Introduction (to the Special topic of the issue: Modern Ethnological Research in Karakalpakstan)

The article precedes a special section of the issue devoted to the traditions, culture, and occupations of the Karakalpaks in line with the increasingly emerging environmental crisis and globalization processes. According to the authors of the articles (Z.I. Kurbanova, M.A. Karlybaev, M.M. Davletiyarov, M.B. Utebaev, T.R. Zhabbarbergenov, G.M. Khozhaniyazov), such aspects of traditional culture as agrarian relations, generic structure, etiquette, monuments of tombstone architecture, terminology related to youth remain in the focus of the modern Karakalpakstan ethnological studies.