Narrating The Future In Siberia

Author : Olga Ulturgasheva
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857457660

Get Book

Narrating the Future in Siberia by Olga Ulturgasheva Pdf

The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. The first full-length ethnographic study among the adolescence of Siberian indigenous peoples, it presents the young people's narratives about their own future and shows how they form constructs of time, space, agency and personhood through the process of growing up and experiencing their social world. The study brings a new perspective to the anthropology of childhood and uncovers a quite unexpected dynamic in narrating and foreshadowing the future while relating it to cultural patterns of prediction and fulfillment in nomadic cosmology. Olga Ulturgasheva is Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at the Scott Polar Research Institute and Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She has carried out fieldwork for a decade in Siberia on childhood, youth, religion, reindeer herding and hunting and coedited Animism in Rainforest and Tundra: Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia (Berghahn Books 2012).

Author : Olga Ulturgasheva
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857457677

Get Book

Narrating the Future in Siberia by Olga Ulturgasheva Pdf

The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. The first full-length ethnographic study among the adolescence of Siberian indigenous peoples, it presents the young people’s narratives about their own future and shows how they form constructs of time, space, agency and personhood through the process of growing up and experiencing their social world. The study brings a new perspective to the anthropology of childhood and uncovers a quite unexpected dynamic in narrating and foreshadowing the future while relating it to cultural patterns of prediction and fulfillment in nomadic cosmology.

Author : Fridtjof Nansen,David N. Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:247508283

Get Book

Through Siberia by Fridtjof Nansen,David N. Collins Pdf

Author : John P. Ziker,Jenanne Ferguson,Vladimir Davydov
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000830057

Get Book

The Siberian World by John P. Ziker,Jenanne Ferguson,Vladimir Davydov Pdf

The Siberian World provides a window into the expansive and diverse world of Siberian society, offering valuable insights into how local populations view their environments, adapt to change, promote traditions, and maintain infrastructure. Siberian society comprises more than 30 Indigenous groups, old Russian settlers, and more recent newcomers and their descendants from all over the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. The chapters examine a variety of interconnected themes, including language revitalization, legal pluralism, ecology, trade, religion, climate change, and co-creation of practices and identities with state programs and policies. The book’s ethnographically rich contributions highlight Indigenous voices, important theoretical concepts, and practices. The material connects with wider discussions of perception of the environment, climate change, cultural and linguistic change, urbanization, Indigenous rights, Arctic politics, globalization, and sustainability/resilience. The Siberian World will be of interest to scholars from many disciplines, including Indigenous studies, anthropology, archaeology, geography, environmental history, political science, and sociology. Chapter 25 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Robin P Harris
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252099885

Get Book

Storytelling in Siberia by Robin P Harris Pdf

Olonkho , the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberia 's Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005, UNESCO 's Masterpiece Proclamation sparked a resurgence of interest in olonkho by recognizing its important role in humanity 's oral and intangible heritage. Drawing on her ten years living in the Russian North, Robin P. Harris documents how the Sakha have used the Masterpiece program to revive olonkho and strengthen their cultural identity. Harris 's personal relationships with and primary research among Sakha people provide vivid insights into understanding olonkho and the attenuation, revitalization, transformation, and sustainability of the Sakha 's cultural reemergence. Interdisciplinary in scope, Storytelling in Siberia considers the nature of folklore alongside ethnomusicology, anthropology, comparative literature, and cultural studies to shed light on how marginalized peoples are revitalizing their own intangible cultural heritage.

Author : Timo Koivurova,Else Grete Broderstad,Dorothée Cambou,Dalee Dorough,Florian Stammler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000284058

Get Book

Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic by Timo Koivurova,Else Grete Broderstad,Dorothée Cambou,Dalee Dorough,Florian Stammler Pdf

