This issue became possible thanks to two research projects “Etnos: A Life History of the Etnos Concept among the Peoples of the North” (ESRC, UK) and “Etnos and Minzu: Histories and Politics of Identity Governance in Eurasia” (The Leverhulme Trust, UK), led by Professor David G. Anderson (University of Aberdeen). We thank Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Saint Petersburg, Russia, and Estonian National Museum, Tartu, for the permission to publish some photographs and drawings from the collections. We also thank proofreaders Daniel Edward Allen (Tartu, Estonia) and Sarah Buckmaster (Brighton, UK) who made this issue more readable.

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书写北方“田野”的历史：介绍性笔记

由于两个研究项目“Etnos：北方人民 Etnos 概念的生活史”（ESRC，英国）和“Etnos 和民族：欧亚大陆身份治理的历史和政治”（Leverhulme Trust ，英国），由 David G. Anderson 教授（阿伯丁大学）领导。我们感谢俄罗斯圣彼得堡的彼得大帝人类学和民族志博物馆 (Kunstkamera) 和塔尔图的爱沙尼亚国家博物馆允许发布收藏中的一些照片和绘画。我们还要感谢校对者 Daniel Edward Allen（爱沙尼亚塔尔图）和 Sarah Buckmaster（英国布莱顿），他们使本期更具可读性。