April 3, 2023
Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer on Siberia, Protest, and Politics
In her article published in Focaal Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, Faculty Fellow Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer contextualizes the rise in prominence of the Sakha shaman Alexander Gabyshev following his critique of Russia's corrupt society. Balzer examines why he became popular and how he became a threat to Russia's authorities, especially influential Russian Orthodox elites.