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НЕОПРЕДЕЛЕННОСТЬ (В) СОЦИОЛОГИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES. UNCERTAINTY IN/OF SOCIOLOGY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Групповые стили как операторы среднего уровня: ситуативные инновации в шаманских организациях</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Group Styles as Mid-Level Operators: Situational Innovations in Shamanic Organizations</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-3309</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Волкова</surname><given-names>М. Д.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Volkova</surname><given-names>M. D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Волкова Мария Дмитриевна — магистр социологии, PhD researcher в университете Эксетера, Центр философии наук о жизни Egenis.</p><p>Эксетер</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Maria D. Volkova — MA in Sociology, PhD researcher at the University of Exeter, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences (Egenis).</p><p>Exeter</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">m.volkova@exeter.ac.uk</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Университет Эксетера</institution><country>Великобритания</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>University of Exeter</institution><country>United Kingdom</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>27</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>37</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>32</fpage><lpage>46</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Волкова М.Д., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Волкова М.Д.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Volkova M.D.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://socofpower.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/275">https://socofpower.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/275</self-uri><abstract><p>Этот комментарий к статье Степана Козлова рассматривает групповые стили как один из типов операторов среднего уровня — механизмов, обеспечивающих медиацию между различными социальными порядками. Исходная концепция группового стиля, предложенная Ниной Элиасоф и Полом Лихтерманом, описывает его как фильтр, через который группы адаптируют публичную культуру в своих взаимодействиях. Однако я показываю, что предложенная ими операционализация группового стиля — через групповые границы, связи и правила разговора — приводит к смешению его с групповой идентичностью и структурой, что ограничивает его аналитический потенциал и создает концептуальные проблемы. Я предлагаю альтернативный подход, в котором групповой стиль анализируется через стратегии работы с неопределенностью и разрывами во взаимодействии. Используя различие между «нарушением ради» (disruption for) и «нарушением из-за» (disruption of), введенное Тавори и Файном, я исследую две шаманские организации с диаметрально противоположными стилями преодоления сбоев во взаимодействиях. В одной организации любое отклонение воспринимается как нарушение порядка, требующее немедленного исправления, в другой — как момент потенциальной трансформации, открывающий возможность для переосмысления коллективных представлений и изменения ритуальной практики. Этот анализ демонстрирует более широкий принцип: операторы среднего уровня не только медиируют разные уровни социальной реальности, но и создают условия для ее трансформации, связывая микроуровневые взаимодействия с культурными и институциональными изменениями. Такой подход позволяет объяснить, почему одни группы устойчивы к изменениям, а другие используют неопределенность как ресурс для культурных инноваций.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This commentary on Stepan Kozlov’s article examines group styles as a type of middle-range operator—mechanisms that mediate between different social orders. The original concept of group style, proposed by Nina Eliasoph and Paul Lichterman, describes it as a filter through which groups adapt public culture in their interactions. However, I argue that their operationalisation of group style—through group boundaries, group ties, and rules of speech—leads to its conflation with group identity and structure, limiting its analytical potential, and creating conceptual problems. I propose an alternative approach, analysing group style through strategies for handling uncertainty and interactional breakdowns. Drawing on Tavory and Fine’s (2020) distinction between disruption for and disruption of, I examine two shamanic organisations with contrasting approaches to managing interactional disruptions. In one case, any interactional misalignment is perceived as a violation of order requiring immediate correction, while in the other, it is seen as a moment of potential transformation, enabling the reinterpretation of collective understandings and modifications of ritual practice. This analysis highlights a broader principle: middle-range operators not only mediate between different levels of social reality but also enable its transformation, linking microlevel interactions to cultural and institutional change. This perspective helps explain why some groups remain resistant to change while others utilise uncertainty as a resource for cultural innovation.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>культуринтеракционизм</kwd><kwd>культура</kwd><kwd>взаимодействие</kwd><kwd>изобретение</kwd><kwd>групповые стили</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>cultural interactionism</kwd><kwd>culture</kwd><kwd>interaction</kwd><kwd>invention</kwd><kwd>group styles</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Волкова М. Д. (2021) Шаманы, чиновники и их космологии: местные религиозные организации Бурятии и Иркутской области. Антропологический форум, 51, c. 39–71. EDN: AYMZWF. https://doi.org/10.31250/1815-8870-2021-17-51-39-71</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Volkova M. D. 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