Spatial Discontinuities and Nomadic Pastoralism in Inner Asia at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

• Published in: Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales
• Main Author: Ferret, Carole
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: Pastoralism; Nomadism; Siberia; Central Asia; Kazakhstan; Yakut; Buriat; Khakas; Tuva; Mongol; Kyrgyz; Turkmen; Kazakh; Mobility; Space division; livestock; Pasture; Pastoralisme; nomadisme; Sibérie; Asie centrale; Iakoutes; Bouriates; Khakasses; Turkmènes; Kirghizes; Touvas; Mongols; Kazakhs; mobilité; découpage de l'espace; bétail; Paturage; [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology; iakoutes; Yakuts
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01963896; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01963896/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01963896/file/ANNA_694_0957.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1353/ahs.2014.0174

International audience Pastoralism, the traditional activity of Turkic-Mongol peoples in Siberia and Central Asia, has created structural discontinuities in the apparently homogeneous steppe area. Through their stable and regular nomadic routes, herdsmen divide the space into seasonal pastures, asse...