ‘get by’ – they actively make their social environment habitable in numerous…