TY - JOUR
TI - The nomadic space in Muittalus samid birra by Johan Turi
AU - Sibińska, Maria
TI - The nomadic space in Muittalus samid birra by Johan Turi
AB - 
	The Nomadic Space in Muittalus samid birra by Johan Turi

	The article introduces Muittalus samid birra (1910, An account of the Sami) by Johan Turi, the first book with a secular content written in the sami language by a sami person. The author, a wolf hunter and reindeer-breeder, describes a broad spectrum of his people’s daily life. Pictures of everyday activities are supplemented with stories about the sami people’s knowledge of the world (traditions, myths, legends).  
	Turi’s book is a candid protest against the depreciation of the sami culture perpetrated by the Nordic countries (Sweden and Norway); a protest written by someone who “has witnessed the struggle of his people, or rather, his people giving in to dominating oppressors”. The article concentrates on how Turi  creates a specific “nomadic space” in his narrative. Writing – which till now has served as the effective tool of the authorities – is used in a subversive fashion by the author.  Through his narrative he creates the limitless landscape of the nomad, a space where sami people feel at home and can assert their rights.  
	
	 
VL - 2015
IS - Volume 43, Issue 2
PY - 2015
SN - 0083-4327
C1 - 2299-9558
SP - 141
EP - 154
DO - 10.4467/22999558.PE.15.011.4498
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-etnograficzne/article/krajobraz-nomadyczny-w-muittalus-samid-birra-1910-johana-turiego
KW - Sami culture
KW - Johan Turi
KW - oral literature
KW - nomadic space.