Current Condition of Decorative and Applied Art of the Indigenous Peoples Resident in the Territory of the Evenki and Taymyr Municipal Districts (Economic and Sociocultural Practices)
Anastasia V Kistova, Natalia N Pimenova
Abstract
The present research outlines the current condition of sociocultural practices of the indigenous peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai), particularly the Evenki and Taymyr Municipal Districts, on the basis of statistic data and field research results provided by top ethnographers and culture scientists, as well as various expeditions carried out by Siberian Federal University.
The article describes present forms of existence of the decorative and applied arts of the indigenous peoples as one of the main means of preservation of the cultural core of the Northern peoples. Among existing economic and sociocultural practices of preservation of the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of the North and Siberia, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krai) there prevail academic ones: museumification, conservation, scientific research and reconstruction. Under the influence of modern and post-modern practices, there develop some other efficient methods of revival and preservation of the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples.