Embracing Landscape

Living with Reindeer and Hunting among Spirits in South Siberia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Examining human-animal relations among the reindeer hunting and herding Dukha community in northern Mongolia, this book focuses on concepts such as domestication and wildness from an indigenous perspective. By looking into hunting rituals and herding techniques, the ethnography questions the dynamics between people, domesticated reindeer, and wild animals. It focuses on the role of the spirited landscape which embraces all living creatures and acts as a unifying concept at the center of the human and non-human relations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-06-11
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt504 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieInterspecies Encounters
Antal sidor238
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781800730625

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List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgementsNotes on Text and TransliterationIntroduction: The Forest is Watching YouPART I: TAIGA EMBRACING ALLChapter 1. Map of Memories in a Spirited GeographyPART II: LIVING WITH REINDEERChapter 2. Beyond Domestication: Nurturing ControlChapter 3. Seasonal Cycles and Migration the TaigaChapter 4. Reindeer as an Intimate PartnerChapter 5. Our Parents Know Everything BetterPART III: HUNTING AMONG SPIRITSChapter 6. Respecting the HuntChapter 7. The Way We HuntChapter 8. Luck in Hunting and DivinationChapter 9. Hunting as a Way of Regulating the RelationsChapter 10. Hunting Ban: Struggling in the Native LandConclusionReferencesIndex

“This book offers a deep and reflective view of the complex relationships between humans, animals, and the environment… [and] provides a unique perspective on how indigenous communities face modern challenges, such as government pressure and adaptation to contemporary life, phenomena observed in various geographies around the world. Altogether, it results in an interesting, well-written, and vividly animated ethnography portraying the daily lives of Dukha families in northern Mongolia.” • Sibirica“This is an engaging, well-written and lively ethnography of a group of Dukha families in Mongolia. It is situated within the anthropological literature on reindeer pastoralism but beyond that contributes a unique, lively perspective on a group of people who are poorly documented in English.” • David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen“With this book, Küçüküstel offers us a very timely and deeply insightful account of Dukha life. Her insights are the result of living with people over an extended period of time, and from experiencing what she describes by way of first hand participation. In this sense, her work is truly ethnographic. It is a beautiful account, at times deeply touching.” • Alex C. Oehler, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada