Using Traditional Knowledge in Unpredictable Critical Events in Reindeer Husbandry. The case of Sámi reindeer husbandry in Western Finnmark, Norway and Nenets reindeer husbandry on Yamal peninsula, Yamal-Nenets AO, Russia

• Main Author: Eira, Rávdná Biret Márjá
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2012
• Subjects: VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosialantropologi: 250; VDP::Social science: 200::Social anthropology: 250; SVF-3904; Norway; Yamal Peninsula; Finnmark; nenets; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5368

This thesis investigates in what way traditional knowledge is used when unpredictable critical events occur in Sámi reindeer husbandry in Western Finnmark, Norway and Nenets reindeer husbandry on Yamal peninsula, Russia. In addition the aim was to investigate to what extent reindeer herder’s traditi...