Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2026 19 (2)

Authors

Seredkina, Natalya N.; Lebedeva, Varvara O.

Contact information

Seredkina, Natalya N. : Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation); ; ORCID: 0000-0002-9248-8810; Lebedeva, Varvara O.: Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation)

Keywords

indigenous peoples; social network “VKontakte”; posts; cyber field research; properties of wild plants of the North

Abstract

The article presents the results of a cyber field study devoted to the analysis of posts published on social networks and representing the knowledge of the Tungusic- Manchurian peoples about the properties of plants growing in the northern territories. A representative sample of the study consisted of materials from 33 posts published in 20 communities from 2015 to 2025. A quantitative and qualitative content analysis of these materials was carried out, as a result of which a list of wild plant names mentioned in social networks was compiled, the most frequently mentioned plant species were identified, and their systematization was carried out according to the types of properties from which they are mentioned in social networks. The tendency of active representation in social networks of indigenous knowledge systems about the sacred properties of wild plants, as well as their medicinal properties, has been revealed. This knowledge is not only reproduced through the publication of folklore texts, but also through descriptions of modern practices of reproducing traditional cult rituals in the real (“physical”) world

Pages

304–318

EDN

JRTPYT

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/158153

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