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Vasil Garnizov

Vasil Garnizov is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vasil Garnizov rather than just read about it. In short: Vasil Garnizov is a Bulgarian anthropologist and political scientist. Vasil Garnizov is one of the founders of the New Bulgarian University, secretary of the Society for New Bulgarian University, initiator of the establishment of the Department of Anthropology and a lecturer in the department since its inception.

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Reference excerpt

Vasil Garnizov is a Bulgarian anthropologist and political scientist. Vasil Garnizov is one of the founders of the New Bulgarian University, secretary of the Society for New Bulgarian University, initiator of the establishment of the Department of Anthropology and a lecturer in the department since its inception. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University. In the period 1999-2001 he was Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works of the Republic of Bulgaria. Vasil Garnizov has held numerous expert advisory posts and has written widely for the Bulgarian press. He is the recipient of Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), an order of merit established in 1955.

Biography

Education Vasil Garnizov was born on the 1 September 1958 in Sofia. He graduated Sofia University with a Master's degree in Bulgarian Philology in 1983. After completing his higher education, he was briefly a teacher at a secondary school in Yablanitsa. He defended his doctorate in 1995 at the Institute of Folklore with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with a dissertation on “Death and Funeral for the Bulgarians”. He deals with the subject of photography and anthropology, as well as with the applied aspects of anthropology – local development, regional development, urban development, political culture, economic culture and health culture – including migration and health.

Academic career After his defense, Vasil undertook a post-doctoral specialisations in “Social anthropology” at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (French: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; also known as EHESS) in 1993, in the “Socio-Anthropological Methods in Social Sciences” at the Institute of Sociology with the Bulgarian Academy of Science (1994), and “New Information Technologies in Social Sciences” in French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) (1996). He was also a Research Fellow at the Institute of Folklore with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1983-1984). Research Associate in the “Theory of Folklore” at the Institute of Folklore with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2001-2003). Since 2001 he has been Associate Professor of Anthropology at the New Bulgarian University he holds bachelor, master and doctoral courses in programs of the departments “Anthropology”, “Political Science”, “Cinema, Advertising and Showbusiness” and others.

Administrative career Between 1997 and 1999, he first held the post of Chief Secretary in the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and then Director General at the National Centre for Regional Development. In the period 1999-2001 he was Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works of the Republic of Bulgaria. Between 2004 and 2009, he was an Expert in the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Development, Local Authorities, and Public Works for the Bulgarian Parliament.

Memberships He has worked in the Folklore Theory Department of the Institute of Folklore. He is a member of the International Pragmatics Association in Amsterdam, the Association of Europeans in Brussels, the Council of Europe's Local and Regional Authorities Steering Committee, the Interdepartmental National Council on Ethnic and Demographic Issues The Council of Ministers, the Program Council of the Bulgarian National Television.

Research contributions In his dissertation on “Death and the funeral for Bulgarians” Vasil studies the theme of the horror of death in the everyday. He conducted more than a hundred interviews on funeral traditions in more than ten villages in north-western Bulgaria. His first field work was conducted in 1979. Vasil Garnizov together with Petko Stainov and Angel Angelov introduces the concept of ‘ethnopragmatism’ during the international conference “Models of knowing” in Varna in September 1988. He develops the study of pragmatism in the research on funerals. In the beginning of the 90s he conducted field work in Romania. In mid-90s he published a study on the Bulgarian pomacs, in which he argues that they are not a homogeneous group and identifies three subgroups. He also highlights that the identity of each group is defined by the groups, which surround it. He also researches the cultural resistance against the political and economic transition in Bulgaria after 1989. In the 1990s together with Asen Balakchiev they create the first course in Anthropology in Bulgaria. He then contributes to the first bachelors, masters and doctoral programmes in Anthropology in Bulgaria as well. He is the founder of the first and only department of Anthropology in Bulgaria. He is among the founders of New Bulgarian University, together with Petko Stainov and Dimitar Dochev. After 1989 he introduces the concept of the anthropology of the political (political anthropology) among the Bulgarian research community, as well as anthropology of the economy (economic anthropology) and medical anthropology. Together with Dr. Mihaylova-Garnizova they are the first to study the health profile of immigrants in Bulgaria. He also studies ecological attitudes of the population and the ways in which culture contributes and hinders to the protection of the environment. He insists on continuous academic reflection and discussion on the methods in the study of Anthropology.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Vasil Garnizov

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vasil Garnizov ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vasil Garnizov

In research: Vasil Garnizov appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vasil Garnizov in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vasil Garnizov is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1958 births, Academic staff of New Bulgarian University, Bulgarian anthropologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vasil Garnizov outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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