Speaking about oneself in order to change the world.

• Main Authors: Toulouze, Eva, Niglas, Liivo
• Other Authors: Centre de recherches Europes-Eurasie (CREE EA 4513), Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco), University of Tartu (UT), Department of Ethnology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: élevage des rennes; pouvoir de la parole; clan; personhood; hisphilso; hist; Soi; Vella; nenets; taiga; Siberia
• Online Access: https://hal-inalco.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01278254/file/parler%20de%20soi%20pour%20changer%20le%20monde.pdf; https://hal-inalco.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01278254

International audience Yuri 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...