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Katanga Evenkis in the 20th Century & the Ordering of Their Life-World
Anna A. Sirina
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Description for Katanga Evenkis in the 20th Century & the Ordering of Their Life-World
Paperback. Series: Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
This work documents the lives of a group of hunters and reindeer herders living at the headwaters of the Lower Tunguska River at the end of the 20th century. Katanga Evenkis are best described by the flexible and creative way they use the land around them, and continue to exercise a strong presence on their lands, despite severe pressure by Soviet-era policies and even more devastating dislocations by industrial development and privatisation. According to Sirina, Katanga Evenkis at the end of the 20th century are best characterized not by what they have lost but instead by the way they continue ... Read more
This work documents the lives of a group of hunters and reindeer herders living at the headwaters of the Lower Tunguska River at the end of the 20th century. Katanga Evenkis are best described by the flexible and creative way they use the land around them, and continue to exercise a strong presence on their lands, despite severe pressure by Soviet-era policies and even more devastating dislocations by industrial development and privatisation. According to Sirina, Katanga Evenkis at the end of the 20th century are best characterized not by what they have lost but instead by the way they continue ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
CCI Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Northern Hunter-Gatherers Research Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Alberta, Canada
ISBN
9781896445380
SKU
V9781896445380
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About Anna A. Sirina
David G. Anderson is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Tromso, Norway. His interests include circumpolar ethnography, ethnoarchaeology, ethnohistory, and the history of science. He is the author of a monograph on Taimyr Evenkis and Dolgans, the editor of several collections from Berghahn Books, and Associate Editor of the journal Sibirica. He is currently Chair in The Anthropology ... Read more
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