Kazan State Technical University

Faculty Member, Sociology, Political Sciences and Management

Other Affiliations: Kazan State University, Journalism

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Doctoral Degree in Sociology (“Kandidat nauk”) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Thesis Title: “Transformation of cultural production and new cultural intermediaries in contemporary Russian society: sociological theories and the regional practices”


SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND TOPICS:


Sociological Theory of Culture and Cultural Production; cultural sociology


- post-Soviet urban transformation: public places as contested spaces, 'new genre public art"

-the politics of memory; cultural heritage and cultural industries


-postmodern cultural production and new cultural intermediaries

  practices and strategies of creating and interpreting meanings within media industries production; politics of construction and legitimization of new discourses in post- Soviet popular culture: TV-shows, music, fashion, design, entertainment etc., stardom and celebrity
 

Courses:
Introduction to Sociology and Politology
Contemporary Social and Political Problems
Media and Popular Culture
The Technique of the Interview

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