Spirit of the future: movement, kinetic distribution and personhood among Siberian Eveny

Olga Ulturgasheva; Ulturgasheva Olga

doi:10.3167/sa.2016.600105

Spirit of the future: movement, kinetic distribution and personhood among Siberian Eveny

Olga Ulturgasheva, Ulturgasheva Olga

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The article discusses the concept of djuluchen (â€œa spirit that travels aheadâ€�) among Siberian Eveny, which can illuminate the human potential to foreshadow oneâ€™s own future. Looking closely at Eveny adolescentsâ€™ case-studies reveals that the act of planning, narrating or envisioning the future event, heavily charged and empowered by djuluchen, moves the future event to its fulfilment. Drawing from Deleuzian notion of becoming, the author shows the connection between prediction and fulfillment involved in the Eveny conceptualization of personhood and destiny. The discussion of kinetic distribution and illocutionary act uncovers the principle of detachability and partibility of personhood among Siberian reindeer herders.

Original language	English
Article number	0155-977X
Pages (from-to)	56-73
Number of pages	17
Journal	Social Analysis
Volume	60
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2016.600105
Publication status	Published - 22 Feb 2016

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movement, future, becoming, animism, destination, reindeer herders, Eveny

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