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Winter: Figures from “Living with Herds”
Fijn, Natasha

Khangai Herds 2- Saikhanaa and the Calves
Fijn, Natasha

This second segment of Khangai Herds features Saikhanaa the herder interacting with yak calves during milking time in the Khangai mountains of Mongolia.

subject: Khangai Herds, Living with Herds, calves, co-domestic, ethnography, human-animal, milking, observational film, pastoralism, visual , yaks

Khangai Herds 5 - Lhagva the Herder
Fijn, Natasha

This is the fifth segment of ‘Khangai Herds’, featuring herders and their herd animals co-existing together in the Khangai mountains of Mongolia. Lhagva sings a song about her venerable mother.

subject: Living with Herds, animal naming, calf birth, co-domestic, domestication, herding, human-animal, khangai herds, making, observational film, pastoralism, singing

Living with Herds Vocalisation Dictionary
Fijn, Natasha

This is a visual dictionary showing how Mongolian herders vocalise to their herd animals, followed by the response of the herd animal(s).

subject: domestication, herd animals, herder, human-animal, khangai herds, observational film, vocalisations

Summer: Figures from “Living with Herds”
Fijn, Natasha

Khangai Herds- winter racing
Fijn, Natasha

Near the capital of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, horses and jockeys race in winter temperatures of more than minus 30 degrees Celcius.

subject: Khangai Herds, Living with Herds, Naadam, domestic animal, ethnography, horse, horseracing, human-animal, jockeys, observational film, winter

Khangai Herds 4- moving encampments
Fijn, Natasha

This fourth segment of Khangai Herds features two separate nomadic family encampments in the valleys of the Khangai mountains of Mongolia.

subject: Living with Herds, co-domestic, domestication, encampment, ethnography, herd animal, herding, human-animal, khangai herds, observational film, ox, pastoralism, pasture, visual , yak

Excerpt from “Living with Herds”
Fijn, Natasha

This extract from the publisher presents the introductory pages from “Living with Herds: Human-animal coexistence in Mongolia”. Natasha Fijn describes her entry into the field.

Living with Herds: Human-animal coexistence in Mongolia
Fijn, Natasha

From the publisher: Domestic animals have lived with humans for thousands of years and remain essential to the everyday lives of people throughout the world.

Khangai Herds 9- The Naadam
Fijn, Natasha

This ninth segment of Khangai Herds features an important event on any Mongolian herder’s calendar: the Naadam. This is a festival celebrating the strength and prowess of herder and horse.

subject: Khangai Herds, Living with Herds, Naadam, ceremony, domestication, ethnography, festival, horse, horse racing, jockey, observational film, pastoralism, racehorse, visual , wrestling

Khangai Herds 6- A Day in the Life
Fijn, Natasha

This sixth segment of Khangai Herds features a day in the life of a Mongolian herding woman, who has ten children and twenty-six grandchildren.

subject: Living with Herds, co-domestic, domestication, encampment, ethnography, family encampment, herding, human-animal, khangai herds, nomadic, nurturing animals, observational film, pastoralism, reciprocal, visual , wolf

Khangai Herds 3- Saikhanaa and the Horses
Fijn, Natasha

This is the third installment of Khangai Herds, featuring herders and herd animals in the Khangai Mountains of Mongolia. This segment follows on from ‘Saikhanaa and the Calves’.

subject: Living with Herds, airag, co-domestic, domestication, horses, human-animal, khangai herds, mare milking, milking, mountains, observational film, pastoralisms, visual

Khangai Herds 8- Training for Naadam
Fijn, Natasha

The eighth segment of Khangai Herds features the training of racehorses for the national festival of Mongolia, the Naadam.

subject: Living with Herds, Naadam, co-domestic, domestication, ethnography, horse, horse training, human-animal, khangai herds, observational film, pastoralism, racehorses, racing, visual

Khangai Herds 1- Saikhanaa the Herder
Fijn, Natasha

This first segment introduces the young Mongolian herder Saikhanaa. He lives with his mother in a herding encampment with a more prosperous family, Choijo and Naraa’s extended family.

subject: Living with Herds, Saikhanaa, co-domestic relationship, herd animals, herding, human-animal relations, khangai herds, mountains, observational film, pastoralism, singing, visual ethnography

Autumn: Figures from “Living with Herds”
Fijn, Natasha

Khangai Herds 7- Medicinal Treatment
Fijn, Natasha

This segment of Khangai Herds shows how the Mongolian herder, Lhagva, treats her herd animals using medicinal herbs.

subject: Living with Herds, animal care, co-domestic, domestication, ethnography, goat, human-animal, khangai herds, lamb and kids, magic medicine, medicinal herbs, observational film, pastoralism, visual

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