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- Title
ANIMATING THE UNSEEN.
- Authors
LUKIN, KARINA
- Abstract
Changes, such as the social, cultural and economic transformations of the Soviet and post-Soviet eras, evoke a need to remember and remind. Recollecting can be expressed in multiple ways, among which discourses connected with physical artefacts are a universal form, though contents and meanings vary considerably. This article examines Kolguyev Nenets memories of, and discourses about, a hill named Seĭkorkha: a sacred place whose idols were destroyed in the Soviet years. Providing a backdrop to this Nenets discourse is an artistic project which aimed to protect the Kolguyev Nenets and their island. The recollections are seen both as valued speech and as a part of everyday resistance to imposed transformations. This case study, based on field work and archival materials, shows how a community that has lived through vast changes has built continuity and stability through constantly changing discourse about a place that has been undergoing modifications for centuries.
- Subjects
KOLGUYEV Island (Russia); RUSSIA; DISCOURSE; NENTSY; MOUNTAINS; MOUNTAINS in religion; RECOLLECTION (Psychology)
- Publication
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 2010, Vol 35, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
0355-3930
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30676/jfas.116656