Laur Vallikivi lecture “Nenets Reindeer Nomads in the Early 21st Century” & Screening of Liivo Niglas’ documentary “The Brigade”

Laur Vallikivi lecture “Nenets Reindeer Nomads in the Early 21^st Century” & Screening of Liivo Niglas’ documentary “The Brigade”

November 14th, at 2 pm (EST), In English

Watch on the VEMU YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiZtYavL0tg

Laur Vallikivi is an Estonian scholar of ethnology and Associate Professor at the University of Tartu. He will be giving an online lecture in English titled “Nenets Reindeer Nomads in the Early 21st Century”. This will be followed by a screening of documentary,”The Brigade” (2000, 57 min. F-Seitse) produced by Estonian director and cinematographer, Liivo Niglas. The film documents three months on the Yamal Peninsula in West Siberia, where the Nenets people have been herding reindeer for over a thousand years. This will be followed by a live Q&A with Laur Vallikivi and  Liivo Niglas.