Leaving Footprints in the Taiga - Luck, Spirits and Ambivalence among the Siberian Orochen Reindeer Herders and Hunters (Hardcover)

Nowhere have recent environmental and social changes been more pronounced than in post-Soviet Siberia. Donatas Brandisauskas 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. Brandisauskas 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.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in the Circumpolar North
Release date:	October 2016
Authors:	Donatas Brandisauskas
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	305
ISBN-13:	978-1-78533-238-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-78533-238-4
Barcode:	9781785332388

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