Climate change and cultural heritage in western Mongolia

Jennifer C. Post

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Abstract

This report addresses the impact of climate change on cultural production among Kazakh mobile pastoral herders in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia. It highlights the body of ecological knowledge that herders carry from generation to generation and express in their music, instruments, textiles, and heritage actions such as work patterns and social gatherings. Extreme weather events, loss of water sources, and desertification have deeply impacted herders and this is expressed in their cultural forms. The study engages with rangeland and climate science and draws on the author’s fieldwork with Kazakh herders in Mongolia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)285-286
Number of pages2
JournalLeonardo
Volume51
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2018

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