Culture contact in Evenki land [[electronic resource] ] : a cybernetic anthropology of the Baikal Region / / by Tatiana Safonova and István Sántha

• Autore: Safonova Tatiana
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Global Oriental, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.894/1
• Soggetto topico: Evenki (Asian people) - Russia (Federation) - Baikal, Lake, Region; Evenki (Asian people) - Russia (Federation) - Baikal, Lake, Region - Social life and customs
• Soggetto geografico: Baikal, Lake, Region (Russia) Social life and customs
• Altri autori: SánthaIstván <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Companionship and pokazukha: flexible and stable elements of Evenki culture -- Pokazukha in public life: the Bugarikta House of Culture -- Manakan and Andaki: gender distinctions and personal autonomy among Evenki -- Evenki people and their dogs: communicating by sharing contexts -- Hunting: ethos and adaptation among Evenki and Buryats -- Perpetual outsiders: local Chinese ethos in Baikal Region -- Evenki land and walking mind -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Evenki are modern hunter-gatherers who live in Central and Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation. They are known to scholarship for their animistic worldview, and because the word ‘shaman’ has been borrowed from their language. Despite such recognition contemporary Evenki everyday life rarely appears as a subject for anthropological monographs, mainly because access to Evenki communities for the purpose of extended fieldwork has only recently become possible. In this original study of the Evenki the authors describe a variety of events and situations they observed during fieldwork, and through these experiences document different strategies that Evenki use to retain their ethos as hunter-gatherers even in circumstances when hunting is prohibited. The authors adopt the vocabulary of cybernetics, proposed by anthropologist Gregory Bateson, in order to underline the circuit logic of events that happen in Evenki land. Culture Contact in Evenki Land , therefore, will be welcomed by social anthropologists in general and specialists of Siberian and Inner Asian studies (Manchu-Tungus peoples) and hunter-gatherer peoples in particular, as well as those interested in the cybernetic approach.
• Titolo autorizzato: Culture contact in Evenki land
• ISBN: 90-04-25423-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792148203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Inner Asia book series ; ; no. 7.