Arctic Nomadic Design (The Nenets Case)

• Published in: Nomadic Peoples
• Main Author: Golovnev, Andrei V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: White Horse Press 2020
• Subjects: Demography; Arctic; Yamal Peninsula; nenets; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/np.2020.240106; https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/nomp/2020/00000024/00000001/art00006

The nomadic technologies of reindeer herders from Yamal Peninsula, in their multidimensional complexity – from the space-time continuity of mobile camps on the open tundra to multi-functionality of material things – enable and facilitate mobility in the extreme environment of the Arctic. The nomadic tradition contains a whole array of concepts (or principles), which, on the one hand, are ultimately practical and, on the other, deserve a theoretical projection. These include: nomadic transformer, mobile module, movement effect, techno-animation, material austerity, space-time continuity, arctic aesthetics. A study of nomadic design implies the usage of new methods of movement recording – MTA (mapping–tracking–acting), including visual data such as UAV mapping, GPS-tracking and 3D-modelling.