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ethnomusicology in Russia
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masterpiece
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olonkho
olonkho storytelling
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resilience
revitalization
revival of olonkho storytellin
revival of Sakha storytelling
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Russia
safeguarding
Sakha
shamanism
Siberia
Siberia and storytelling traditions
Siberian storytelling traditions
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storytelling among indigenous Russians
storytelling among the Sakha people
storytelling in the Russian North
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UNESCO
UNESCO Masterpiece Proclamation and the Sakha
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Yakut storytelling in post-Soviet Russia
Yakutia
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- ISBN 9780252085529
- Weight: 399g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2020
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Olonkho, the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberia’s Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005, UNESCO’s Masterpiece Proclamation sparked a resurgence of interest in olonkho by recognizing its important role in humanity’s oral and intangible heritage.
Drawing on her ten years of living in the Russian North, Robin P. Harris documents how the Sakha have used the Masterpiece program to revive olonkho and strengthen their cultural identity. Harris’s personal relationships with and primary research among Sakha people provide vivid insights into understanding olonkho and the attenuation, revitalization, transformation, and sustainability of the Sakha’s cultural reemergence. Interdisciplinary in scope, Storytelling in Siberia considers the nature of folklore alongside ethnomusicology, anthropology, comparative literature, and cultural studies to shed light on how marginalized peoples are revitalizing their own intangible cultural heritage.
Robin P. Harris is an associate professor at Dallas International University and serves as the director of DIU’s Center for Excellence in World Arts.
