The alaas: the interplay between environment and Sakhas in Central-Yakutia
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Cím:
The alaas: the interplay between environment and Sakhas in Central-Yakutia
Létrehozó:
Mészáros, Csaba
Kiadó:
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Dátum:
2012
Téma:
GE Environmental Sciences / környezettudomány
GR Folklore / etnológia, folklór, kulturális antropológia
HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism / szocializmus, kommunizmus, anarchizmus
Tartalmi leírás:
Alaases, thermokarst depressions formed in the permafrost environment of Yakutia (north-eastern
Siberia) provide fertile hayfields for the Sakha cattle economy. At this northern latitude, cattle
breeding is in particular demand of nutritious fodder, because cows spend an average of nine
months in winter-stables. Therefore, alaases are in the focus of Sakha environmental perception.
Sakhas not only dwell at alaases, but through their economic activities, they modify and maintain
them as well. This process is based on control and domination rather than on procurement of the
environment. Villagers in Tobuluk (central Yakutia) consider the areas surrounding their village as
controlled islands of alaases (hayfields) in a sea of uncontrolled forest. In this paper, I examine
Sakha environmental perception in which landscapes and cardinal directions evoke and define each
other and characterise those who reside there. Due to the subsequent transformations of Sakha
economy and lifestyle by the Soviet and Russian state administration in the last 100 years
(collectivisation, centralisation, and decollectivisation), the way Sakhas interact with their
surroundings has transformed radically within the past four generations, causing profound
differences in the way generations relate to, interact with, and understand alaases.
Típus:
Book
PeerReviewed
Formátum:
text
Azonosító:
Mészáros, Csaba (2012) The alaas: the interplay between environment and Sakhas in Central-Yakutia. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers, 137 . Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle.
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