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic. Offering multidisciplinary insights from leading figures, this handbook highlights Indigenous challenges, approaches and solutions to pressing issues in Arctic regions, such as a warming climate and the loss of biodiversity. It furthers our understanding of the Arctic experience by analyzing how people not only survive but thrive in the planet’s harshest climate through their innovation, ingenuity and agency to tackle rapidly changing environments and evolving political, social, economic and cultural conditions. The book is structured into three distinct parts that cover key topics in recent and future research with Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic. The first part examines the diversity of Indigenous peoples and their cultural expressions in the different Arctic states. It also focuses on the well-being of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic regions. The second part relates to the identities and livelihoods that Indigenous peoples in Arctic regions derive from the resources in their environments. This interconnection between resources and people’s identities underscores their entitlements to use their lands and resources. The third and final part provides insights into the political involvement of Indigenous peoples from local all the way to the international level and their right to self-determination and some of the recent related topics in this field. This book offers a novel contribution to Arctic studies, empowering Indigenous research for the future and rebuilding the image of Indigenous peoples as proactive participants, signaling their pivotal role in the co-production of knowledge. It will appeal to scholars and students of law, political sciences, geography, anthropology, Arctic studies and environmental studies, as well as policy-makers and professionals.

Author : Olga Ulturgasheva,Barbara Bodenhorn
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781800735941

Get Book

Risky Futures by Olga Ulturgasheva,Barbara Bodenhorn Pdf

The volume examines complex intersections of environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions and local innovative reactions characterising ‘the Arctic’ in the early twenty-first century. What happens in the region (such as permafrost thaw or methane release) not only sweeps rapidly through local ecosystems but also has profound global implications. Bringing together a unique combination of authors who are local practitioners, indigenous scholars and international researchers, the book provides nuanced views of the social consequences of climate change and environmental risks across human and non-human realms.

Author : John Shallman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781510763401

Get Book

Return from Siberia by John Shallman Pdf

In the lead-up to the Bolshevik Revolution, one young revolutionary is condemned to exile in Siberia; a hundred years later, his ancestors discover his story and learn just how much history has repeated itself. In the midst of running a long-shot political campaign, Democratic political consultant John Simon discovers a 100-year-old manuscript written by his grandfather Joseph—a brilliant young revolutionary whose exile to Siberia by the last czar of Russia is just the beginning of an extraordinary tale of survival, romance, and revolution. Return From Siberia chronicles not only the Simon family's relationship to each other and the past, but also the remarkable story of a young man who sacrificed everything for his political ideals. As Joseph's manuscript is translated, chapter-by-chapter, the Simon family is pulled deep into their ancestor’s story— in particular, the bitter rivalry between two brothers, whose competing visions of the American Dream are played out on the campaign trail and in their lives. Return from Siberia is a timely appraisal of modern politics and society juxtaposed with an inside look into the machinations of a young political mind 100 years ago. The true story documents an extraordinary time of political upheaval in Russia and Europe just prior to World War I while also drawing parallels to current day American politics and the current philosophical and ideological debates about immigration, Democratic Socialism, and Capitalism. Beyond the deep social, political, and philosophical themes, there is romance, adventure, betrayal, suspense, and the struggles of families today and in yesteryear. Return from Siberia illustrates how one modern family's connection to the past helps them resolve their future.

Author : Harry Blatterer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781845456283

Get Book

Coming of Age in Times of Uncertainty by Harry Blatterer Pdf

Adulthood is taken for granted. It connotes the end of childhood, the resolution to the “storm and stress” period of adolescence. This conception is strongly entrenched in the sociology of youth and the sociology of the life course as well as in the policy arena. At the same time, adulthood itself remains unarticulated; journey’s end remains conceptually fixed and theoretically uncontested. Adulthood, then, is both central to the social imagination and neglected as an area of sociological investigation, something that has been noted by sociologists over the last four decades. Going beyond the overwhelmingly psychological literature, this book draws on original qualitative research and theories of social recognition and thus presents a first step towards filling an important gap in our understanding of the meaning of adulthood.

