TY - JOUR TI - Exchange of Views on the Article “What Exactly is Studied When Ethnicity is Researched? A Descriptive Model for Constructivist Studies of Ethnicity in the Context of the Cognitive Turn” by E.Varshaver T2 - The Russian Sociological Review IS - The Russian Sociological Review KW - ethnicity KW - cognitive turn KW - constructivism KW - quantitative studies KW - Brubaker AB - The text presents the opinions of current ethnicity researchers regarding the article by Evgeni Varshaver. While agreeing that the text itself is interesting, the authors, firstly, disagree on its innovativeness, and secondly, in light of the complexity of the phenomenon of ethnicity itself, doubt the possibility of a simple and clear scheme for its study, as Varshaver claims. Among other topics that were discussed: the possibility of quantitative studies of ethnicity in the constructivist paradigm, the nature of the cognitive turn in ethnicity research, etc. AU - Ekaterina Arutyunova AU - Alexey Bessudnov AU - Olga Vendina AU - Dmitry Verkhovtsev AU - Mikhail Kamenskikh UR - https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2024-23-3/968993205.html PY - 2024 SP - 127-145 VL - 23