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Dr Dmitry Arzyutov explains how petrol is obtained for diesel generators to produce electricity and how this intertwines with the practices of the official authorities, gas companies, tundra inhabitants and short-term workers at drill towers.
This Anthropology Research Seminar deals with the social impact of electricity in the Russian Arctic.
It is based on field material collected in Tambei tundra in the northernmost part of Yamal. At present this region is also considered to be the main gas provider of Russia.
Dr Dmitry Arzyutov will describe social and economic practices on how to get petrol and produce electricity via diesel generators and how these practices intertwine with the practices of the official authorities, gas companies, tundra inhabitants and short-term workers at drill towers. Dr Arzyutov will challenge the concept of 'innovation' and replace it with the idea of 'living electricity' among tundra dwellers, comprising indigenous peoples and newcomers who share the same territory and food resources.
Dr Arzyutov will challenge the concept of 'innovation' and replace it with the idea of 'living electricity' among tundra dwellers, comprising indigenous peoples and newcomers who share the same territory and food resources.
The case study of his field research was one lodge in Tambei tundra where he spent three months in 2013 and 2015. Participating in everyday life he watched how people found the place for electricity equipment in the sledges and in the lodge, how they used the broken equipment. This social life of the equipment is part of the presentation, too.
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- Speaker
- Dr Dmitry V Arzyutov
- Hosted by
- Department of Anthropology
- Venue
- Room F61, Edward Wright Building, Aberdeen University, Scotland, UK
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