Abstract
This article studies the use of livestock dung in the social
and ecological context of pastoralism in the Tyva Republic, Inner
Asia. In steppe ecologies, livestock dung, depending on its (mis)management,
can be a valuable resource or a threat to animals’ health
and herders’ well-being. Its use is embedded in the relationships
between herder-livestock communities and landscapes, which are
sentient and superordinate. Utilizing dung for household needs is
simultaneously a form of care for livestock and a method of balancing
the relationship with sentient homelands.
and ecological context of pastoralism in the Tyva Republic, Inner
Asia. In steppe ecologies, livestock dung, depending on its (mis)management,
can be a valuable resource or a threat to animals’ health
and herders’ well-being. Its use is embedded in the relationships
between herder-livestock communities and landscapes, which are
sentient and superordinate. Utilizing dung for household needs is
simultaneously a form of care for livestock and a method of balancing
the relationship with sentient homelands.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Sibirica: Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3-24 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISSN | 1361-7362 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2022 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
- human-nonhuman relationships
- mobile pastoralism
- renewable resource, traditional ecological knowledge
- traditional ecological knowledge
- Tyva Republic
- ANIMISM