Reindeer Herders Thinking

Author : Kirill Istomin
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3942883732
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reindeer herder's thinking written by Kirill Istomin and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on more than a decade of anthropological fieldwork and scholarship among Komi and Nenets nomadic reindeer herders of North-eastern Europe and North-western Siberia. Focused on herding techniques and the way of life of arctic nomads, the authors cogitate the unique attributes of reindeer herding and how they influence the herder's cognitive skills. Two central cognitive abilities are explored: the ability to "find their way" in expansive and homogenous arctic tundra terrain, often in extreme weather conditions and navigating with neither maps nor navigation equipment, and the ability to "decipher and predict" reindeer behaviour. This book acknowledges and reviews current theories and models of human cognition developed in cognitive science. The authors build bridges between cognitive science and anthropology by presenting further case studies that reveal and "demystify" cognitive mechanisms. Axiomatically, they challenge the field of anthropology by demonstrating fundamental weaknesses and debunking anthropological theories that ignore cognitive facts. The authors advocate that the field of anthropology should no longer isolate itself from other scientific disciplines, since, in doing so, its marginalisation will amplify and its relevance diminish. This book exemplifies the contribution of anthropology to building greater understanding of human cognition. However, this can only be achieved through embracing advancements made in other disciplines rather than ignoring their existence.

Author : Joachim Otto Habeck
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825880453
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What it Means to be a Herdsman written by Joachim Otto Habeck and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2005 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, author Joachim Otto Habeck takes the reader to the tundra in the Far North of the Russian Federation, describing and interpreting the practice of reindeer herding on the land. His vivid account of the everyday life of Komi reindeer herders and their family members as they interact with their bosses, the town, the market and oil companies, reveals both the reach of their agency and its limitations. Through a meticulous analysis of each of these domains, Habeck shows how public discourse about reindeer husbandry as a traditional life-style derives from outside the Komi reindeer-herding communities, yet it has powerful effects on the local actors' ability to frame their own existence. He argues that the concept of tradition, despite its many positive connotations, places Komi reindeer herders in a "golden cage" which leaves no space for acknowledging their drive to innovation and flexibility.

Author : Florian Stammler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000464709
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities written by Florian Stammler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth are usually not (yet) decision makers in politics or in business corporations, but the sustainability of Arctic settlements depends on whether or not youth envision such places as offering opportunities for a good future. This is the first multidisciplinary volume presenting original research on Arctic youth. This edited book presents the results of two research projects on youth wellbeing and senses of place in the Arctic region. The contributions are united by their focus on agency. Rather than seeing youth as vulnerable and possible victims of decisions by others, they illustrate the diverse avenues that youth pursue to achieve a good life in the Arctic. The contributions also show which social, economic, political and legal conditions provide the best frame for youth agency in Arctic settlements. Rather than portraying the Arctic as a resource frontier, a hotspot for climate change and a place where biodiversity and traditional Indigenous cultures are under threat, the book introduces the Arctic as a place for opportunities, the realization of life trajectories and young people’s images of home. Rooted in anthropology, the chapters also feature contributions from the fields of sociology, geography, sustainability science, legal studies and political science. This book is intended for an audience interested in anthropology, political science, Arctic urban studies, youth studies, Arctic social sciences and humanities in general. It would attract those working on Arctic sustainability, wellbeing in the Arctic, Arctic demography and overall wellbeing of youth.

Author : Piers Vitebsky
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618773572
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reindeer People written by Piers Vitebsky and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambridge anthropologist Piers Vitebsky, the first westerner to live with the Eveny of Siberia since the Russian revolution, brings readers an extraordinary case of survival in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. of photos.

Author : Svein Disch Mathiesen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031422899
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reindeer Husbandry written by Svein Disch Mathiesen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book focuses on climate change, indigenous reindeer husbandry and the underlying concept of connecting the traditional knowledge of indigenous reindeer herders in the Arctic with the latest research findings of the world’s leading academics. The Arctic and sub-Arctic environment, climate and biodiversity are changing in ways unprecedented in the long histories of the north, challenging traditional ways of life, well-being, and food security with legitimate concerns for the future of traditional indigenous livelihoods. The book provides a clear and thorough overview of the potential problems caused by a warming climate on reindeer husbandry and how reindeer herders' knowledge should be brought to action. In particular, the predicted impacts of global warming on winter climate and the resilience reindeer of communities are thoroughly discussed.

Author : A. Allan Degen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031511425
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifestyle and Livelihood Changes Among Formerly Nomadic Peoples written by A. Allan Degen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Taliaferro
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0786741236
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In a Far Country written by John Taliaferro and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 1897, eight whaling ships became trapped in the ice on Alaska's northern coast. Without relief, two hundred whalers would starve to death by winter's end. Mercifully, an extraordinary missionary, Tom Lopp, and seven Eskimo herders embarked on a harrowing journey to save the whalers, driving four hundred reindeer more than seven hundred untracked miles. At the heart of the rescue expedition lies another, in some ways more compelling, journey. In a Far Country is the personal odyssey of Tom and his wife Ellen Lopp -- their commitment to the natives and the rugged but happy life they built for themselves amid a treeless tundra at the top of the world. The Lopps pulled through on grit and wits, on humility and humor, on trust and love, and by the grace of God. Their accomplishment would surely have received broader acclaim had it not been eclipsed by two simultaneous events: the Spanish- American War and the Alaska gold rush. The United States and its territories were transformed abruptly and irrevocably by these fits of expansionist fever, and despite the thoughtful, determined guidance of the Lopps, the natives of the North were soon overwhelmed by a force mightier than the fiercest Arctic winter: the twentieth century.

Author : Yulian Konstantinov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reindeer-herders written by Yulian Konstantinov and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hugh Beach
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295998628
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Year in Lapland written by Hugh Beach and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man American Hugh Beach went to live with the Saami reindeer herders of Swedish Lapland. His lyrically written and very personal story of trying to fit into the herding way of life is a rare insider’s account of the Saami. In a passionate and informed Afterword to this new edition of the book, he revisits his old friends and looks at how Sweden is attempting to balance the conflicting needs of reindeer herders and environmentalists in the 21st century.

Author : Hugh Beach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reindeer-herd Management in Transition written by Hugh Beach and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applies certain fundamental principles derived from communications theory and systems analysis to a discussion of changes in reindeer-herd management based on study of the historical development of one particular, mountain-Saami, herding unit, Tuorpon.