Centre of Social Anthropology

• Main Authors: Hi De, Tanning, I Ts, Use In, T He Taiga, T He, Case Of, Orochen-evenk I Reindeer, Herder S, H U Nter, S Of, Zabaik Alye, East Si Ber I A
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Orochen-Evenki • reindeer herders and hunters • hide tanning •; Evenki; taiga
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.469.8119; http://www.ut.ee/jef/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/57/pdf_55/

This article * documents the way in which the Orochen-Evenki hunters and herders in northern part of Zabaikalye tan hides and produce gear in the post-Soviet era. Here, I wish to present the argument that it is difficult to understand the reviving of hide tanning in remote villages and the taiga wit...