Economic Diversification Among Mongolian Reindeer Herders: Continuity and Change in The Tannu Uriankhai Girdle
Drawing on seven months of anthropological fieldwork conducted in northernmost Mongolia among nomadic Dukha reindeer herders (widely known as Tsaatan), this article examines Dukha economic diversification in light of the history of the Upper Yenisei–Darkhad Depression region in northern Inner Asia....
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crwhitehorsepr:10.3197/np.2021.250105 2023-05-15T18:30:26+02:00 Economic Diversification Among Mongolian Reindeer Herders: Continuity and Change in The Tannu Uriankhai Girdle Rasiulis, Nicolas 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/np.2021.250105 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/nomp/2021/00000025/00000001/art00005 en eng White Horse Press Nomadic Peoples volume 25, issue 1, page 80-101 ISSN 0822-7942 Demography journal-article 2021 crwhitehorsepr https://doi.org/10.3197/np.2021.250105 2022-04-13T10:38:24Z Drawing on seven months of anthropological fieldwork conducted in northernmost Mongolia among nomadic Dukha reindeer herders (widely known as Tsaatan), this article examines Dukha economic diversification in light of the history of the Upper Yenisei–Darkhad Depression region in northern Inner Asia. Before its dislocation into discrete territories of different socialist countries in the early twentieth century, this place, which I call the Tannu Uriankhai Girdle, comprised an integrated economic mosaic that featured both taiga- and steppe-based pastoralism, as well as hunting, fishing, gathering, agriculture, inter- and intra-regional trade and remunerated labour. Reindeer pastoralism complemented and was complemented by the other facets of this economic mosaic. Now the Dukha economy itself comprises nearly all facets of this mosaic. This economic configuration affords and is afforded by greater degrees of autonomy and autarky, which reinforce and are reinforced by the ongoing partnership between Dukha, reindeer and their shared taiga homeland. Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga White Horse Press Journals (via Crossref) Nomadic Peoples 25 1 80 101 |
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Drawing on seven months of anthropological fieldwork conducted in northernmost Mongolia among nomadic Dukha reindeer herders (widely known as Tsaatan), this article examines Dukha economic diversification in light of the history of the Upper Yenisei–Darkhad Depression region in northern Inner Asia. Before its dislocation into discrete territories of different socialist countries in the early twentieth century, this place, which I call the Tannu Uriankhai Girdle, comprised an integrated economic mosaic that featured both taiga- and steppe-based pastoralism, as well as hunting, fishing, gathering, agriculture, inter- and intra-regional trade and remunerated labour. Reindeer pastoralism complemented and was complemented by the other facets of this economic mosaic. Now the Dukha economy itself comprises nearly all facets of this mosaic. This economic configuration affords and is afforded by greater degrees of autonomy and autarky, which reinforce and are reinforced by the ongoing partnership between Dukha, reindeer and their shared taiga homeland. |
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Economic Diversification Among Mongolian Reindeer Herders: Continuity and Change in The Tannu Uriankhai Girdle |
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Economic Diversification Among Mongolian Reindeer Herders: Continuity and Change in The Tannu Uriankhai Girdle |
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Economic Diversification Among Mongolian Reindeer Herders: Continuity and Change in The Tannu Uriankhai Girdle |
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