Are the Evenki reindeer herders still nomads? The alternate use of different types of spaces in Inner Mongolia, China

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Dumont, Aurore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centre d'Etudes Mongoles & Sibériennes / École Pratique des Hautes Études 2018
• Subjects: Évenk; élevage; nomadisme; pastoralisme; mobilité; sédentarisation; politiques publiques; minorités ethniques; Chine; Mongolie-Intérieure; Evenki; herding; nomadism; pastoralism; mobility; public policies; ethnic minorities; China; Inner Mongolia; scipo; hist; Renne; renne
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.3398; http://journals.openedition.org/emscat/3398

The last six decades of Chinese state policies has led to the transformation of the Evenki reindeer herders’ domestic economy, a more systematic use of fixed homes and the reduction of the grazing areas. Paradoxically, the herders’ mobility has become more flexible and extensive, while herding skill...