European people
Let an agent handle European peoples with self-designations, sourced demographic data and neutral, non-essentialising language, and distinguish geography, citizenship and identity.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle European peoples with self-designations, sourced demographic data and neutral, non-essentialising language, and distinguish geography, citizenship and identity.
People who live in, come from or identify with Europe, comprising many nations, ethnic groups, languages and religions, such as Greeks, Cypriots, Moldovans and Channel Islanders; European identity overlaps with but is distinct from citizenship of European states or the EU.
What it is for: Describing populations and identities in Europe.
It can be identify specific European peoples by self-designation; find population and language data with sources; distinguish EU citizenship from European identity; find cultural and heritage resources.
Distinguishing features
Very diverse group
Many languages and religions
Identity is self-defined
Borders of Europe are debated
What it looks like
Not a single appearance; Europeans are diverse and cannot be identified by looks.
How it is recognised
Self-designations of peoples and nations
Censuses and surveys of identity
EU citizenship is a legal status
Related models
is a kind of - category
lives in - region
is described by - data
is related to - legal status
In practice
Families and kinds
national groups
ethnic and linguistic groups
regional and island communities
diaspora communities
minority peoples
Standards and regulation
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Failure modes and hazards
Stereotyping nations or groups
Using exonyms or contested names without care
Treating appearance as identity
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 is meant.
Self-designation first.
People
Which people.
People
People.
- Which specific people or nation is meant, and what do they call themselves? provenance
- Is the name contested? boundary
Status
Identity or citizenship.
Status
Identity and citizenship.
- Is European identity, geography or EU citizenship meant? boundary
- Which official definition applies? provenance
Data Statistics.
Figures need sources.
Population
Numbers.
Population
Population.
- How many people belong to this group, according to which census and year? provenance
- How is membership counted? definition
Languages
Languages spoken.
Languages
Languages.
- Which languages does this people speak? provenance
- Are they official or minority languages? provenance
Culture Heritage.
Cultures vary.
Heritage
Traditions.
Heritage
Heritage.
- Which cultural traditions do communities themselves highlight? provenance
- Which institutions document them? provenance
Minorities
Minority rights.
Minorities
Minority rights.
- Which minority rights protections apply to this group? provenance
- Which body monitors them? provenance
Conduct Neutral language.
Avoid stereotypes.
Stereotypes
Generalisations.
Stereotypes
Stereotypes.
- Does the request rely on stereotypes about a nation or people? boundary
- How should the agent answer with evidence and nuance? action
Contested
Disputed names.
Contested
Contested names.
- Is the group name or territory disputed? boundary
- How should each side view be attributed? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each people be a separate entry?
- How should contested names be handled?
- How should diaspora communities be linked?