Liivo Niglas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3743522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liivo Niglas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liivo |
| FAMILY NAME | Niglas |
| SIGNATURE | NIGLAS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Jamali neenetsite filmiseeria”. Sündmusfilm etnograafilise uurimisviisi ja virtuaalse väljana
This article analyzes the Yamal Nenets Film Series (2024–2025), a nine-hour sequence of observational event-films edited from video footage recorded among Nenets reindeer herders on the Yamal Peninsula in 1999. In a context where pandemics and Russia’s war in Ukraine have rendered classical long-term fieldwork in Yamal politically and ethically untenable, the article asks how such historical audiovisual material can function simultaneously as an …
Buying a God in Paris
This paper analyses highly creative and hybrid practices which tie the Indigenous Siberian, European Christian and Soviet worlds in unexpected ways. Reflecting on the Forest Nenets reindeer herder, poet and intellectual Yuri Vella’s understanding of the religious, the authors discuss an episode of turning an icon-like painting of Madonna with Child into a Nenets ‘god’. This took place in Paris half a year before Yuri’s death. First, we present hi…
Notes and Reviews
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Chronicles of Sireniki
Filming Udmurt ceremonies in Bashkortostan
Continuity and Revitalisation in Sacrificial Rituals by the Eastern Udmurt. Part II. Collective Sacrificial Rituals by the Bashkortostan Udmurt
Continuity and Revitalisation in Sacrificial Rituals by the Eastern Udmurt. Part I. The Collective Sacrificial Rituals by the Bashkortostan Udmurt
This article focuses on a marginal Udmurt group living in Bashkortostan, which has retained, in a Muslim environment, its original Udmurt religious practice.In some places, in spite of decades of anti-religious Soviet policy, the Udmurt were able to pursue their traditional rituals, thus warranting full continuity of their practice.In other places, the tradition was discontinued for some longer or briefer periods.But everywhere there has been a r…
The Vös’as’, the Udmurt sacrificial priest
In the Udmurt diaspora of Northern Bashkortostan, the Udmurt traditional religion is very much alive; it is part of the villagers’ everyday life. Rituals are regularly held both at the village level and at a wider community, composed of several villages, and they involve the whole population. This article focuses on the key character of Udmurt ritual: the sacrificial priest, called vös’as’, and attempts to sketch a pattern of function performing …
To the roots and back. The trips of remigrated Siberian Estonians to their home village
Teesid
Native Spirituality in (Re)constructed Personhood
This article 1 is an attempt to understand what role spiritual matters play in the ideas and everyday life of a public figure quite famous in Western Siberia, the Forest Nenets writer, reindeer herder and activist Yuri Vella, and how the so-called religious practice is articulated in his life. In our reflection, we do not rely on any ad-hoc discourse, on issue-centred interviews, but on our fieldwork observation of speech and practice, a big part…
Hunting in Itelmen
Yuri Vella on the move
In this paper, I want to demonstrate how modern technology can be employed in the sustainability strategy of an indigenous person who is trying to hold on to a traditional mode of existence. In the case of Yuri Vella, who is the main research subject of this study, modern technology is not only used for carrying out everyday domestic and economic activities. For him it is also a tool to withstand corporate pressure on traditional sources of livel…
Parler de soi pour changer le monde. — Speaking about oneself in order to change the world
Speaking about oneself in order to change the world. Juri Vella is a Forest Nenets reindeer herder, writer and fighter for his people’s rights. In his private life, he enjoys silence, as it is a rule in his culture. But the public man, who is graduated from the Literature Institute in Moscow, is aware of the power of speech, and knows how to use it for his goals, to support his vision. He had to realise that the native peoples in Western Siberia …
Continuity and Revitalisation in Sacrificial Rituals by the Eastern Udmurt. Part II. Collective Sacrificial Rituals by the Bashkortostan Udmurt
Continuity and Revitalisation in Sacrificial Rituals by the Eastern Udmurt. Part I. The Collective Sacrificial Rituals by the Bashkortostan Udmurt
This article focuses on a marginal Udmurt group living in Bashkortostan, which has retained, in a Muslim environment, its original Udmurt religious practice.In some places, in spite of decades of anti-religious Soviet policy, the Udmurt were able to pursue their traditional rituals, thus warranting full continuity of their practice.In other places, the tradition was discontinued for some longer or briefer periods.But everywhere there has been a r…
The Vös’as’, the Udmurt sacrificial priest
In the Udmurt diaspora of Northern Bashkortostan, the Udmurt traditional religion is very much alive; it is part of the villagers’ everyday life. Rituals are regularly held both at the village level and at a wider community, composed of several villages, and they involve the whole population. This article focuses on the key character of Udmurt ritual: the sacrificial priest, called vös’as’, and attempts to sketch a pattern of function performing …
