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Proposed hydroelectric dams on the Lower Tunguska river, impacting Indigenous populations, were repeatedly abandoned. These projects created prolonged uncertainty and indeterminacy for the marginalized Evenki people.

Keywords:

Evenkiia Hydroelectric power station Indigenous peoples Industrialism River life Siberia

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Area of Science:

Environmental Studies
Indigenous Studies
Social Sciences

Background:

Soviet-era plans for a massive hydroelectric dam on the Lower Tunguska river in the Evenki Autonomous Okrug were abandoned.
Resuscitated twenty years later, the hydroelectric project was again abandoned, leaving a legacy of unfulfilled development.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore themes of protest, anticipation, and deferral related to the dam proposals.
To analyze the social and psychological impacts on a marginalized Indigenous population.
To examine how repeated project abandonment creates enduring indeterminacy.

Main Methods:

Literary critique
Media analysis
Social theory application

Main Results:

The dam proposals, despite never being realized, generated significant social and psychological effects.
Repeated cycles of anticipation and deferral fostered a persistent state of indeterminacy for the Evenki people.
The study highlights the profound impact of large-scale development projects on marginalized communities, even in their absence.

Conclusions:

The proposed hydroelectric projects, though abandoned, significantly shaped the lived experiences of the Evenki population.
Enduring feelings of indeterminacy are a key consequence of the dam proposals' history.
Understanding these effects is crucial for addressing the socio-environmental impacts on Indigenous communities.