By analysing how shamanist nomads who previously opposed large infrastructure works have suddenly become enchanted by the prospect of the construction of a large gas pipeline, this paper ethnographically investigates how technology and infrastructure become perceived as promising by ordinary people on the ground in post‐Soviet Siberia. Drawing attention to the discursive impact of large gas corporations and the role of deeply embedded Soviet conceptions of modernity in filling pipelines with cultural meaning, this paper provides unique insights into the highly localised engagements with infrastructure. As such, this paper contributes to the anthropology of Russia, where infrastructure has only recently received academic attention. It also corresponds to the ‘infrastructural turn’ in anthropology by studying the social, cultural and material conditions ensuring that infrastructure becomes perceived as promising. Furthermore, this paper explores the significant impact of ancillary infrastructures connected to a construction project in entangling people with technology and infrastructure.

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有希望的管道和碳氢化合物民族主义：西伯利亚土著未建基础设施的社会性

通过分析以前反对大型基础设施工程的萨满教徒游牧民族如何突然对大型天然气管道建设的前景着迷，本文以人种学方法研究了苏联后西伯利亚的实地普通百姓如何看待技术和基础设施。本文引起人们对大型天然气公司的话语影响的关注，以及深深扎根的苏联现代性概念在用文化含义填充管道中的作用，本文对基础设施的高度本地化参与提供了独特的见解。因此，本文为俄罗斯的人类学做出了贡献，那里的基础设施只是最近才受到学术界的关注。通过研究社会学，它也对应于人类学的“基础设施转向”，文化和物质条件确保基础设施变得有希望。此外，本文探讨了与建筑项目相关的辅助基础设施对人们与技术和基础设施的纠缠的重大影响。