"To you, to us, to oil and gas" – The symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts in Russia
This article examines ways in which workers and the people around them become enmeshed with oil and gas resources, the extractive industry and the social and geographical space of the Russian Far North: in particular, the Yamal-Nenets and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts (YNAO and KMAO). It hig...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/45209 2023-05-15T17:02:41+02:00 "To you, to us, to oil and gas" – The symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts in Russia Saxinger, Gertrude 2015-05-04 application/pdf https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/45209 eng eng Geographical Society of Finland https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/45209/14635 https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/45209 Copyright (c) 2015 Fennia Fennia; Vol 193 Nro 1 (2015); 83-98 Fennia - International Journal of Geography; Vol 193 No 1 (2015); 83-98 1798-5617 extractive industry mobility long-distance commute work (FIFO) place attachment actor-network theory Circumpolar North info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ethnographic field work 2015 fttsvojs 2020-09-30T22:46:23Z This article examines ways in which workers and the people around them become enmeshed with oil and gas resources, the extractive industry and the social and geographical space of the Russian Far North: in particular, the Yamal-Nenets and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts (YNAO and KMAO). It highlights how both the local workforce and the long-distance commuters who travel back and forth from all over Russia develop strong attachments to the social and economic meaning and symbolism of oil and gas. New labour conditions and a new configuration of the labour market have emerged in the context of privatization and out-sourcing in the last two decades. These changes have created new certainties and uncertainties for the future in a region that until now has been conceived as harsh, but stable, and as conferring both prosperity and privilege on those who can cope with the extreme conditions. This study is based on ethnographic long-term fieldwork in YNAO and KMAO. Article in Journal/Newspaper khanty khanty-mansi nenets Mansi Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online |
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This article examines ways in which workers and the people around them become enmeshed with oil and gas resources, the extractive industry and the social and geographical space of the Russian Far North: in particular, the Yamal-Nenets and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts (YNAO and KMAO). It highlights how both the local workforce and the long-distance commuters who travel back and forth from all over Russia develop strong attachments to the social and economic meaning and symbolism of oil and gas. New labour conditions and a new configuration of the labour market have emerged in the context of privatization and out-sourcing in the last two decades. These changes have created new certainties and uncertainties for the future in a region that until now has been conceived as harsh, but stable, and as conferring both prosperity and privilege on those who can cope with the extreme conditions. This study is based on ethnographic long-term fieldwork in YNAO and KMAO. |
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"To you, to us, to oil and gas" – The symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts in Russia |
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"To you, to us, to oil and gas" – The symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts in Russia |
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"To you, to us, to oil and gas" – The symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts in Russia |
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"To you, to us, to oil and gas" – The symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts in Russia |
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"To you, to us, to oil and gas" – The symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts in Russia |
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"to you, to us, to oil and gas" – the symbolic and socio-economic attachment of the workforce to oil, gas and its spaces of extraction in the yamal-nenets and khanty-mansi autonomous districts in russia |
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