Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia
30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful continuatio...
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fttartuunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/18854 2023-07-16T03:58:17+02:00 Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia Brandišauskas, Donatas 2020-06-03 application/pdf https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18854 eng eng Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18854/13538 https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18854 Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics; Vol. 14 No. 1 (2020); 65–84 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2020 fttartuunivojs 2023-06-28T23:16:07Z 30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful continuation of reindeer herding is based on the ability of charismatic leaders mobilising Evenki communities around reindeer herding and subsistence economies. This success also relies on connection to different agents of power in local administrations, large cities and governments and the use of all of the available opportunities that infrastructure or economic agents can offer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Evenki Republic of Sakha Sakha taiga Siberia University of Tartu: ojs.utlib.ee Sakha Evenki ENVELOPE(132.817,132.817,59.683,59.683) |
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30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, this article shows how the successful continuation of reindeer herding is based on the ability of charismatic leaders mobilising Evenki communities around reindeer herding and subsistence economies. This success also relies on connection to different agents of power in local administrations, large cities and governments and the use of all of the available opportunities that infrastructure or economic agents can offer. |
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Brandišauskas, Donatas Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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Living with Reindeer Thirty Years after Socialism: Land Use and Large Reindeer Herding among the Evenki of Southeast Siberia |
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living with reindeer thirty years after socialism: land use and large reindeer herding among the evenki of southeast siberia |
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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics |
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2020 |
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https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18854 |
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Sakha Evenki |
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Sakha Evenki |
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Evenki Republic of Sakha Sakha taiga Siberia |
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Evenki Republic of Sakha Sakha taiga Siberia |
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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics; Vol. 14 No. 1 (2020); 65–84 |
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https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18854/13538 https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18854 |
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