Multispecies Households in the Saian Mountains
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0253-4 (ISBN)
Multispecies Households in the Saian Mountains brings together new ethnographic insights from the mountains of Southern Siberia and Mongolia. It examines Indigenous ideas of what it means to make a home alongside animals and spirits in changing alpine and subalpine environments. Set in the Eastern Saian Mountain Region of South Central Siberia and northern Mongolia, the book covers an area famous for its claim as the birthplace of Eurasian reindeer domestication. Going beyond reindeer, the authors explore the less known role of yak, horses, wolves, spirits, fish, and many other sentient beings, all of which co-constitute local notions of ‘home places.’ In their contributions, the authors reach beyond conventional categories of wild and tame in a region that is increasingly hostile toward its own inhabitants as the result of global efforts to create protected nature reserves. Through its ethnographic nuance, the reader comes to appreciate many connections existing between human and other households — networks of relationships that transcends idioms of dominance or mutualism.
Alex Oehler is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia. Anna Varfolomeeva is PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at Central European University.
Acknowledgments
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Introduction: On Making Home Together
Alex Oehler
Part I - Tozhus, Tozhu District, Republic of Tyva
Chapter One: The Wolf-Pack Approach: Tozhu Hunting Strategies in the Siberian Taiga
Tayana Mongush-Arakchaa
Chapter Two: Predatory Relations of Tozhu Hunter-Herders
Aivaras Jefanovas
Chapter Three: Emplacing Herder-Horse Bonds in Ak-Erik, South Tyva
Victoria Peemot
Part II - Tofas, Tofalaria, Irkutsk Oblast’
Chapter Four: People, Reindeer, and All the Others: The Shared Taiga as Common Tofa Household
Konstantin B. Klokov
Chapter Five: On the Role of the Horse in Tofa Households
Alex Oehler and Igor Rassadin
Chapter Six: Taking Stock: Tofa Reindeer Herding Today
Alex Oehler
Part III - Dukhas, Khövsgöl Aimag, Mongolia
Chapter Seven: Householding as a More-Than-Merely-Human Improvisation Amidst Manifold Frontiers in a Boundless Home(land)
Nicolas Rasiulis
Chapter Eight: “I Can’t Leave My Erens”: Living in a Spirited Geography with Reindeer
Selcen Küçüküstel
Chapter Nine: Killed by Mutton: On the Powers of Animal Products in Dukha Households
Benedikte Møller Kristensen
Part IV - Soiots, Okinskii District, Republic of Buriatiia
Chapter Ten: Jade Hunters: Local Connections to Land and Resources in Okinskii District of Buriatiia
Anna Varfolomeeva
Chapter Eleven: Falling In and Out of Rhythm
Alex Oehler
Conclusion: The Calls of Homeland
Anna Varfolomeeva
Index
Notes on the Contributors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Aivaras Jefanovas, Alex Oehler, Anna Varfolomeeva |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 653 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker) |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-0253-0 / 1793602530 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-0253-4 / 9781793602534 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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