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Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Ethnographer and filmmaker, President of the Russian Anthropological Film Festival.
Director of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
A renowned specialist in anthropology and ethnology, humanities research methodology, and visual anthropology, he is the author of more than 380 academic publications, including 11 monographs.
He received the State Prize of the Russian Federation in Science and Technology for his contribution to the study of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Arctic (2019).
Golovnev developed the concept of Russia's northern identity based on many years of research into the Russian North.
He is the founder of the scientific school of the Anthropology of Movement, recognized among the outstanding achievements of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2009).
He also developed and tested the concept of Arctic mobility and methods of ethnodesign, combining the traditions of Arctic nomads with advanced visual documentation technologies (aerial photography, GPS tracking, and 3D modeling).
He conceived and led the creative team behind the Connection of Times exhibition at the Museum of Nature and Man in Khanty-Mansiysk.
He also developed the concept and leads the creative team responsible for the renewal of the Kunstkamera's permanent exhibitions. New exhibitions include "Peter the Great's Kunstkamera", "Multinational Russia", "Peoples of South Asia", "Academic Hall. Lomonosov Museum", "Astronomical Hall. Observatory", and "Gottorp Globe. Planetarium", as well as the exhibitions "Nomads of the Arctic: The Art of Movement", Russian Envoy to Korea: Karl Weber and His Collection", and "The Kunstkamera During the War: A Fortress of Science and Defense".
One of the pioneers of Russian visual anthropology and ethnographic filmmaking, Golovnev received the Grand Prix at the 1st and 2nd Russian Anthropological Film Festivals (1998, 2000).
FILMOGRAPHY: The Tatva Road, 1992; Gods of Yamal, 1992; The Legend of the Sikhirtya, 1993; Devil's Lake, 1993; Khadampe, 1994; On the Other Shore, 1995; The Path to the Sanctuary, 1997; Pegtymel, 2000; Zhokhov Island, 2002; The Post Horse, 2008.
