Eric Thrift: Video field recordings from Dornogovi collection
Metadata
identifier
dfadb6d0-8c1d-4d21-9645-a09029bc7dfb
creator
Thrift, Eric
type
Collection
coverage
Mongolia
Dornogovi aimag
description
The video field recordings in this collection were produced in Dornogovi aimag, Mongolia in 2012 as part of Eric Thrift’s research on “Adaptive Capacity of Pastoral Resource Users in Mongolia”. This research project, supported by a Doctoral Research Award from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, aimed to: (1) Identify the practices and conditions contributing to adaptability among nomadic pastoralists in Mongolia, with a focus on concrete responses to change and uncertainty; (2) Describe how various pastoralists make economic (subsistence) decisions involving resource use, specifically with attention to the shared decisions and actions that arise from relationships among households or individuals; and (3) Determine how adaptive practices may be affected by development policies and interventions, particularly those concerning land and resource use or the marketing of pastoral commodities.
As part of this project we produced audiovisual field recordings with a small sample of pastoralists in two sites, one in Selenge and the other in Dornogovi. Each recording session was organized with participants so as to document a single activity in a continuous, uninterrupted recording produced with a handheld video camera. These field recordings were conceived as video-recorded conversations in natural settings, in which participants were invited to describe and discuss everyday practices as they were being performed. This data collection strategy was intended to be simultaneously communicative and observational, providing raw accounts of various pastoral activities – such as moving, taking livestock to pasture, producing various commodities, or organizing a feast – as they occurred, in their “normal” place and social context.
publisher
Culture and Development Research Centre
source
Original work
rights
The digital records provided here may be used freely for purposes of research and study, subject to the terms of the Open Ethnography License.
http://mcdrc.org/docs/open-ethnography-license
subject
Mongolia
Ethnographic videos
Everyday life
date
2012
language
Mongolian
Items
"Mongol Temee 2012" [Mongolian Camel 2012] festival (day one).
Thrift, Eric
This series includes videos of events on the first day of the “Mongol Temee 2012” camel festival in Dornogovi.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Camel Festival, Camel Polo
"Mongol Temee 2012" [Mongolian Camel 2012] festival (day two).
Thrift, Eric
This series includes videos of events on the second day of the “Mongol Temee 2012” camel festival in Dornogovi.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Camel Festival, Camel Races, Camel Polo
Images from the collections of the Dornogovi aimag museum, taken on the occasion of the Mongol Temee-2012 Camel Festival.
Thrift, Eric
This series includes a several short video recordings in which curator G. Sarangerel presents the display of camel-related ethnographic objects at the Dornogovi aimag museum.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Camel Festival, Aimag Museum, Ethnographic Collections
Camel husbandry at Tomor and Jargal's winter camp.
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict the morning activities at Tomor and Jargal’s camp in late winter/early spring, specifically milking camels and sending the sheep and goats off to graze.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Camels, Morning Activities, Tomor-Jargal
Daily operations at Delger Dairy, Sainshand
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings depicts the milk processing activities as Delger Dairy Co-op in Sainshand.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Delger Dairy, Pasteurizing Milk, Making Yoghurt, Separating Milk
Operations at Sain Tus Farm and Dairy, Sainshand
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings represents the daily activities at Sain Tus Farm, just to the north of Sainshand, and at its dairy in town.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Sain Tus Dairy, Milking Cattle, Pasteurizing Milk, Making Yoghurt
Activities at Delger Farm, Sainshand, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents the feeding and milking of cattle at Delger Farm, located approximately 20 km to the south of Sainshand.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Delger Farm, Milking Cattle
Milking camels and taking sheep out to pasture at Zagdsüren's place, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings depicts the morning activities at Zagdsüren’s home in Dornogovi, close to Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Camels, Sheep Grazing, Zagdsuren
Tourists riding camels at Noogii and Enkhee's place
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings was produced at Noogii and Enkhee’s place, and shows the visit of a group of Japanese tourists.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Watering Camels, Tourists Riding Camels, Herding Sheep-Motorcycle, Noogii-Enkhee
Planting trees with Tsolmon at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents tree-planting with Tsolmon at his plantation at Khamar Monastery, just after dawn.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Planting Trees, Tsolmon, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Sending off and watering sheep at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict Sodnomtsog letting his sheep out of the enclosure, then driving them to the well next to his father’s (Togtokh Lama’s) elm plantation.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Watering Livestock, Sodnomtsog, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Sodnomtsog injecting livestock
