Livestock Dung Use in Steppe Pastoralism : Renewable Resources, Care, and Respect for Sentient Nonhumans

This article studies the use of livestock dung in the social and ecological context of pastoralism in the Tyva Republic, Inner Asia. In steppe ecologies, livestock dung, depending on its (mis)management, can be a valuable resource or a threat to animals’ health and herders’ well-being. Its use is em...

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Published in:Sibirica
Main Author: Peemot, Victoria Soyan
Other Authors: Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, Indigenous Studies, Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
5143 Social and cultural anthropology
human-nonhuman relationships
mobile pastoralism
renewable resource
traditional ecological knowledge
Tyva Republic
ANIMISM
Sibirica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/348125
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Summary:This article studies the use of livestock dung in the social and ecological context of pastoralism in the Tyva Republic, Inner Asia. In steppe ecologies, livestock dung, depending on its (mis)management, can be a valuable resource or a threat to animals’ health and herders’ well-being. Its use is embedded in the relationships between herder-livestock communities and landscapes, which are sentient and superordinate. Utilizing dung for household needs is simultaneously a form of care for livestock and a method of balancing the relationship with sentient homelands. Peer reviewed

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