| Titre | Centralized decentralization : The ethnography of remote reindeer herders under perestroika | |
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| Auteur | Piers Vitebsky | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 31, no 2-3, avril-septembre 1990 Regards sur l'anthropologie soviétique | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | III |
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| Page | 345-358 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Piers Vitebsky, Centralized decentralization: the ethnography of remote reindeer herders under perestroïka.
What are the implications of perestroika for the native groups in the most remote and outlying areas of the USSR? Rather than speak of "traditional" and "modern" strands in the lives of such peoples, they should be seen as citizens of a modern state making well-informed choices about their own future.
This is illustrated through the example of the Eveny of north-eastern Siberia, who live mainly by reindeer herding. Though this is highly economical, since collectivization it has progressively separated the nomadic herders from their families in the centralized villages. This leads to a low birth-rate and the estrangement of children from herding. Under perestroika, labor is being reorganized into a system of contracts. Though the aim is to increase efficiency, this may also allow families to live and work together again. However, logistic problems, such as schooling, remain. These developments are taking place against a background of increasing ethnic consciousness and open public debate on policy. Though one of the main tendencies is towards decentralization, this takes place within an overall political climate determined at the centre, in Moscow. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1990_num_31_2_2234 |
