Arctic Domestication over Time and Space David G. Anderson University of Aberdeen

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’