Entrapping History in Space: On Tuundra and Its Masters
In this article, the author discusses landownership among the seminomadic Dolgan in the Republic of Sakha. Despite their nomadic lifestyle, the Dolgan have developed a complicated landownership system based on biographical and ancestral narratives linked to particular territories. The article shows...
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crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/imp.2012.0054 2024-03-03T08:42:16+00:00 Entrapping History in Space: On Tuundra and Its Masters Ventsel, Aimar 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/imp.2012.0054 en eng Project MUSE Ab Imperio volume 2012, issue 2, page 299-324 ISSN 2164-9731 Sociology and Political Science History journal-article 2012 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/imp.2012.0054 2024-02-03T23:20:49Z In this article, the author discusses landownership among the seminomadic Dolgan in the Republic of Sakha. Despite their nomadic lifestyle, the Dolgan have developed a complicated landownership system based on biographical and ancestral narratives linked to particular territories. The article shows how these narratives make "wilderness" into "inhabited" land and are essential for the "appropriation of nature." Aimar Ventsel seeks an answer to the question of why informal clan-based landownership has been so vital and still today regulates the use of the tundra's resources. The concept of the "narrative of the land" is so strong that even formal administrative structures cannot ignore this form of landownership. Moreover, the post-Soviet dismantling of state structures for controlling the use of environmental resources makes the concept of the "narrative of land" more instrumental for monitoring the use of resources in the Russian Arctic. Ventsel's hypothesis is that informal landownership or "moral possession" is constructed through a complex set of tangible and intangible objects that support each other in creating emotional bonds to a territory and thus establishing a family's right to control a territory's resources. В статье рассматривается институт и культурный комплекс землевладения полуномадической народности долган в Республике Саха. Несмотря на номадический образ жизни, долгане создали сложную систему владения землей, которая основывается на биографических нарративах и рассказах о предках, связанных с определенными территориями. Автор показывает, как с помощью нарративов, играющих ключевую роль в освоении природы, "дикие" земли становятся населенными. Он предлагает объяснение живучести неформальной системы землевладения, основанной на клановом родстве продолжающей регулировать использование ресурсов тундры. Авторитет "нарратива земли" столь непререкаем, что формальные административные структуры не могут игнорировать эту форму землевладения. Автор проводит гипотезу, согласно которой неформальное ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Republic of Sakha Саха Johns Hopkins University Press Arctic Sakha Ab Imperio 2012 2 299 324 |
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In this article, the author discusses landownership among the seminomadic Dolgan in the Republic of Sakha. Despite their nomadic lifestyle, the Dolgan have developed a complicated landownership system based on biographical and ancestral narratives linked to particular territories. The article shows how these narratives make "wilderness" into "inhabited" land and are essential for the "appropriation of nature." Aimar Ventsel seeks an answer to the question of why informal clan-based landownership has been so vital and still today regulates the use of the tundra's resources. The concept of the "narrative of the land" is so strong that even formal administrative structures cannot ignore this form of landownership. Moreover, the post-Soviet dismantling of state structures for controlling the use of environmental resources makes the concept of the "narrative of land" more instrumental for monitoring the use of resources in the Russian Arctic. Ventsel's hypothesis is that informal landownership or "moral possession" is constructed through a complex set of tangible and intangible objects that support each other in creating emotional bonds to a territory and thus establishing a family's right to control a territory's resources. В статье рассматривается институт и культурный комплекс землевладения полуномадической народности долган в Республике Саха. Несмотря на номадический образ жизни, долгане создали сложную систему владения землей, которая основывается на биографических нарративах и рассказах о предках, связанных с определенными территориями. Автор показывает, как с помощью нарративов, играющих ключевую роль в освоении природы, "дикие" земли становятся населенными. Он предлагает объяснение живучести неформальной системы землевладения, основанной на клановом родстве продолжающей регулировать использование ресурсов тундры. Авторитет "нарратива земли" столь непререкаем, что формальные административные структуры не могут игнорировать эту форму землевладения. Автор проводит гипотезу, согласно которой неформальное ... |
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