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Author Marchina, Charlotte, author.

Title Nomadic pastoralism among the Mongol herders : multispecies and spatial ethnography in Mongolia and Transbaikalia / Charlotte Marchina
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Series North East Asian studies
North-East Asian studies.
Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration and translations -- Transliteration table -- Introduction -- Nomadizing among the Mongols -- On both sides of the Mongolian-Russian border -- In the field -- The human-animal-environment triad -- 1. Nomad's land, no man's land? -- Nomadizing in Mongolia: adaptations and flexibilities -- Nomadizing in Arkhangai Province -- Unity and diversity in types of Mongolian nomadization -- Flexible routes -- From nomadization to migration -- Nomadization in Aga: towards sedentarization
Nomadization practices in the territory of Zugalai -- Twenty years after: land privatization -- From privatization to sedentarization: a commonplace? -- 2. To hold on and belong to one's land -- The attractive forces of the nutag -- On the run: animals in search of their nutag -- Walk the line: activating centripetal forces -- Go your own way: roads and paths of the steppe -- Maintaining relations with the invisible entities of the nutag -- The ovoo: cornerstone of the relationship with the nutag -- Consecrated animals -- 3. Spaces of species -- The pastures -- Species and herds
Everyone at home, and the sheep will be well kept -- Sharing pastures -- Pasture rotation -- The autonomy of animals on the pastures -- Watching the herds -- Autonomy under surveillance -- Autonomy and indirect supervision -- In search of the herds -- Watching with the neighbours -- Preventing the mix of small livestock -- Monitoring against theft -- The encampment and its spaces -- Human habitation, occasionally also for animals -- Livestock in close proximity to humans: other animals on the encampment -- Mobility of encampment structures -- Types of enclosure and their uses
The limits of the encampment -- 4. Animals and territories -- Between attachment and detachment: canine interlude -- Livestock breeds -- Mongolian breeds -- Breeds in Aga -- Hybridizations -- 'Hay-ewe, out there in the cold ... ': local preferences -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of figures and pictures -- Figures -- Figure 1 Location map of the fieldwork sites -- Figure 2 Nomadization route of four families in the Bayantsagaan Valley (Marchina 2013: 47) -- Figure 3 Comparative table of livestock and nomadization practices of the four herders in 2011
Figure 4 Overview of the nomadization routes of herders in the Bayantsagaan Valley -- Figure 5 Kinship diagram of Ganzorig's family -- in black, people living on the encampment -- Figure 6 Location and characteristics of the six models of Mongolian nomadism distinguished by Simukov (2007: 601-602) -- Figure 7 Nomadization routes of Uranchimeg's family in normal or snowy winters -- Figure 8 Route of the 650 km migration carried out by Batbayar and his family in 2001 -- Figure 9 Kinship diagram of Batbayar's and Erdenetsetseg's families
Summary This book, based on anthropological research carried out by the author between 2008 and 2016, addresses the spatial features of nomadic pastoralism among the Mongol herders of Mongolia and Southern Siberia from a cross-comparative perspective. In addition to classical methods of survey, Charlotte Marchina innovatively used GPS recordings to analyse the ways in which pastoralists envision and concretely occupy the landscape, which they share with their animals and invisible entities. The data, represented in abundant and original cartography, provides a better understanding of the mutual adaptations of both herders and animals in the common use of unfenced pastures, not only between different herders but also between different species. The author also highlights the herders' adaptive strategies at a time of rapid socio-political and environmental changes in these areas of the world
Analysis Anthropology, nomadism, Mongols, human-animal relations, environmental and social changes
Notes "First published as: Nomad's land. Éleveurs, animaux et paysage chez les peuples Mongols. Brussels : Zones Sensibles, 2019"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Nomads -- Mongolia -- Social life and customs
Nomads -- Russia (Federation) -- Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡ -- Social life and customs
Human-animal relationships -- Mongolia
Human-animal relationships -- Russia (Federation) -- Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡
Pastures -- Mongolia
Pastures -- Russia (Federation) -- Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡
Society and culture: general.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
Human-animal relationships
Manners and customs
Nomads -- Social life and customs
Pastures
SUBJECT Mongolia -- Social life and customs
Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡ (Russia) -- Social life and customs
Subject Mongolia
Russia (Federation) -- Buri︠a︡tii︠a︡
Genre/Form e-books.
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048550111
9048550114
Other Titles Nomad's land