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Bio

My scholarly and creative work is informed by the beautiful land of Kamchatka, the waters of the Pacific Ocean, the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, salmon and the teachings of my community of Itelmen People. 

Through applying Indigenous storywork approach I center Indigenous knowledge in research. While my formal training is in anthropology, American Indian Studies, education and linguistics, I continue my education through maintaining strong connections with knowledge holders of my community and beyond advancing my understanding of unique methodologies and technologies Indigenous peoples have developed for comfortable and sustainable life in the Northern climates.

Interests

• Indigenous knowledge systems
• revitalization and stabilization of Indigenous languages
• Indigenous visions on sustainability and well-being in the Russian North and Arctic

Courses

• ANTH 306 Indigenous Storytelling Traditions

• ANTH 318 Ethnographic research methods

• ANTH 333 Indigenous Visions on Sustainability

• ANTH 370 Indigenous Languages and Cultures

• ANTH 483 Arctic Anthropology

Selected publications

• Cannon, S. E., J. W. Moore, M. S. Adams, T. Degai, E. Griggs, J. Griggs, T. Marsden et al. "Taking care of knowledge, taking care of salmon: towards Indigenous data sovereignty in an era of climate change and cumulative effects." FACETS 9 (2024): 1-21.

• York, Abigail, Andrey N. Petrov, Victoria N. Sharakhmatova, Tatiana Degai, Liza Mack, Vera Metcalf, Rodion Sulyandziga, Sean Asikłuk Topkok, and Eduard Zdor. "Arctic communities in the face of change: Resilience, governance, and well-being." In North Pacific Perspectives On The Arctic, pp. 72-95. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

• Petrasheva V.(2023). Ipłꭓ - Friend. A book of stories ed. by Degai T., Vasilieva Y., Karpenkov A., Ivanov V. 1-36.
• Degai, T., Koester, D., Bobaljik, J., & Ono, C. (2023). . In Vladimir Davydov, Jenanne Ferguson & John Ziker (eds.). The Siberian World. Taylor and Francis. 64-78 
• Degai T. (2022) . State of the art of indigenous languages in research: a collection of selected research papers, UNESCO. 387-394.  
• Degai T, Petrov AN, Badhe R, Egede Dahl PP, Döring N, Dudeck S, Herrmann TM, Golovnev A, Mack L, Omma EM, Retter G-B, Saxinger G, Scheepstra AJM, Shadrin CV, Shorty N, Strawhacker C. (2022) Shaping Arctic’s Tomorrow through Indigenous Knowledge Engagement and Knowledge Co-Production. Sustainability. 14(3):1331, 2-4.
• Degai, T. S., & Petrov, A. N. (2021). . International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 28(6), 518-523.