Leaving Footprints in the Taiga. Donatas Brandišauskas
Культурология. Studies in the Circumpolar North
Leaving Footprints in the Taiga
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isbn 9781785332395
Автор произведения Donatas Brandišauskas
Жанр Культурология
Серия Studies in the Circumpolar North
Издательство Ingram
Nowhere have recent environmental and social changes been more pronounced than in post-Soviet Siberia. Donatas Brandišauskas probes the strategies that Orochen reindeer herders of southeastern Siberia have developed to navigate these changes. “Catching luck” is one such strategy that plays a central role in Orochen cosmology – luck implies a vernacular theory of causality based on active interactions of humans, non-humans, material objects, and places. Brandišauskas describes in rich details the skills, knowledge, ritual practices, storytelling, and movements that enable the Orochen to “catch luck” (or not, sometimes), to navigate times of change and upheaval.