Session Details
[S10-O]S10:Myth, Memory, and Mobilization: Interdisciplinary Insights into Indigenous Experiences of War
Wed. Oct 29, 2025 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM JST
Wed. Oct 29, 2025 2:15 AM - 3:45 AM UTC
Wed. Oct 29, 2025 2:15 AM - 3:45 AM UTC
Room 1
Chair: Hiroki Takakura (Tohoku University)
This session aims to explore the multifaceted experiences and representations of war from Indigenous perspectives through an interdisciplinary lens, combining history, anthropology, folklore, law and political science. The session will also focus on the symbolic and spiritual dimensions of war, exploring heroic epics, storytelling traditions, offering insights into the deeper cultural meanings of conflict. Contemporary issues, such as Indigenous mobilization in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict and other instances of forced or voluntary participation, will be addressed.
[S10-O-01]Militarised Peripheries: Structural Violence, Gender, and Resource Politics in Indigenous Russia
*Stephan Dudeck Dudeck1,2,3 (1. Arctic Research Laboratory, Institute of Cultural Research, University of Tartu (Estonia), 2. Anthropology Research Team, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (Finland), 3. Foundation for Siberian Cultures (Germany))
[S10-O-02]Nested Wars, Nested Memories: Nenets Reindeer Herders’ Fraught Relationship with the Lutsa
*Laur Vallikivi1 (1. Laboratory of Arctic Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia (Estonia))
[S10-O-03]Rewriting the Past, Shaping the Present: Memory, Manipulation, and Militarized Public Opinion
*Victoria Peemot1,2 (1. University of Helsinki (Finland), 2. Tohoku University (Japan))
[S10-O-04]Siberian indigenous Evenki Experiences and Perceptions
of Warfare
*Donatas Brandisauskas1 (1. Lithuanian Institute of History (Lithuania))
[S10-O-05]Between Field and Museum Collections: War Experiences of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnographers in 20th Century Sakhalin
*Sakurako Koresawa1 (1. National Ainu Museum/Tohoku University (Japan))