GENDER STUDIES
New Reproductive Technologies
(2005)
In the course of the project newspaper articles, television broadcasts and Internet forums were monitored and analysed.
Participants: Olga Brednikova, Nadezda Nartova.
Initiative project.
Producting the Lesbian Body in Modern Lesbian Discourse
(2004)
Within the project there was an attempt to discover how the lesbian body is being produced in a predominately heterosexual world by lesbian women themselves; what image is produced and what meanings it is endowed with. The research examined why the body has such significance in the modern world and described basic methods of body investigation as well as the problems of producing the female and lesbian body. By analysing texts on one of the largest lesbian Internet-portals, four "lesbian bodies" - the health body, sex body, style body and love body - were isolated.
Researcher: Nadezda Nartova.
Supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the CISR.
Use of Space by Village People (Local Inhabitants and Summer Residents):
Cats and Women in the Village
(2003-2004)
Within the project differences in the use of village space were studied in the context of their connection to the social positions of inhabitants and summer resident groups. Special attention was paid to the gender aspect of the use of village space. The research consisted of unstructured interviews and participant observation.
Researcher: Tatiana Safonova.
Supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the CISR.
A "Pedagogical Poem" in Military Camouflage:
The "Son-of-Regiment" Institution
(2002-2004)
The goal of the project was to analyse the "son of regiment" phenomenon institutionalised in the system of military-patriotic education and the reproduction of military staff (using the cadets of a military unit of the Leningrad military district as an example). The research used qualitative methodology (conversations, observation, and interviews). The tasks of the research were as follows: to examine the nature of military-patriotic education in the contemporary army, to describe the everyday practices of cadets, to reveal the problems of social adaptation of cadets who were social orphans, and to analyse mass media discourse on the revival of the "son of regiment" institution.
Researcher: Natalia Fedorova.
Supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the CISR.
ThešInfluence of thešArmy on Gender Socialization
(2001-2002)
Joint project with thešUniversity of Bremen (Germany).
Coordinator: Christine Eifler (Centre for Feminist Studies, University of Bremen).
Thešproject looked at thešinfluence of service in thešarmy on gender socialization, social construction of gender identities in thešarmy and thešanalysis of mass-media discourse. Within thešframework of thešproject, 20 leitmotiv interviews with women who served in thešArmy of thešRussian Federation were conducted.
Participants from CISR: Elena Zdravomyslova, Natalia Fedorova.
Supported by thešUniversity of Bremen.
Elderly Women - Expenditures and Incomes
(2000-2002)
Thešproject explored thešdaily housekeeping of single elderly women. Thešgoal of thešresearch was to analyze how these people, living alone, "make ends meet" with their low pensions and thešdepreciation of their savings as ašresult of inflation, and what resources they use. Thešmethods used in thešresearch: budget monitoring and focused interviews regarding resource management and modes of survival.
Researcher: Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešCISR.
Sexual Culture of Contemporary Teenagers
(2000-2001)
Joint project with thešUniversity of Helsinki.
Coordinator: Elena Zdravomyslova (CISR).
Within thešframework of thešproject, interviews with schoolboys and schoolgirls who were visitors of thešorganization "Juventa" were conducted based on thešguidelines developed by thešpost-graduate student of thešHelsinki University L.šIhamaki. "Juventa" is ašconsulting and medical institution involved in thešproblems of sexuality and inter-sexual relationship. Thešobject of thešresearch was sexual culture of adolescents, practices of sexual relationships, attitude to contraception, homosexuality, safe sex etc.
Participant from CISR: Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešAcademy of Finland.
Lifestyle of Participants of Ecological Movements: Everyday Practices Transformation: Gender Perspective
(1999-2001)
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Gender Resources of Ecological Movement (ThešCase of St.šPetersburg)
(1999-2000)
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Women and thešRussian Army
(1999-2000)
Joint project with thešUniversity of Bremen (Germany).
Coordinator: Elena Zdravomyslova (CISR).
Thešaim of thešproject was to analyze thešdiscourse on thešissue in mass-media.
Participants from CISR: Elena Parshina, Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešUniversity of Bremen and thešCISR.
Living for Tomorrow: Youth, Sexual Health and thešCultural Landscape of Gender and Sexuality in Nordic/Baltic/N.W.šRussian Times of Transition
(1998-1999)
Joint project of organizations and researchers from thešBaltic states.
Coordinator: Jill Lewis (Nordic Institute for Women' Studies and Gender Research (NIKK, Norway)).
Thešaim of thešproject was to organize ašcycle of capacity-building workshops for young people, in order to stimulate discussion on sexual health within thešframework of discourse on modern gender culture.
Participants from CISR: Katerina Gerasimova, Andrei Khanzhin.
Supported by thešNordic Institute for Women' Studies and Gender Research (Norway).
Gender, Private Sphere and Civil Society in Russia in thešPeriod of Transition
(1997-1998)
Coordinator: Martina Ritter (University of Giessen, Germany).
Thešaim of thešproject was to explore changes in thešgender contract and conceptions of "public" and "private" resulting from thešemergence of civil society. Within thešproject 42 biographical interviews were taken in St.šPetersburg and Stavropol.
Participant from CISR: Andrei Khanzhin.
Supported by thešUniversity of Giessen.
Formation of Sexual Culture in Russia
(1996-1998)
Joint project with thešUniversity of Helsinki.
Coordinator: Elina Haavio-Mannila (University of Helsinki).
Thešaim of thešproject was to explore thešfactors that influence thešformation of sexual culture in Russia. Eighteen interviews with men belonging to different generations were taken. Special attention was paid to sexual education, sexual practices and informants' attitudes towards contraception and sexual risk. Changes in sexual culture for thešlast ten years, as well as ašvariety of sexual practices, expectations and norms adopted in different generations, were studied.
Participant from CISR: Andrei Khanzhin.
Supported by thešUniversity of Helsinki.
Gender Aspects of Socialization
(1996)
Joint subproject with thešUniversity of Helsinki and thešAcademy of Finland within thešframework of thešproject "Social Transformation and Cultural Inertia in Russia".
Coordinators: Markku Lonkila (University of Helsinki), Elena Zdravomyslova (CISR).
35 biographical interviews with teachers and psychologists in St.šPetersburg, which focused on child-rearing practices and conceptions, as well as migrations, were taken as part of this project.
Participant from CISR: Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešUniversity of Helsinki and thešAcademy of Finland.
Sexuality and Gender in Russia
(1996)
Joint subproject with thešUniversity of Helsinki and thešAcademy of Finland within thešframework of thešproject "Social Transformation and Cultural Inertia in Russia".
Coordinators: Anna Rotkirch, J.P.šRoos, Elina Haavio-Mannila (University of Helsinki), Elena Zdravomyslova (CISR).
Thešresearch focused on thešsocial construction of women's sexuality in contemporary Russia. Middle class women with higher educations from three generations became target groups of thešstudy. In-depth biographical interviews on sexuality with 25šwomen and 3šmen were taken.
Participants from CISR: Tatyana Baraulina, Katerina Gerasimova, Andrei Khanzhin, Sofia Tchouikina, Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešUniversity of Helsinki and thešAcademy of Finland.
Women's Participation in Contemporary Russia
(1995)
Researcher: Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešOpen Society Institute.
Gender Stereotypes in Early Socialization in Russia
(1992-1995)
Researcher: Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešJohnšD. and CatherinešT. MacArthur Foundation.
Transformation of Women Roles in Current Russia
(1992-1993)
Joint project with thešInstitute of Sociology (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).
Participant from CISR: Elena Zdravomyslova.
Supported by thešOpen Society Institute.
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