The creation of the book reflects the process of oral history research, in which a conference of a similar name brought a new milestone. In 2003, researchers of oral history from 14 countries met in the hall of the University of Latvia in Riga. The …
This volume presents ethnographic studies of South Wales, Maharashtra and post-Soviet Latvia connected by a theoretical interest in healing, emotion and subjectivity.
Hugo Legzdins was born on December 7, 1903. By living an intense, active life, he responds to everything he feels connected to. He is independent, demanding of himself and others. In his lifetime he has not accumulated any wealth other than what, in …
This text is both a personal account of a homecoming and an anthropology of a people trying to come to terms with its past and to face an uncertain future.