Embracing Landscape

Selcen Küçüküstel is a social anthropologist who works as a post doctorate researcher at the University of Carlos III Madrid. She also works as a freelance photojournalist for different geography and culture magazines, covering anthropological stories from different parts of the world.

• 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