Historic settlements and pastoralism in the Arctic and Tibetan Plateau: towards a comparison
| Autor: | Tone Bleie |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Cultural Studies
History geography Plateau geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology Sociology and Political Science Pastoralism 06 humanities and the arts 010501 environmental sciences VDP::Social science: 200 01 natural sciences Archaeology The arctic Anthropology Human settlement VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 0601 history and archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| ISSN: | 0800-3831 |
| Popis: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Borealia on 12 Apr 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2018.1457291. Historic settlement processes of, respectively, the Northern Sámi and Western Tibetan pastoralists have so far not been subjected to any comparative social science analyses. This study contributes to such a conceptual platform, drawing on the constructs dwelling, settlement, herding unit, pastoral landscape and the labour–animal–pasture triangle. Ethnographic and archival evidence of transitions from sedentary/semi-sedentary to full-fledged pastoralist societies and transitions from a pastoral adaptation to sedentary and semi-sedentary life are analysed and debated in light of the influential theoretical proposition of a categorical difference between a nomad’s and a farmer’s dwelling. At the core of this, comparative inquiry is two highly dynamic pastoral herding societies. It is argued that a comparative approach to the study of settlements requires a theoretical and analytical reframing – informed by a more adequate comprehension of the dwelling–settlement nexus. This preliminary scrutiny of dwelling designs and settlement practices of Sámi and Tibetan pastoralists indicates that nomads in both regions internalized and activated different spatial models and inventively mediated between different spatial models according to seasonal or irreversible shifts of leaving the nomadic adaptation altogether. Further rigorous empirical inquiry into accommodation, innovation and possible failures to mediate gaps in the making/remaking of dwellings and settlements are called for. |
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