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings shows Sodnomtsog injecting his livestock with an anti-parasitical compound, outside his house at Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Innoculating Livestock, Sodnomtsog, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Moving - Noogii and Enkhee
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings shows Noogii and Enkhee moving from their winter/spring camp to a temporary summer camp nearby.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Moving Camps, Noogii-Enkhee
Moving camp - Nomin and Oyunaa on otor
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings depicts an otor move by Nomin and Oyunaa.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Otor, Harvesting Wild Onions, Nomin-Oyunaa, Dornogovi-Sainshand Erdene
Preserving khömüül (wild onions) and milling tsulikhir at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
Dolgor and Nar-Od chop wild onions, which will preserved in jars with plenty of salt. Meanwhile Dolgor’s sister Khükhenee mills tsulikhir using a mortar and pestle.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Preserving Wild Onions, Milling Tsulikhir, Dolgor, Khamar Monastery
Milking goats--Nomin and Oyunaa
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series show milking goats at Nomin and Oyunaa’s place.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Goats, Nomin-Oyunaa
Shearing sheep - Noogii and Enkhee, Sainshand sum, Dornogovi aimag
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict shearing sheep and milking camels at Noogi and Enkhee’s place.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Shearing Sheep, Milking Camels, Noogii-Enkhee
Nomin and Oyunaa on otor in Erdene sum: Making khuruud, shearing sheep, and castrating sheep and goats
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict a variety of activities among families at their otor camps in Erdene sum, Dornogovi aimag.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Castrating Sheep Goats, Making Khuruud, Milking Goats, Watering Livestock, Nomin-Oyunaa, Shearing Sheep, Watering Livestock
Gantömör and his in-laws shearing lambs
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict Gantömör and his in-laws who have gathered to shear lambs. The extended family have been shearing for several days, working in rotation at each household.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Shearing Sheep, Gathering Lake Water, Milking Camels, Gantomor-Jargal
Noogii and Enkhee branding camels
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict Noogii and Enkhee branding young camels at their summer camp, next to Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Branding Camels, Noogii-Enkhee
Building a well at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
This series of recordings documents a sequence of activities over two days, in which a well is being reconstructed.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Building Well, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Milking goats at San and Saraa's place, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents an evening visit to San and Saraa’s place, about 30 km south of Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Milking Goats, San-Saraa, Dornogovi-Ulaanbadrakh
Setting up a corral at San's place
Thrift, Eric
The recordings in this series depict a visit with Sodnomtsog to his uncle’s autumn camp, where the men (Sodnomtsog, San, and Odkhüü) set up a corral for the sheep and goats.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Building Corral, San-Saraa, Dornogovi-Ulaanbadrakh
Nominzul and his father training a racehorse
Thrift, Eric
This series of ethnographic field recordings shows Nominzul and his father (from near Choir) training a horse in preparation for the upcoming race at Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Horse Training, Making Aaruul, Nomin-Oyunaa
Annual festival at Khamar Monastery
Thrift, Eric
This series of recordings documents outdoor events at the annual festival held at Khamar Monastery on September 10.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Naadam, Horse Racing, Dornogovi-Khamar Monastery
Grass near Khan Bayanzürkh Mountain, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This video clip shows an area of tall grass near the site of Delger Farm.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Grass
Tour of the livestock feed cultivation area at Delger Farm, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
These recordings present a brief tour of the livestock feed cultivation area at Delger Farm.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Delger Farm
Haymaking in Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents manual haymaking by Gantömör, Jargal, San, and Okhüü.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Hay Making, Gantomor-Jargal
Young Herders' Congress and Livestock Exhibition in Sainshand
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents the proceedings of the Young Herders’ Congress, held in Saran Khökhöö Theatre in Sainshand.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Herders Congress, Livestock Exhibition
Ovoo worship at Sümiin Bulag ovoo, Dornogovi
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents the annual ovoo worship (ovoo takhikh) ritual at Sümiin Bulag in Örgön sum, Dornogovi aimag.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Ovoo Worship, Sumiin Bulag
Castrating camels
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings shows Sodnomtsog castrating camels at Noogii and Enkhee’s place. He is helped out by Sükhee and monks from Khamar Monastery.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Castrating Camels, Sodnomtsog
Harvesting tsulikhir (Agriophyllum squarrosum)
Thrift, Eric
This series of audiovisual recordings documents tsulikhir harvest by Eldev and Odsüren from Khamar Monastery. My sister-in-law Narangiimaa also appears in the videos.
subject: Pastoralism Videos, Tsulikhir Harvest