Sledge, Reindeer Dogs and Tractors: the Energy of Innovation and Cultural Shift

• Published in: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences
• Main Authors: Sirina, Anna A., Сирина, А. А.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Сибирский федеральный университет. Siberian Federal University 2019
• Subjects: The Evens; North-East of Russia; innovations; state input; cultural shift; эвены; Северо-Восток России; инновации; вклад государства; культурный сдвиг; Magadan; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: http://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/112622; https://doi.org/10.17516/1997–1370–0460

The article discusses three significant innovations that have occurred in the culture of the nomad Evens of the Magadan region over the past 80 years: sledge (1930s), reindeer dogs (1940–50s) and tractors (1960s — 1970s). The causes and sources of these borrowings are traced, as well as the resultin...