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A Man of Words and Silence

A Siberian Intelectual’s Mixed Patterns of Communication

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ID19004223
AuthorsE Toulouze (0000-0003-1968-6180, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume12
Issue2
Pages79-94
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1736-6518 • E-ISSN: 2228-0987
PublisherEstonian National Museum (PUBLISHER • EE)
DOI10.2478/jef-2018-0012
OpenAlexW2907046237
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

Yuri Vella (1948-2013) was a well-known personality in Western Siberia’s indigenous world. Unlike most Western Siberia indigenous inhabitants, Yuri Vella was exceptionally skilled with words. He used words in everyday life in order to achieve his goals, among which the main one was to protect his kin and neighbours in the forest from the destructions induced by the oil industry. He was able to hold his own in discussion with the oil industry representatives and to have the last word with them. But how did Yuri Vella use words in private life? That is what months of fieldwork sharing the hut he lived in with his wife allowed me to ascertain. I shall concentrate on patterns of speaking - how? with whom? - and silence in everyday life, outside the attention of an audience. Or was my presence in the hut enough of an audience to change his patterns? These reflections are what this article is about

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Citations per year0.17
Citation span2020 - 2020 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
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