Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia
This thesis aims to contribute to our understanding of human-reindeer relations among nomadic hunters and reindeer keepers and is based on a discussion of manifestations of personhood in Siberia. I then relate these to contemporary theories in human-animal relations and argue that in the case of thi...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/2241 2024-06-02T08:06:16+00:00 Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia Landerer, Evelyn 2009-08-08 11727879 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10037/2241 eng eng Universitetet i Tromsø University of Tromsø https://hdl.handle.net/10037/2241 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_1993 openAccess Copyright 2009 The Author(s) VDP::Social science: 200::Social anthropology: 250 Indigenous studies social sciences SVF-3904 Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2009 ftunivtroemsoe 2024-05-07T08:42:34Z This thesis aims to contribute to our understanding of human-reindeer relations among nomadic hunters and reindeer keepers and is based on a discussion of manifestations of personhood in Siberia. I then relate these to contemporary theories in human-animal relations and argue that in the case of this research setting, these relations exceed notions of symbiotic domestication and social contracts. I discuss this topic within the context of Evenki hunters and reindeer breeders living in Katangskiy Rayon, the northernmost district of Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia. I argue that lack of collectivization in this area together with the absence of the notion of reindeer as commodity aimed towards a centralized (Soviet times) or market economy has led to the development of interpersonal companionship in the forest based on respect for the individuality and intentionality of the reindeer. Master Thesis Evenki Siberia University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Evenki ENVELOPE(132.817,132.817,59.683,59.683) |
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This thesis aims to contribute to our understanding of human-reindeer relations among nomadic hunters and reindeer keepers and is based on a discussion of manifestations of personhood in Siberia. I then relate these to contemporary theories in human-animal relations and argue that in the case of this research setting, these relations exceed notions of symbiotic domestication and social contracts. I discuss this topic within the context of Evenki hunters and reindeer breeders living in Katangskiy Rayon, the northernmost district of Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia. I argue that lack of collectivization in this area together with the absence of the notion of reindeer as commodity aimed towards a centralized (Soviet times) or market economy has led to the development of interpersonal companionship in the forest based on respect for the individuality and intentionality of the reindeer. |
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Landerer, Evelyn |
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Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia |
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Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia |
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Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia |
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Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia |
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Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia |
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personhood and companionship among evenki and their reindeer in eastern siberia |
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Universitetet i Tromsø |
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2009 |
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Evenki Siberia |
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Evenki Siberia |
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