{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.georgians","code":"thing-q18973","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q18973/","name":"Georgians","alternateNames":["Georgians in Armenia","Khevsurians","Tushetians","Samurzaqanoans","Iranian Georgians"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A Kartvelian people native to Georgia in the South Caucasus, numbering about 4 million, who call themselves Kartvelebi, speak Georgian with its own alphabet, are mostly Orthodox Christian, and include regional subgroups such as Khevsurians, Tushetians and Samurzaqanoans as well as communities abroad such as Iranian Georgians descended from Safavid-era settlements and Georgians in Armenia, Turkey, Russia and the diaspora.","purpose":"Let an agent describe Georgians as a people using their self-designation, distinguish subgroups and diaspora communities, relay demographic, linguistic and religious information with sources, and present history and contemporary issues with attribution.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Georgian language and script","Orthodox Christian majority","Regional subgroups","Ancient statehood"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"identity","name":"Identity","description":"Who Georgians are.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Identity and subgroups.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"Who are the Georgians, what names do they use, and what subgroups exist?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the Georgian people, a subgroup, a related Kartvelian people or the US state?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"language","name":"Language and religion","description":"Language and religion.","findings":[{"id":"language-finding","name":"Language","description":"Language.","questions":[{"text":"What languages and religious communities characterise Georgians, with sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the Georgian language?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"distribution","name":"Distribution","description":"Where Georgians live.","layers":[{"id":"population","name":"Population","description":"Population.","findings":[{"id":"population-finding","name":"Population","description":"Population.","questions":[{"text":"How many Georgians live in Georgia and abroad, with census sources?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"diaspora","name":"Diaspora","description":"Diaspora and communities.","findings":[{"id":"diaspora-finding","name":"Diaspora","description":"Diaspora.","questions":[{"text":"How did communities such as the Iranian Georgians and Georgians in Turkey form?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific community?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"past","name":"Past","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"past-finding","name":"Past","description":"Past.","questions":[{"text":"How did Georgian identity develop from the ancient kingdoms through the medieval golden age to modern statehood?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"territories","name":"Territories","description":"Abkhazia and South Ossetia.","findings":[{"id":"territories-finding","name":"Territories","description":"Territories.","questions":[{"text":"How do sources describe the situation of Georgians displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation attributed and neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture and rights.","layers":[{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"What are notable features of Georgian culture, such as polyphonic singing, wine and the supra?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Georgian culture?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"rights","name":"Rights","description":"Minority and diaspora rights.","findings":[{"id":"rights-finding","name":"Rights","description":"Rights.","questions":[{"text":"What rights and issues do Georgian communities abroad face, with attribution?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific community?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe Georgian history, language, alphabet and culture from reliable sources.","Translate to and from Georgian and render its script correctly."],"mustNot":["Stereotype Georgians or attribute traits to people because of their ethnicity.","Infer a person's ethnicity from their name or appearance and act on it.","Take sides in territorial or ethnic conflicts as if contested claims were settled fact.","Misrepresent Georgian religious or cultural traditions."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing content on contested history or conflicts involving Georgians."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Ethnic identity is a source of dignity and has also been a ground for persecution.","Small nations' languages and heritage are easily misrepresented by tools built for larger ones."],"affectedParties":["Georgians in Georgia and abroad","Minorities in the region"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns a people; Georgians themselves hold their identity and heritage.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q6373590","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Kartvelian peoples","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Georgian language","type":"related","note":"the national language"},{"target":"Georgia","type":"related","note":"the country"},{"target":"Georgian Orthodox Church","type":"related","note":"the national church"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.georgians","Wikidata: Q18973 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18973)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["population in Georgia: about 3.2 million people - census 2014","total: about 4 million people - estimates"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Kartvelian people of Georgia","Regional subgroups and diaspora communities","Mingrelians, Svans and Laz are Kartvelian peoples often counted among Georgians; Georgians in the sense of the US state are unrelated","No defining physical appearance; identity is linguistic, cultural and historical."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain identity and subgroups","relay demographic figures","present history with attribution","describe diaspora communities"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Conflating Georgians with the US state","Presenting contested territorial questions as settled","Unsourced population figures","Overgeneralising subgroups"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Georgian citizenship and diaspora laws","Minority protections in Iran, Turkey and Armenia","Georgian census standards for ethnicity"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a people.","Kartlians, Kakhetians, Imeretians and other regional groups","mountain groups such as Khevsurians, Tushetians, Pshavs and Svans","Samurzaqanoans of Abkhazia","Iranian Georgians of Fereydan","Georgians in Turkey, Armenia, Russia and the diaspora","Mingrelians and Laz as related Kartvelian groups"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q18973: Georgians","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18973","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Georgians","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgians","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should mountain subgroups and Iranian Georgians be separate entries?","How should census sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming subgroups and communities; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q18973/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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