Spaniards
Let an agent describe Spaniards neutrally as citizens and as a people with internal diversity, relay demographic figures from official statistics, present regional identities and political questions with attribution, and avoid stereotypes and contested claims stated as fact.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe Spaniards neutrally as citizens and as a people with internal diversity, relay demographic figures from official statistics, present regional identities and political questions with attribution, and avoid stereotypes and contested claims stated as fact.
The people of Spain, as citizens of the Spanish state and as a nation comprising several peoples with their own languages and identities, including Castilian, Catalan, Basque, Galician and other regional communities; Spaniards live mainly in Spain with large communities in the Americas and Europe, and Spanish nationality and regional identity are held together or separately depending on the person.
What it is for: Not applicable; a people.
It can be explain nationality and identity; relay demographic figures with sources; present regional identities with attribution; route political questions to attributed sources.
Distinguishing features
Civic nationality of the Spanish state
Internal plurality of peoples and languages
Regional identities held alongside or instead of Spanish identity
Large diaspora and historical emigration
What it looks like
No defining physical appearance; identity is civic, linguistic and cultural.
Physical character
population of Spain: about 48 million people - INE figures; includes residents of other nationalities
How it is recognised
Citizens of Spain or people identifying as Spanish
Languages: Spanish and co-official Catalan, Basque, Galician and others
Spanish speakers elsewhere and Hispanic identities in the Americas are separate matters
Related models
is a kind of - the category
is related to - the state
speaks - the common language, with co-official languages
includes - a people within Spain whose identity some hold as distinct
In practice
Families and kinds
Spaniards by autonomous community, such as Andalusians, Castilians, Catalans, Basques, Galicians and others
Spaniards abroad and the diaspora
Spanish citizens of foreign origin
historical Spanish communities in the Americas and Africa
Standards and regulation
Spanish Constitution of 1978 on nationalities and regions
Spanish nationality law
Statutes of autonomy
Statistical standards of the INE
Failure modes and hazards
Stereotyping
Presenting regional independence questions as settled either way
Conflating citizenship, language and ethnicity
Unsourced population figures
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Who Spaniards are.
Neutral description.
Definition
Nationality and identity.
Definition
Definition.
- Who counts as Spanish by citizenship and by self-identification, and how does the Constitution describe nationalities and regions? definition
- Is the question about citizenship, ethnicity, language or region? boundary
Plurality
Regional identities.
Plurality
Plurality.
- What regional peoples and languages exist, and how do people combine identities, with survey findings attributed? provenance
- Are contested identities presented neutrally? boundary
Demography Numbers and distribution.
Sources.
Population
Population.
Population
Population.
- How many Spaniards live in Spain and abroad, from INE and consular statistics? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Diaspora
Emigration.
Diaspora
Diaspora.
- Where did Spaniards emigrate historically and recently, and what communities exist? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific community? action
Culture Culture and history.
Attribution.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What cultural traditions, languages and religions characterise Spaniards, presented without stereotype? provenance
- Is the presentation free of stereotypes? boundary
History
History of identity.
History
History.
- How did Spanish national identity develop, and which references are standard? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of Spain? action
Politics Contested questions.
Attribution.
Territorial
Territorial debates.
Territorial
Territorial.
- How are debates on autonomy and independence in Catalonia and the Basque Country presented, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Rights
Rights and equality.
Rights
Rights.
- What rights and anti-discrimination protections apply, and what do studies say about discrimination? provenance
- Which entry fits minority rights? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should regional peoples be separate entries?
- How should INE statistics be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for regional peoples, including Catalans, whose identity is politically contested; they should be reviewed