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Observations on changes in Kazak pastoral use in two townships in western China: a loss of traditions
Nomadic peoples • 9 (1 & 2) • Published In 2005 • Pages: 107-128
By: Bedunah, Donald J., Harris, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses changes in pastoral land use among the Kazak of China. The focus is on land use changes in two locations with varying level of integration to the larger Chinese society. It shows that in the first township, Jianshe, experienced Kazak herders are dislocated by inexperienced Han immigrants who settled in the area as contract herders. In the second location (a township called Kurti), however, herding is still managed by the Kozak themselves. This change has led to severe land degradation in Jianshe, while Kazaks in Kurti practiced environmentally sound land use practices.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Pastoral activities
- Ethnic stratification
- Cultural identity and pride
- Towns
- Land use
- Real property
- Environmental quality
- Domesticated animals
- Research and development
- Property in movables
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kazakh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ecologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2002
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1990-2005
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jianshe Township, Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County, Gansu province, and Kurti Township, Fuyun County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Don Bedunah and Richard Harris
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89655644
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kazakhs