Herders of the Mongun-Taiga collection
Metadata
identifier
e53a3d96-1a45-449d-8266-f2fed9b2049c
type
Collection
coverage
Tuva
description
In 1989, Caroline Humphrey collaborated on a film for the Royal Anthropological Institute on the herders of Mongun-Taiga, Tuva. This collection assembles a published article and some other materials related to the film.
Items

Image published in “Perestroika and the Pastoralists”
Humphrey, Caroline
Herdsmen at a brigade meeting to confirm winter pastures.

Image published in “Perestroika and the Pastoralists”
Humphrey, Caroline
The perestroika monument in Kyzyl, capital of Tuva ASSR.

Perestroika and the pastoralists: The example of Mongun-Taiga in Tuva ASSR
Humphrey, Caroline
An anthropology article discussing Caroline Humphrey’s observations from a visit to Tuva, conducted during the course of production for the film “Herders of the Mongun Taiga”.
subject: Tuva, USSR, pastoralism, socialism

Disappearing World: a guide for anthropologists
Wason, David
Guidelines for anthropologists participating in the Granada Television series “Disappearing Worlds”
subject: ethnographic film

Herders of the Mongun Taiga
Humphrey, Caroline; Sheppard, John
Ethnographic film about Tuvan herders and perestroika. The Tuvinians live deep inside the Soviet Union, at the very centre of Asia. Tuva is geographically closer to Beijing than to Moscow.
subject: gender, pastoralism, shamanism, socialism

mongon-taiga-film-transcript
Humphrey, Caroline; Sheppard, John
This is the full transcript for the film “Herders of the Mongun Taiga”.

Tuvinian Lama-shamans: Some stories from Mongun-Taiga
Humphrey, Caroline; Mongush, Marina
English translation of a story told by Bair Surunovich Irgit (b. 1918), included in part in the film “Herders of Mongun Taiga”, concerning lama-shamans.
subject: Buddhism, divination, shamanism, stories