Indigenous heritage in Siberia : the power of objects / edited by Nadezhda Mamontova and Dmitriy Oparin.
| Other author | Mamontova, Nadezhda, editor. |
| Other author | Oparin, Dmitriĭ, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xvii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Bloomsbury studies in material religion Bloomsbury studies in material religion. |
| Partial contents | Regimes of heritage in Russia -- Trajectories -- Connections and Journeys -- Layers of Meanings -- Sovereignties -- Representations -- Cosmologies. |
| Contents | Preface. The birch bark mask from the Mansi bear ceremony: the story behind the cover image -- Introduction. Regimes of indigenous heritage in Siberia: materiality, power and polyphony / Nadezhda Mamontova and Dmitriy Oparin -- Part I. Regimes of heritage in Russia. 1. On the margins of heritage empire / Ekaterina Melnikova -- Part II. Trajectories. 2. How to deal with 'material culture'?: the case of the local museums in Altai Republic / Denis Maslov ; 3. The biographies of entangled humans and non-humans: Nenets reindeer herders' relations with power objects / Laur Vallikivi -- Part III. Connections and journeys. 4. Evenk shamanic objects and the logic of performance: mimicking the other in museum context / Nadezhda Mamontova ; 5. The journeys of the Nganasan koika-idols there and back again: indigeneity, ownership and value in heritage production / Maria Mochalova -- Part IV. Layers of meanings. 6. 'You know that I can't walk without a Khanty dress': exploring the meaning and practice of indigenous clothing in western Siberia / Stephan Dudeck and Marija Launonen ; 7. The fluid nature of ancestral objects among the Asiatic Yupik: heritage that is preserved and destroyed, hidden and passed on / Dmitriy Oparin ; 8. 'Sia"mei does not stick to plastic': modern practices of interaction with sacred impurity among the Yamal Nenets / Alexandra Terekhina and Alexander Volkovitskiy -- Part V. Sovereignties. 9. Felting indigenous sovereignty: the political ecology of ritual rugs in Siberian Altai / Dmitry Arzyutov ; 10. Museum rituals: contextualizing Buddhist relics and archaeological human remains in two Siberian museums / Ksenia Pimenova -- Part VI. Representations. 11. Diversity of attitudes towards the Nenets sacred objects in Western and Siberian museums / Roza Laptander ; 12. Construction of heritage: categorizing, showcasing and renegotiating Nanai objects in regional museums in the Russian Far East / Anne Dalles Maréchal -- Part VII. Cosmologies. 13. Emplaced power and generation of luck: the use of anthropomorphic wooden carvings by the Evenks of east Siberia and Russian Far East / Donatas Brandišauskas ; 14. In the presence of power: the bear's head in Khanty cultural practice / Andrew Wiget and Olga Balalaeva -- Afterword. The power of objects: critical studies of the indigenous heritage in other circumpolar areas / Gro Birgit Ween. |
| Abstract | "This book on indigenous heritage in Siberia focuses on sacred objects, their power, use, and meaning over time. The volume approaches this vast multi-ethnic region by exploring the shifting politics and spirituality of material objects and their role in the construction of ethnic heritage. Regional case studies include ritual rugs, indigenous clothing, Buddhist relics, and wooden carvings. The collection makes clear the implications of this study for a wide range of contemporary debates, in anthropology, religion and the wider social sciences and humanities, including animism, human-animal relations, shamanism, secularisation, global repatriation of cultural objects"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Collection of essays by Ekaterina Melnikova and others. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781350507180 |
| LCCN | 2025054018 |
| ISBN | 9781350507166 |
| ISBN | 1350507164 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781350507203 paperback |
| ISBN | 1350507202 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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