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| Article name | Traditional Nanai and Ul’chi Paper Doll Akoa / Khakoa as an Element and Way of Forming Ethnic Identity |
| Authors | Osipova Marina V., Candidate of History, Associate Professor; Research fellow, ainu07@mail.ru,Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Universitetskaya emb., Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia |
| Bibliographic description | Osipova MV. Traditional Nanai and Ul’chi Paper Doll Akoa /Khakoa as an Element and Way of Forming Ethnic Identity. Humanitarian Vector. 2026;21(2):18-28. (In Russian). https://www.doi.org/10.21209/1996-7853-2026-21-2-18-28 |
| Section | History of the Сulture of Society |
| UDK | УДК 391.4 |
| DOI | https://www.doi.org/10.21209/1996-7853-2026-21-2-18-28 |
| Article type | Original article |
| Annotation | This article attempts to present the traditional Nanai and Ul’chi paper doll, the aӄoã (Nan.)/haӄoã (Ul’ch.) as an ethno-marking element of the material and spiritual culture of the indigenous peoples of the Lower Amur region. This artifact of traditional Tungus-Manchu culture has received insufficient attention in Russian historiography, and is completely absent from international historiography, despite its presence in many museum collections. The existence of the aӄoã /haӄoã, intended for play and entertainment, was analyzed from ethnographic, pedagogical, and psychological perspectives, as well as from the perspective of activating children’s activity and developing their creative potential. The methodological basis of the work was the theory of psychosocial development by E. Erikson and the concept of ethnic identity by T. G. Stefanenko. Private collections prove that the traditional Nanai and Ulchi toy, aӄoã /haӄoã which artistically demonstrates the ethnocultural characteristics of peoples, is one of the means by which ethnic identity is shaped. This determined the purpose and novelty of the study, and the proposed approach to the problem is considered relevant. The primary methods for achieving this goal were field ethnography (interviews, visual methods), comparative historical methods, and descriptive methods. These methods allowed us to identify the common and specific features of the Nanai and Ulchi cultural traditions of making such toys, as well as the existence of the aӄoã /haӄoã doll in the modern context of increasing globalization and cultural unification. It made possible to highlight the increased role of aӄoã /haӄoã in popularizing the cultural heritage of their ancestors among young people. The results obtained during the study of this subject can be used in comparative studies with the same or similar items of material and spiritual culture of neighboring indigenous peoples living in the Far East, as well as other peoples of the Russian Federation. |
| Key words | the Nanai, the Ul’chi, paper doll, ethno-marking element, ethnic identity |
| Copyright holder | Osipova M.V. Все статьи журнала «Вестник ЗабГУ» публикуются на условиях лицензии Creative Commons «Attribution» («Атрибуция») 4.0 Всемирная.
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