Living with Reindeer Thirty Years After Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding Among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia
Abstract 30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful co...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/jef-2020-0005 2024-05-19T07:39:56+00:00 Living with Reindeer Thirty Years After Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding Among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia Brandišauskas, Donatas 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jef-2020-0005 https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/jef/14/1/article-p65.xml https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/jef-2020-0005 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics volume 14, issue 1, page 65-84 ISSN 2228-0987 journal-article 2020 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2020-0005 2024-05-02T06:52:07Z Abstract 30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful continuation of reindeer herding is based on the ability of charismatic leaders mobilising Evenki communities around reindeer herding and subsistence economies. This success also relies on connection to different agents of power in local administrations, large cities and governments and the use of all of the available opportunities that infrastructure or economic agents can offer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Evenki Republic of Sakha Sakha taiga Siberia De Gruyter Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 14 1 65 84 |
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Abstract 30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful continuation of reindeer herding is based on the ability of charismatic leaders mobilising Evenki communities around reindeer herding and subsistence economies. This success also relies on connection to different agents of power in local administrations, large cities and governments and the use of all of the available opportunities that infrastructure or economic agents can offer. |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years After Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding Among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years After Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding Among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years After Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding Among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years After Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding Among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years After Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding Among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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living with reindeer thirty years after socialism: land use and large reindeer herding among the evenki of southeast siberia |
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