Author : Ian Frazier
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1429964316

Get Book

Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier Pdf

A Dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains In his astonishing new work, Ian Frazier, one of our greatest and most entertaining storytellers, trains his perceptive, generous eye on Siberia, the storied expanse of Asiatic Russia whose grim renown is but one explanation among hundreds for the region's fascinating, enduring appeal. In Travels in Siberia, Frazier reveals Siberia's role in history—its science, economics, and politics—with great passion and enthusiasm, ensuring that we'll never think about it in the same way again. With great empathy and epic sweep, Frazier tells the stories of Siberia's most famous exiles, from the well-known—Dostoyevsky, Lenin (twice), Stalin (numerous times)—to the lesser known (like Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the empress for copying her dresses) to those who experienced unimaginable suffering in Siberian camps under the Soviet regime, forever immortalized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago. Travels in Siberia is also a unique chronicle of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union, a personal account of adventures among Russian friends and acquaintances, and, above all, a unique, captivating, totally Frazierian take on what he calls the "amazingness" of Russia—a country that, for all its tragic history, somehow still manages to be funny. Travels in Siberia will undoubtedly take its place as one of the twenty-first century's indispensable contributions to the travel-writing genre.

Author : Haim Hazan
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 157181325X

Get Book

Simulated Dreams by Haim Hazan Pdf

Examines Israeli youth culture in terms of tribal and global elements. Ch. 2 (pp. 35-55), "Revisiting the Holocaust: The Historical Discourse, " focuses on youth delegations or "pilgrimages" to Holocaust sites in Poland. Analyzes values conveyed in the approaches of three types of Israeli schools (state secular, kibbutz, and state religious) to preparing students for the trip. Concludes that these embody three competing narratives of the Holocaust.

Author : Gina Schulzinger/Singer,Azriela Jaffe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1430319428

Get Book

Still Cold on the Inside by Gina Schulzinger/Singer,Azriela Jaffe Pdf

Author : Signe Howell
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 1845453301

Get Book

The Kinning of Foreigners by Signe Howell Pdf

Since the late nineteen sixties, transnational adoption has emerged as a global phenomenon. Due to a sharp decline in infants being made available for adoption locally, involuntarily childless couples in Western Europe and North America who wish to create a family, have to look to look to countries in the poor South and Eastern Europe. The purpose of this book is to locate transnational adoption within a broad context of contemporary Western life, especially values concerning family, children and meaningful relatedness, and to explore the many ambiguities and paradoxes that the practice entails. Based on empirical research from Norway, the author identifies three main themes for analysis: Firstly, by focusing on the perceived relationship between biology and sociality, she examines how notions of child, childhood and significant relatedness vary across time and space. She argues that through a process of kinning, persons are made into kin. In the case of adoption, kinning overcomes a dominant cultural emphasis placed upon biological connectedness. Secondly, it is a study of the rise of expert knowledge in the understanding of 'the best interest of the child', and how the part played by the 'psycho.technocrats' effects national and international policy and practice of transnational adoption. Thirdly, it shows how transnational adoption both depends upon and helps to foster the globalisation of Western rationality and morality. The book is an original contribution to the anthropological study of kinship and globalisation.

Author : Leslie Adelson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110524321

Get Book

Cosmic Miniatures and the Future Sense by Leslie Adelson Pdf

Alexander Kluge’s revolutionary storytelling for the 21st-century pivots on the production of anti-realist hope under conditions of real catastrophe. Rather than relying on possibility alone, his experimental miniatures engender counterfactual horizons of futurity that are made incrementally accessible to lived experience through narrative form. Innovative close readings and theoretical reflection alike illuminate the dimensional quality of future time in Kluge’s radical prose, where off-worldly orientation and unnatural narrative together yield new sensory perspectives on associative networks, futurity, scale, and perspective itself. This study also affords new perspectives on the importance of Kluge’s creative writing for critical studies of German thought (including Kant, Marx, Benjamin, and especially Adorno), Holocaust memory, contemporary globalization, literary miniatures, and narrative studies of futurity as form. Cosmic Miniatures contributes an experiential but non-empirical sense of hope to future studies, a scholarly field of pressing public interest in endangered times.

Author : Judith S. Modell,Judith Schachter
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1571810773

Get Book

A Sealed and Secret Kinship by Judith S. Modell,Judith Schachter Pdf

Adoption is a controversial subject in the United States, particularly in the last 30 years. Why that is and how public attention affects the decisions made by those who arrange, legalise and experience adoption forms the subject of this book.