HSE Publishing House

Language activism plays a significant role in practices aimed at preventing or reversing language shift and preserving minority languages. What can be done for the minority languages of Russia? Who are the people who work on this problem at the grassroots level? The book deals with language projects including commercial cultural projects, supplementary schools, private media, online documentation, or the use of minority languages in creative projects, from hip-hop to comics.
The book draws on field observations and interviews with language activists. It is intended for linguists and anthropologists, as well as for a wide range of readers interested in minority languages.