Rebuilding Identities

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Acknowledging how the dissolution of the Soviet Union has affected the Russian North, this study demonstrates how it opened up new processes of building and rebuilding collective identities in the region. The survey shows how contests over identity have become highly politicized and are seen by many inhabitants of Siberia as an instrument to secure access to resources and cultural property. Highlighting the mobilization strategies of activists, the argument contends that they often involve manipulation of the criteria for group membership and switching between criteria while simultaneously cultivating “cross-cutting” and multiple identities. Exploring the changes in rural communities, this consideration skillfully shows how peoples’ lives have been affected after the dramatic developments of the 1990s and the last century.
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

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Erich Kasten

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