Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia)
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 witho...
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fttartuunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/18924 2023-07-16T03:58:17+02:00 Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia) Brandišauskas, Donatas 2011-05-24 application/pdf https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18924 eng eng Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18924/13608 https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/18924 Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics; Vol. 4 No. 2 (2010); 97-114 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2011 fttartuunivojs 2023-06-28T23:16:07Z 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 without understanding how hunters and herders in this region adapt to the unstable post-Soviet environment. I suggest that hunters and herders aim to maintain their autonomy from goods and resources imported from cities, and, in spending little effort connecting with state powers in this way, securing their lives from socio-economic constraints. Article in Journal/Newspaper Evenki taiga Siberia University of Tartu: ojs.utlib.ee Evenki ENVELOPE(132.817,132.817,59.683,59.683) |
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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 without understanding how hunters and herders in this region adapt to the unstable post-Soviet environment. I suggest that hunters and herders aim to maintain their autonomy from goods and resources imported from cities, and, in spending little effort connecting with state powers in this way, securing their lives from socio-economic constraints. |
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Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia) |
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Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia) |
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Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia) |
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Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia) |
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Hide Tanning and Its Use in Taiga: The Case of the Orochen-Evenki Reindeer Herders and Hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia) |
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hide tanning and its use in taiga: the case of the orochen-evenki reindeer herders and hunters of zabaikalye (east siberia) |
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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics |
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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics; Vol. 4 No. 2 (2010); 97-114 |
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