That-which-must-not-be-named
Hunting, secrecy, and the ontology of meat in northeast China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2177413 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Fraser (0000-0003-2690-2136, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 195-211 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1683-478X • E-ISSN: 2168-4227 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1683478x.2024.2376434 |
| OpenAlex | W4400894622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 24 |
In this paper, I describe the practice of sharing and eating wild\nmeat amongst the Orochen in northeast China, a community of\nhunters who are no longer allowed to hunt due to state conservation policies. I show how for Orochen meat is the material\nintermediary between the human and nonhuman worlds, offered\nto the fire before meals and to animal spirit-masters during hunting. I suggest this demands reflection of what we might call the\nontology of meat: that is, how it is experienced as an extra-ordinary and relational substance with the ‘lived’ capacity to act. I\nshow how this contrasts with the Chinese state, which sees wild\nmeat as a material substance only and, in the context of conservation, as something to be measured and controlled through the\nprotection of wild animals. I suggest that, for the Orochen, to eat\nand share wild meat is an act of everyday resistance embedded\nin secrecy, as well as a way of rendering into action their ontology of relational existence and participation in the wider sociocosmic economy of sharing
Archaeology · China · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Geography · Internet privacy · Ontology · Political science · Secrecy · Computer Science · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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Property Relations
The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology
Tents, Taiga, and Tourist Parks
Symbolism and Ecological Uses of Fire among Orochen-Evenki
The paradox of secrecy
Coming to Terms with the Nation
The Sociology of Georg Simmel
Shamanism, History, and the State
Food sharing at meals
Reservation food sharing among the Ache of Paraguay
On the moral grounds of economic relations
The Threat of the Yrmo
The Covid-19 app and the fire spirit
The Giving Environment
Food Sharing on Ifaluk
Declining Evenki 'Identities
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |