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| Title: | Personhood and companionship among Evenki and their reindeer in Eastern Siberia |
| Author: | Landerer, Evelyn |
| Date: | 8-Aug-2009 |
| Publisher: | Universitetet i Tromsø
University of Tromsø |
| Abstract: | This thesis aims to contribute to our understanding of human-reindeer relations among nomadic hunters and reindeer keepers and is based on a discussion of manifestations of personhood in Siberia. I then relate these to contemporary theories in human-animal relations and argue that in the case of this research setting, these relations exceed notions of symbiotic domestication and social contracts.
I discuss this topic within the context of Evenki hunters and reindeer breeders living in Katangskiy Rayon, the northernmost district of Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia.
I argue that lack of collectivization in this area together with the absence of the notion of reindeer as commodity aimed towards a centralized (Soviet times) or market economy has led to the development of interpersonal companionship in the forest based on respect for the individuality and intentionality of the reindeer.
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| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2241 |
| Appears in Collection: | Master's theses in indigenous studies
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