Session Details
[S10-O]S10:Myth, Memory, and Mobilization: Interdisciplinary Insights into Indigenous Experiences of War
Wed. Oct 29, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM JST
Wed. Oct 29, 2025 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM UTC
Wed. Oct 29, 2025 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM UTC
Room 1
Chair: Donatas Brandišauskas (Lithuanian Institute of History)
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-06]“Putin’s Militant Buryats”, Ukraine war and the “Mongol Yoke/Horde Legacy” Theory
*Maria Vyushkova1 (1. Batani Indigenous Foundation (United States of America))
[S10-O-07]Evacuation in Mongolia of Russian Indigenous Migrants related to Russo-Ukrainian War
*Hiroki Takakura1, Kaori Horiuchi2, Dalaibuyan Byambajav3 (1. Tohoku University (Japan), 2. Kyoto University (Japan), 3. University of Queensland (Australia))
[S10-O-08]Indigenous Experiences of War: Sakha (Yakut) and Evenki Legacies and Lessons
*Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer1 (1. Georgetown University (United States of America))
[S10-O-09]The Siberian peoples and the Russo-Ukrainian War: On anti-anti-humanism as a discursive dimension of anthropology
*Hibi Y. Watanabe1 (1. The University of Tokyo (Japan))