Arctic Domestication over Time and Space David G. Anderson University of Aberdeen
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Arctic Domestication over Time and SpaceDavid G. AndersonUniversity of Aberdeen
Understanding North Symposium, Umeå, April 25-26 2013
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Idioms of Culture and Cultivation
The Balakhnaia tundra, Novorybnnoe state farm, Taimyr
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Idioms of Culture and Cultivation
Shil’tee Rock, Gwich’in Settlement Area,
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Cultures of Control
Antler trimming, Bazarnaia River, Zabaikal Krai
Gorbiachin River, Taimyr
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Cultures of Control
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Cultures of Reciprocity and Respect
‘Placements’
Healing Spring , Tunka Valley Wild Reindeer smudging ritual,
Ekonda, Evenki district
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Cultures of Reciprocity and Respect
Reindeer sacrifice, Bazarnaia River
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Between ‘Trust’ and ‘Domination’
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Origins, and other Rural Imaginaries
Røed et al. 2007 ‘Independent Origins’
Ludwig et al. 2009 Coat colour variation
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Ethnographies of ‘Tameness’
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Human Rights / Animal Rights
Land Selection, Fort McPherson 1998
Wolf Predation, Nomama River, 2012
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Thank you!
arctidomus.org
ERC Advanced Grant 295458 ‘Arctic Domestication’