Author and photographer Oyvind Ravna

Are you interested in the Baretsregion.
The culture, nature and the people of the north?

Or do you search for information about history, present time, industries, reindeer- husbandry or indigenous people of the north. Or are you looking for professional photographs from the area. Or do you look for facts or adventures from hunting, fishing and wildlife in the Barentsregion. Then this is the right page for you. On the web page of the author, photographer Øyvind Ravnas home page «Barentsview» you will find a general view of his books, articles, scientific publishing and photographs. You may also look through some photographs from his Barentsphotoarkiv and some of his articles. At least but not less, here you will find the way to contact Øyvind Ravna for further information.
At the moment we are sorry that there are very little text translated into English language. Step by step more of the articles will be translated. I any case, do not be afraid to contact by e-mail, fax or telephone.

Even if the author has followed the standard for scientific publications, he has managed to make the dramatic history and present of the Nenets alive and readable. For people with interest for indigenous peoples and the history of the Arctic, this book is a must.
From before historical time, the Nenets and the Sami people have been neighbours and the two nations are related through language and culture. Long time adaptation to Arctic climate, makes the Nenets to the owner of probably the most specialised reindeer husbandry culture in the Northern Areas.
During many centuries, the Nenets was fighting against the Russian colonists. A fight they, as other small nations, which fight against a mighty conqueror, were judged to loose. But nearly up to nowadays, there have been riots. In the 1920ies the Soviet power came to the tundra with schools and educational programmes, but also with collectivisation, linguistic and cultural suppression.

In the book, the author focuses on this history with the little known fight against the colonists. On a fight, which is not unlike the fight of the American Indians, which fought for their land areas and way of living. He also goes into the present situation, the struggle to re-establish private reindeer husbandry, and the juridical status after Russia passed a constitutional article with aim to protect their indigenous people.
The book is made more readable through 40 illustrations and several maps, and (take away and) index and a detailed table of contents makes it easy to find what one’s looking for. The Struggle for the Tundra. The Nenets and their history, has a summary in English, Russian and Sami languge.


Technical book information:

Price, NOK 280,- (37 €)
Pages: 180
Format: 17 x 24 cm, paperback
Illustrations: 40
Maps: 4
Language: Norwegian
- summary in English, Sami and Russian
ISBN: 82-7367-008-2
ISSN: 0332-7779

For publishing houses

If you might be interested in publishing any of the books in English or in other languages outside Norway, you perhaps would let us know.
For Russian publishers, we might inform that nearly all the text are translated into Russian language.
We might also inform that there exist foundation who support publishing of Norwegian literature outside Norway.

Earlier published Books

Newsletter

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Øyvind Ravna - Barentsview

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+47 78 95 04 35
+47 94 15 50 57

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Ravna@ravna.com

 

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NO-976 262 492