Komi reindeer herding: the effects of socialist and post-socialist change on mobility and land use

Polar research

Mark J. Dwyer¹  Kirill V. Istomin² 

[1] Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge, CB2 3EN, UK;Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Advokatenweg 36, DE-06114 Halle/Saale, GermanyCorrespondence

关键词: Komi;    post-socialism;    reindeer herding;    Russia;    social change;    socialism;   

DOI  :  10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00108.x

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Co-Action Publishing

【 摘 要 】

This paper contributes to the discussion concerning the way in which Soviet state policies have influenced the lives, social organization, economy and culture of a group of indigenous Komi reindeer herders of northern Russia: its main focus is to explain how these policies have changed the herders’ patterns of migration and land use. Extensive anthropological fieldwork—to determine current and past herding practices—was carried out and archives were thoroughly investigated to document land use changes in relation to state reindeer herding policies. It was found that compared with those of several decades ago, the migration routes are now much shorter, as the herders have abandoned large areas of winter pastures located in the southernmost part of their herding territory. This “abandonment” phenomenon is endemic amongst reindeer herders generally, throughout the Komi Republic. Whereas the reasons for the abandonment of winter pastures are diverse, they can be attributed mostly to the state sedentarization ...

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC