Social autonomy in the Tuvan ethnic group (experimental approach of social assessment of small communities)
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- International academic journal «Ethnic Culture». Volume 5
- Author:
- Vera A. Gnevasheva 1
- Work direction:
- Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
- Pages:
- 8-14
- Received: 22 March 2023 / Accepted: 6 May 2023 / Published: 24 May 2023
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1 Institute of Demographic Research - a separate subdivision of the Federal Research Sociological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IRD FRSC RAS)
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Gnevasheva V. A. (2023). Social autonomy in the Tuvan ethnic group (experimental approach of social assessment of small communities). Ethnic Culture, 5(2), 8-14. EDN: KVTSXB. https://doi.org/10.31483/r-105827
UDC 316.6:347.61:311(571.52)
DOI: 10.31483/r-105827
Abstract
In the work on the Tuvan material, the problem of loneliness is considered. The purpose of the study is to identify the social aspects of social autonomy. The study sets the task of determining the social prerequisites for social autonomy in the context of the role of the family as a small social group and its social function in the formation of the social inclusion of the individual with the subsequent formation of their own social relationships, family guidelines and family constructs. The research task is to determine the specifics, degree and nature of the manifestation of social autonomy in the context of the Tuvan ethnos as an example of a national community that has its own social history, specific traditional values, special national cults of the family, children, specific understanding of the social roles of family members. As a result of the data obtained, statistical estimates were made of the dependence of the main variables that contribute to loneliness or vice versa – reduce its risks. When studying the correlation estimates of the causes of loneliness in the choice of respondents and their answers to the question about the closest social circle, it can be seen that in the absence of their own family, respondents often see the causes of loneliness in the absence of a favorite thing or in the person himself, while the presence of a family forms for the respondents the sphere of employment and encourages them to be as involved as possible in the issues of family and children, thereby leveling all possible causes of feeling of loneliness. The study allows us to draw a conclusion about the importance of one's own family and children in the Tuvan ethnic group. The presence of a generic, cultural, historical understanding of the family, children in the lives of the respondents reflects the social orientation and social focus on the presence of this particular social field as defining for the majority of the respondents.
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Funding Agency | Grant Number |
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| РНФ | 22-28-01980 |
| The study was carried out with the financial support of the Russian science foundation as part of the research project No 22-28-01980 “Social loneliness: modeling new family constructs”. | |
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