Object structure
Title:

Sacred Mountains in the Context of the Modern Nation: The Political Dimension of the Landscape in Mongolia

Subtitle:

Etnografia Polska 64 z. 1-2 (2020)

Creator:

Smyrski, Łukasz

Contributor:

Granas, Michelle. Tł.

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2020

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Mongolia ; Altai ; sacred mountains ; tachilga ; ceremonies ; invented tradition ; landscape

Abstract:

The aim of the article is to analyze the relationship between the landscape and the process of building national identity in Mongolia in the context of political transformation. I describe contemporary practices related to the public tachilga offering intended for the guardians of the most important mountains with national status in Mongolia. I consider how the local ontology based on the relational interaction between human and non-human entities is reflected at the level of state activities. Discussing the issue, I refer to the category of landscape and show how it has become a major actor in contemporary national discourse in Mongolia

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Relation:

Etnografia Polska

Volume:

64

Issue:

1-2

Start page:

45

End page:

60

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

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application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

0071-1861 ; doi:10.23858/EP64.2020.002

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eng

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