Nomination: Ecogeographic Education
Goal: With the aid of contemporary multimedia and communication technologies, to create a resource about the Russia’s experience of cherishing the national cultures of peoples, living in Russia.
Objectives:
- Organize expeditions to make videos and collect ethnographic data.
- Organize exhibits and other events, publish books, and develop study materials for Russian schools.
- Publish an almanac about peoples of Russian Federation.
- Design and publish a brochure “Peoples of Russia.”
- Update the website www.rusnations.ru. This website contains detailed information with images and audio resources about every people and ethnic group of the Russian Federation. This website also offers access to archives and three-dimensional photographs of the displays from the Saint-Petersburg’s Kunstkamera, significant scientific publications on ethnography of the peoples of Russia, and news related to their culture and traditions.
Project Coordinating Entity: Information Agency “Rosbalt.”
Project Director: Natalia Sergeevna Cherkesova – Member of the Russian Geographical Society, Chair of the Board of Directors of “Rosbalt.”