Mobile Phone Revolution in the Tundra? Technological Change among Russian Reindeer Nomads
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Mobile Phone Revolution in the Tundra? Technological Change among Russian Reindeer Nomads
This contribution looks at the influence of technological change that nomads in the Russian North have undergone, using as examples two crucial innovations: the snowmobile and the mobile phone. I argue that the snowmobile did not have the same revolutionary impact on the Russian tundra as it did in Fennoscandia, for reasons connected to long distances, infrastructure, spare parts, availability ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1406-0957,1406-0949
DOI: 10.7592/fejf2009.41.stammler