This is the index page for an ongoing ethnographic research project concerning pastoralism, environment, and development in Mongolia. The research, conducted by Eric Thrift, aims to investigate the adaptive capacity of Mongolian herders and other rangeland resource users in relation to the situated and partial knowledges and practices of individual actors and collectivities.

The project makes use of ethnographic multimedia and interactive discussion tools in an effort to provide open access to project outputs and to promote participatory research methods.

See also AcMn/PagesIndex for a full alphabetical list of resources.

Project methodology

• AcMn/ProjectOverview - Information sheet presenting the research and expected outcomes

• AcMn/ResearchProblem - Description of the research problem and discussion of its importance to Mongolia's development priorities and to scientific knowledge of social-ecological resilience, governance, and development

• AcMn/ResearchSites - Brief, comparative presentation of the research sites

• AcMn/StudyParticipants - About the selection of participants for this study

• AcMn/ResearchMethods - Covering the application of standpoint theory and practice theory to ethnographic research on everyday practices and knowledge

• HypermediaEthnography - The significance of visual anthropology and multimedia field recordings

Literature reviews

• InnerAsianNomadicPastoralism - Pastoralism in Mongolia and neighbouring parts of Russia and China

• EcologicalKnowledge - Indigenous knowledge / Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) / Local knowledge

• EnvironmentalGovernance - Forms of governance and adaptive resource management

Working documents

• Informed consent forms

  • AcMn/ConsentFormGeneral - "Consent to participate in a research project" information sheet and informed consent form

  • AcMn/ConsentFormVideo - "Consent to audiovisual recording" information sheet and informed consent form

  • AcMn/ConsentFormInterview - Consent form for non-herders interviewed as part of this project

• AcMn/PastoralResourceUses - List of material resource categories (i.e., natural resources and pastoral products) and their general uses

• AcMn/PastoralResourceInventory - More detailed list of core material resources used by Mongolian pastoralists

• AcMn/IntroductoryInterview - Questions for herders

Ethnographic records

Ethnographic documents for this project will be available beginning in autumn/winter 2011-2012. Please note that access to many of these records is restricted for privacy reasons.

• MN UZCA/AC/EI - Ethnographic interviews on pastoral resource use strategies

• RecentVideos - Annotated field recordings (ethnographic videos).

• AcMn/FieldReports - Reports on field research

Technical

• MoinMoinCustomizations - Extensions and customizations to MoinMoin, most of which were designed as part of this project

• See also the information listed under GeneralHelp

Other resources

• MongolianGlossary - Brief translations of Mongolian pastoralism-related terms

• MongolianTranscription - Table indicating the transcription system for Mongolian names and terms in use in this project

• EnvironmentalLawsOfMongolia - English-language translations of current environmental laws and regulations

Sponsors

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