Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia
Socio-economic changes impact local ethnobotanical knowledge as much as the ecological ones. During an ethnobotanical field study in 2018–2019, we interviewed 25 Setos and 38 Russians in the Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast to document changes in wild plant use within the last 70 years according t...
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| author | Olga Belichenko Valeria Kolosova Denis Melnikov Raivo Kalle Renata Sõukand |
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| description | Socio-economic changes impact local ethnobotanical knowledge as much as the ecological ones. During an ethnobotanical field study in 2018–2019, we interviewed 25 Setos and 38 Russians in the Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast to document changes in wild plant use within the last 70 years according to the current and remembered practices. Of the 71 botanical taxa reported, the most popular were <i>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</i>, <i>Vaccinium oxycoccos</i>, <i>Vaccinium myrtillus</i>, <i>Betula</i> spp., and <i>Rumex acetosa</i>. The obtained data was compared with that of 37 Setos and 35 Estonians interviewed at the same time on the other side of the border. Our data revealed a substantial level of homogeneity within the plants used by three or more people with 30 of 56 plants overlapping across all four groups. However, Seto groups are ethnobotanically closer to the dominant ethnic groups immediately surrounding them than they are to Setos across the border. Further study of minor ethnic groups in a post-Soviet context is needed, paying attention to knowledge transmission patterns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c5b991429fa4ca19fcfc29cc5aa1a6c2023-12-03T12:54:17ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582021-02-0110236710.3390/foods10020367Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW RussiaOlga Belichenko0Valeria Kolosova1Denis Melnikov2Raivo Kalle3Renata Sõukand4Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Mestre, 30172 Venice, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Mestre, 30172 Venice, ItalyKomarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Popov St. 2, 197376 St Petersburg, RussiaUniversity of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, 12042 Pollenzo, Bra (Cn), ItalyDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Mestre, 30172 Venice, ItalySocio-economic changes impact local ethnobotanical knowledge as much as the ecological ones. During an ethnobotanical field study in 2018–2019, we interviewed 25 Setos and 38 Russians in the Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast to document changes in wild plant use within the last 70 years according to the current and remembered practices. Of the 71 botanical taxa reported, the most popular were <i>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</i>, <i>Vaccinium oxycoccos</i>, <i>Vaccinium myrtillus</i>, <i>Betula</i> spp., and <i>Rumex acetosa</i>. The obtained data was compared with that of 37 Setos and 35 Estonians interviewed at the same time on the other side of the border. Our data revealed a substantial level of homogeneity within the plants used by three or more people with 30 of 56 plants overlapping across all four groups. However, Seto groups are ethnobotanically closer to the dominant ethnic groups immediately surrounding them than they are to Setos across the border. Further study of minor ethnic groups in a post-Soviet context is needed, paying attention to knowledge transmission patterns.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/367wild food plantslocal ecological knowledgeSetoethnic minoritypost-Soviet ethnobotany |
| spellingShingle | Olga Belichenko Valeria Kolosova Denis Melnikov Raivo Kalle Renata Sõukand Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia Foods wild food plants local ecological knowledge Seto ethnic minority post-Soviet ethnobotany |
| title | Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia |
| title_full | Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia |
| title_fullStr | Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia |
| title_short | Language of Administration as a Border: Wild Food Plants Used by Setos and Russians in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia |
| title_sort | language of administration as a border wild food plants used by setos and russians in pechorsky district of pskov oblast nw russia |
| topic | wild food plants local ecological knowledge Seto ethnic minority post-Soviet ethnobotany |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/2/367 |
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