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Abstract
Recently broadened fieldwork opportunities in Siberia have not only enabled the study of current social and cultural processes, but also facilitated a re-assessment of previous periods of rapid social change. One of those was, undoubtedly, the decade following the Russian Revolution, when Russians and other outsiders significantly increased their impact in many areas of Siberia. Fieldwork conducted during the 1990s has provided evidence of a previously unrecognised phenomenon, namely the existence of a syncretistic system of worldview and ritual practice in the Siberian Yupik village Naukan. Similar to so-called “revitalisation movements” elsewhere, it can be interpreted as a reaction to increasing Russian colonial pressure. The present paper attempts to situate the Naukan movement in its cultural and political contexts, in order to provide a post-colonial reading of early 20th century transformations.
Résumé
Les récentes possibilités de mener des travaux de terrain en Sibérie ont permis non seulement l’étude des processus sociaux et culturels actuels mais ont également facilité le réexamen des changements sociaux rapides des périodes antérieures. L’une de ces périodes était, sans aucun doute, la décennie qui a suivi la révolution russe, quand les Russes et d’autres étrangers ont accru sensiblement leur impact dans plusieurs régions de la Sibérie. Un travail de terrain mené dans les années 1990 a permis d’attester un phénomène jusque-là méconnu, à savoir l’existence d’un système syncrétique de vision du monde et de pratiques rituelles dans le village yupik sibérien de Naukan. Comparable à ce qui est appelé ailleurs «mouvements de revitalisation», il peut être interprété comme une réaction à une pression coloniale de plus en plus forte. Cet article tente de situer le mouvement de Naukan dans son contexte culturel et politique afin de donner une lecture post-coloniale des transformations du début du 20e siècle.
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