Aivaras Jefanovas
Biographic Data
| ID | 914489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aivaras Jefanovas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aivaras |
| FAMILY NAME | Jefanovas |
| SIGNATURE | JEFANOVAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vytautas Magnus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2076-4051 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Marxist Approach to Nature
This article analyzes the orthodox Marxist theory of nature as a philosophy of nature, based primarily on the later works of Karl Marx and the works of Friedrich Engels, as well as its role as a Soviet State ideology of mastering nature. We argue that Soviet Marxists viewed nature as a product of human labor. Labor, in turn, was considered a continuation of the natural order and the fulfillment of nature’s full potential. At the same time, labor …
Contemporary Wolf Hunters in the Taiga of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
This article presents two ethnographic case studies illustrating the practices and perceptions of contemporary wolf hunters ( volchatniki ) in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). We aim to show how contemporary volchatniki rely on individual strategies such as self-crafted technologies and hunting magic. Hunting of wolves must be understood in terms of mutual intimate sensory interplay, an exchange that can be perceived as intersubjective communication…
Wolves as Enemy of the Soviet State
This article gives an overview of wolf extermination endeavours in Soviet Yakutia as part of state ideologies of human dominance over nature in the process of modernisation of the Russian North. The proclaimed wolf extermination was a large-scale operation planned and launched by state authorities in Yakutia involving bureaucratic, finance and human contingents, as well as the available infrastructure. Based on ethnographic research among game ma…
Contemporary Wolf Hunters in the Taiga of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
This article presents two ethnographic case studies illustrating the practices and perceptions of contemporary wolf hunters ( volchatniki ) in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). We aim to show how contemporary volchatniki rely on individual strategies such as self-crafted technologies and hunting magic. Hunting of wolves must be understood in terms of mutual intimate sensory interplay, an exchange that can be perceived as intersubjective communication…
Wolves as Enemy of the Soviet State
This article gives an overview of wolf extermination endeavours in Soviet Yakutia as part of state ideologies of human dominance over nature in the process of modernisation of the Russian North. The proclaimed wolf extermination was a large-scale operation planned and launched by state authorities in Yakutia involving bureaucratic, finance and human contingents, as well as the available infrastructure. Based on ethnographic research among game ma…
Contemporary Wolf Hunters in the Taiga of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
This article presents two ethnographic case studies illustrating the practices and perceptions of contemporary wolf hunters ( volchatniki ) in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). We aim to show how contemporary volchatniki rely on individual strategies such as self-crafted technologies and hunting magic. Hunting of wolves must be understood in terms of mutual intimate sensory interplay, an exchange that can be perceived as intersubjective communication…
The Marxist Approach to Nature
This article analyzes the orthodox Marxist theory of nature as a philosophy of nature, based primarily on the later works of Karl Marx and the works of Friedrich Engels, as well as its role as a Soviet State ideology of mastering nature. We argue that Soviet Marxists viewed nature as a product of human labor. Labor, in turn, was considered a continuation of the natural order and the fulfillment of nature’s full potential. At the same time, labor …
Ethnology (2 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (2 works)