An Ethnography of Change in Northeastern Siberia: Whither an Interdisciplinary Role?

Using longitudinal ethnographic material, anthropologists are skilled to discern how change, in its many forms, interacts with the livelihoods of affected communities. Furthermore, multi-sited ethnography can show how local change is both a result of global to local phenomena and of origins affectin...

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Published in:Sibirica : the journal of Siberian studies 2014-03, Vol.13 (1), p.40-74
Main Author: Crate, Susan A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropologists
Anthropology
Climate change
Cows
Ethnography
Global Local Relationship
Globalization
Human-animal relationships
Russia
Siberia
Social change
Sparsely populated areas
Villages
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Summary:Using longitudinal ethnographic material, anthropologists are skilled to discern how change, in its many forms, interacts with the livelihoods of affected communities. Furthermore, multi-sited ethnography can show how local change is both a result of global to local phenomena and of origins affecting similar local contexts. Ethnographic material is therefore critical to interdisciplinary understandings of change. Through case study in native villages in north-eastern Siberia, Russia, this article argues for ethnography's unique capacity to understand change. In addition, it argues for ethnography's much-needed contribution in interdisciplinary efforts to account for attributes of global change both highly local and human.
ISSN:1361-7362
1476-6787
DOI:10.3167/sib.2014.130102