Full Description
The reindeer herders of Aoluguya, China, are a group of former hunters who today see themselves as "keepers of reindeer" as they engage in ethnic tourism and exchange experiences with their Ewenki neighbors in Russian Siberia. Though to some their future seems problematic, this book focuses on the present, challenging the pessimistic outlook, reviewing current issues, and describing the efforts of the Ewenki to reclaim their forest lifestyle and develop new forest livelihoods. Both academic and literary contributions balance the volume written by authors who are either indigenous to the region or have carried out fieldwork among the Aoluguya Ewenki since the late 1990s.
Contents
List of illustrations
Foreword
F. Georg Heyne
Acknowledgements
Map of Aoluguya
Contributors
PART I: ENCOUNTERING THE EWENKI
Introduction: Writing the 'Reindeer Ewenki'
Åshild Kolås
Chapter 1. From Nomads to Settlers: A History of the Aoluguya Ewenki (1965-1999)
Si Qinfu
PART II: MIGRATIONS: REINDEER HERDING IN FLUX
Chapter 2. In the Forest Pastures of the Reindeer
Tang Ge
Chapter 3. Ambiguities of the Aoluguya Ewenki
Åshild Kolås
Chapter 4. The Many Faces of Nomadism among the Reindeer Ewenki: Uses of Land, Mobility and Exchange Networks
Aurore Dumont
PART III: REPRESENTATIONS: DEFINING THE REINDEER EWENKI CULTURE AND IDENTITY
Chapter 5. A Passage from Forest to State: The Aoluguya Ewenki and their Museums
Bai Ying and Zhang Rongde
Chapter 6. The Ecological Migration and Ewenki Identity
Xie Yuanyuan
Chapter 7. Tents, Taiga and Tourist Parks: Vernacular Ewenki Architecture and the State
Richard Fraser
PART IV: LOCAL VOICES
Chapter 8. Campfire
Weijia
Chapter 9. My Homeland
Gong Yu
Chapter 10. Hunting along the Bei'erci River
Gu Xinjun
Glossary
Index
