Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: “Medical Culture” Concept in the Context of Anthropology and its Application to Ethnocultural Studies of the Samoyedic Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / “Medical Culture” Concept in the Context of Anthropology and its Application to Ethnocultural Studies of the Samoyedic Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2026 19 (1)
Authors: Koptseva, Natalia P.
Contact information: Koptseva, Natalia P. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation ; ORCID: 0000-0003-3910-7991
Keywords: Samoyedic peoples; Krasnoyarsk Krai; medical culture; cultural practices; cultural identity; cultural memory; anthropology
Abstract: This article presents the results of a study of medical culture within the context of contemporary social and cultural anthropology. It provides a critical analysis of the history of international and domestic medical anthropology. A definition of medical culture is offered within the context of D. V. Pivovarov’s theory of ideal formation. Medical culture is understood as a cultural category denoting the form of constructing specific ideals, standards, norms, and values manifested in specific cultural languages and reproduced in medical cultural practices. This concept allows for an examination of the medical culture of the Samoyedic peoples of Krasnoyarsk Krai (Nenets, Enets, Nganasans, and Selkups) within a cultural context, drawing on folklore and other materials, including those related to the traditional medicine of the Samoyedic peoples
Pages: 6–17
EDN: VJXIMG
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/158097