Ethnocultutal identity of the indigenous people of the Arctic (a case study of Anabar district in Yakutia)

• Published in: SHS Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Filippova Viktoriya, Vinokurova Liliya, Sannikova Yana, Zakharova Natalya, Mestnikova Akulina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: EDP Sciences 2021
• Subjects: anthro-se; socio; Anabar; Arctic; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202111200014; https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2021/23/shsconf_nsdf2021_00014.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/5aba5d51e43d4ab7b9888545fb51443d

The article presents the preliminary results of a comprehensive study on the social anthropology of the cultural landscape of the Khatango-Anabar region as an integral historical and cultural space, formed as a result of the interaction of man and nature, local ethnic communities and social institutions. The purpose of the article is to study the regional ethno-cultural identification of the population living in one of the Arctic regions of Yakutia - Anabar. The field research, including interviews, a sociological survey, and a psycholinguistic experiment revealed indicators for determining the ethnocultural identity. Three main criteria of ethnocultural identity of residents of Anabar district were identified. These are territorial, cultural and linguistic ones. It was found that the unifying indicator of the population living in this area is regional identity as Anabarians.