Kratkiy kurs lektsiy prednaznachen dlya prepodavaniya kursa "Etnopsikhologiya" studentam, obuchayushchimsya po spetsial'nosti "Psikhologiya". Etnopsikhologiya rassmatrivaetsya kak rodovoe ponyatie dlya kross-kul'turnoy, kul'turnoy i indigennoy psikhologii. Osoboe vnimanie udelyaetsya kolichestvennoy i kachestvennoy metodologii etnopsikhologicheskogo issledovaniya. Pri podgotovke posobiya ispol'zovany maloizvestnye i malodostupnye istochniki i avtorskiy issledovatel'skiy opyt. Kurs lektsiy podgotovlen pri podderzhke obrazovatel'nogo proekta ReSET HESP "Comparative Study of Everyday Life: Current Theoretical Paradigms, Methodological Orientations and Teaching Practices" (2009-2012).