Erich Kasten Livres

Zusammenfassung: This book provides a comprehensive documentation of Itelmen texts with Russian and English translations. It contains remembrances of earlier Itelmen village life on the west coast of Kamchatka

This book explores the cultural diversity of Northern peoples and strategies for its preservation and enhancement. Insights from anthropologists, ethnolinguists, educators, and Native community leaders highlight the current discourse surrounding this vital issue. The text emphasizes that addressing indigenous needs and global responsibilities in maintaining cultural diversity is a collective obligation. Authors stress the importance of fostering adequate social, political, and economic conditions to ensure the survival of cultural and linguistic diversity. A significant focus is placed on the educational processes involved. Various case studies, primarily from Siberia and the North Pacific Rim, offer comparative perspectives from other regions. Key themes include the handling of ethnicities, the role of traditional knowledge, and collaborations between researchers and indigenous communities in language maintenance. Additional discussions cover Sámi language education in Finland, the challenges faced by the Selkups, and the Khanty curriculum. The book also addresses endangered languages in Northeast Siberia, the integration of traditional ecological knowledge in museums, and the impact of multimedia on native language programs. Overall, it presents a comprehensive view of the interplay between education, culture, and language preservation in indigenous contexts.

In this volume the authors discuss the fascinating and eventful biographies as well as the significant scientific work of Waldemar Jochelson, Waldemar Bogoras and Lev Shternberg. They investigate the question of how these men became involved in ethnography towards the end of the 19th century, when they had to spend many years as political exiles in remote parts of northeastern Siberia. This early revolutionary commitment shed light on their empathetic and pioneering methods during their later fieldwork with local people. At the same time they incorporated important ideas from American cultural anthropology gained from their close collaboration with Franz Boas. Their initial aims and methods were also reflected in the ambitious community-oriented research programs that they later had conceptualized and launched together with other colleagues at Leningrad University.

This book provides a comprehensive compilation of Koryak texts with Russian and English translations. It contains information to worldviews and ritual practices by Koryak (Nymylan) people living on the north-west coast of Kamchatka

Oral histories constitute a common source of research data for linguists, historians, as well as for social and cultural anthropologists. However, respective discourses on this theme have rarely been interdisciplinary. During a workshop at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) in December 2015, it became apparent how scientists from various fields of research can benefit from such an intellectual exchange. With its contributions to minority languages and linguistic contact varieties this volume aims at bridging this gap by providing multifaceted interdisciplinary views on diverse approaches to oral history research.This volume contains contributions by Lyudmila S. Bogoslovskaya, Michael Duerr, Ophira Gamliel, Annette Gerstenberg, Erich Kasten, Sonya Kinsey, Igor Krupnik, Cord Pagenstecher, Stefan Pf nder, Michael Riessler, Katja Roller, and Joshua Wilbur.

"This book contains Koryak (Nymylan, Coastal Koryak) texts and songs with Russian and English translations"--Page 7

The contributions to this volume present ways in which indigenous knowledge in minority communities is sustained and how attempts are made to safeguard endangered languages. Two recent seminars at the Foundation for Siberian Cultures were devoted to the discussion of community-based pedagogical initiatives in Siberia, with comparative examples from other parts of the world. In this volume, scholars with backgrounds in anthropology, linguistics and in the use of new media share their experiences of how to design adequate learning tools in collaboration with their native colleagues. In their articles they discuss previous shortcomings and limitations, with the aim of exploring future directions for maintaining cultural diversities, not only in Siberia, but also among many other peoples of the world.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union has opened up new processes of building and rebuilding collective identities in the Russian North. Contests over identity have become highly politicised and are seen by many inhabitants of Siberia as an instrument to secure access to resources and cultural property. The contributors to this volume explore these controversial trends by paying close attention to the diverse social backgrounds of the inhabitants. The underlying issues, particularly the importance of ›ethnicity‹ vis-à-vis other types of collective identity, are placed into a comparative perspective through the inclusion of additional case studies from neighboring regions