What’s in a Model? Shifting Multispecies Relationships in Sakha (Yakutia)

This paper explores continuities in multispecies relationships, expressed through art. It delineates these continuities through the study of a nineteenth-century model of a Sakha Yhyakh celebration. The indigenous Siberian Sakha people have experienced considerable transformation since the advent of...

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Published in:Lagoonscapes
Main Author: Peers, Eleanor
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2022
Subjects:
Indigenous art. Multispecies relationship. Sakha (Yakutia). Siberia. Yhyakh
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Anthropology
GN1-890
Arts in general
NX1-820
Sakha
Yakutia
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/01/004
https://doaj.org/article/fa418a3729594ecfbf0d8a1acd34e063
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Summary:This paper explores continuities in multispecies relationships, expressed through art. It delineates these continuities through the study of a nineteenth-century model of a Sakha Yhyakh celebration. The indigenous Siberian Sakha people have experienced considerable transformation since the advent of Russian settlers. The story of the Yhyakh model illustrates the alterations and continuities in Sakha experiences of multispecies community. It also shows how an interconnected community of human and non-human beings generates aesthetic expectations and affordances that contrast with those of a human-centric worldview.

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