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"This work provides a vivid account of the everyday life of Komi reindeer herders and their family members as they interact with their bosses, the town, the market, and oil companies, and reveals both the reach of their agency and its limitations. Through a meticulous analysis, Habeck shows how public discourse about reindeer husbandry as a traditional life-style derives from outside the Komi reindeer-herding communities, yet has powerful effects on the local actors' ability to frame their own existence. He argues that the concept of tradition places Komi reindeer herders in a ""golden cage"" which leaves no space for acknowledging their drive to innovation and flexibility. Joachim Otto Habeck, Ph.D., works at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology."

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