The middle of the story. Ovoos and the ecological imagination in Mongolian conservation

This paper explores ovoo and landscape practices in two regions of Mongolia, Harhorin, and the way that these places deal with local and outsider inputs in constructing dialogues about conservation. While much has been written about formal ovoo practices, their origins, and their historical and contemporary role in local and national politics, this paper focuses on individual experiences with and definitions of ovoos, how those intersect with more formal practices, and what ovoos may indicate for conservation.