Native Spirituality in (Re)constructed Personhood
This article 1 is an attempt to understand what role spiritual matters play in the ideas and everyday life of a public figure quite famous in Western Siberia, the Forest Nenets writer, reindeer herder and activist Yuri Vella, and how the so-called religious practice is articulated in his life. In our reflection, we do not rely on any ad-hoc discourse, on issue-centred interviews, but on our fieldwork observation of speech and practice, a big part…
Yuri Vella on the move
In this paper, I want to demonstrate how modern technology can be employed in the sustainability strategy of an indigenous person who is trying to hold on to a traditional mode of existence. In the case of Yuri Vella, who is the main research subject of this study, modern technology is not only used for carrying out everyday domestic and economic activities. For him it is also a tool to withstand corporate pressure on traditional sources of livel…
Parler de soi pour changer le monde. — Speaking about oneself in order to change the world
Speaking about oneself in order to change the world. Juri Vella is a Forest Nenets reindeer herder, writer and fighter for his people’s rights. In his private life, he enjoys silence, as it is a rule in his culture. But the public man, who is graduated from the Literature Institute in Moscow, is aware of the power of speech, and knows how to use it for his goals, to support his vision. He had to realise that the native peoples in Western Siberia …
Hunting in Itelmen
Yuri Vella on the move
In this paper, I want to demonstrate how modern technology can be employed in the sustainability strategy of an indigenous person who is trying to hold on to a traditional mode of existence. In the case of Yuri Vella, who is the main research subject of this study, modern technology is not only used for carrying out everyday domestic and economic activities. For him it is also a tool to withstand corporate pressure on traditional sources of livel…
Native Spirituality in (Re)constructed Personhood
This article 1 is an attempt to understand what role spiritual matters play in the ideas and everyday life of a public figure quite famous in Western Siberia, the Forest Nenets writer, reindeer herder and activist Yuri Vella, and how the so-called religious practice is articulated in his life. In our reflection, we do not rely on any ad-hoc discourse, on issue-centred interviews, but on our fieldwork observation of speech and practice, a big part…
To the roots and back. The trips of remigrated Siberian Estonians to their home village
Teesid
The Vös’as’, the Udmurt sacrificial priest
In the Udmurt diaspora of Northern Bashkortostan, the Udmurt traditional religion is very much alive; it is part of the villagers’ everyday life. Rituals are regularly held both at the village level and at a wider community, composed of several villages, and they involve the whole population. This article focuses on the key character of Udmurt ritual: the sacrificial priest, called vös’as’, and attempts to sketch a pattern of function performing …
Continuity and Revitalisation in Sacrificial Rituals by the Eastern Udmurt. Part II. Collective Sacrificial Rituals by the Bashkortostan Udmurt
Continuity and Revitalisation in Sacrificial Rituals by the Eastern Udmurt. Part I. The Collective Sacrificial Rituals by the Bashkortostan Udmurt
This article focuses on a marginal Udmurt group living in Bashkortostan, which has retained, in a Muslim environment, its original Udmurt religious practice.In some places, in spite of decades of anti-religious Soviet policy, the Udmurt were able to pursue their traditional rituals, thus warranting full continuity of their practice.In other places, the tradition was discontinued for some longer or briefer periods.But everywhere there has been a r…
Chronicles of Sireniki
Filming Udmurt ceremonies in Bashkortostan
Notes and Reviews
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to academic and professional organizations and individual authors. We publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications
Buying a God in Paris
This paper analyses highly creative and hybrid practices which tie the Indigenous Siberian, European Christian and Soviet worlds in unexpected ways. Reflecting on the Forest Nenets reindeer herder, poet and intellectual Yuri Vella’s understanding of the religious, the authors discuss an episode of turning an icon-like painting of Madonna with Child into a Nenets ‘god’. This took place in Paris half a year before Yuri’s death. First, we present hi…
Jamali neenetsite filmiseeria”. Sündmusfilm etnograafilise uurimisviisi ja virtuaalse väljana
This article analyzes the Yamal Nenets Film Series (2024–2025), a nine-hour sequence of observational event-films edited from video footage recorded among Nenets reindeer herders on the Yamal Peninsula in 1999. In a context where pandemics and Russia’s war in Ukraine have rendered classical long-term fieldwork in Yamal politically and ethically untenable, the article asks how such historical audiovisual material can function simultaneously as an …
History (8 works) · Art (5 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works)