Slavs
Let an agent describe the Slavic peoples as a linguistic and cultural grouping with attribution, present history and demographics with sources, respect national self-designations, and present contested questions neutrally.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe the Slavic peoples as a linguistic and cultural grouping with attribution, present history and demographics with sources, respect national self-designations, and present contested questions neutrally.
An ethnolinguistic group of peoples in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe speaking Slavic languages, conventionally divided into East Slavs, West Slavs and South Slavs and including nations such as Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Czechs, Serbs, Bulgarians and Montenegrins, with historical groups such as the Czech tribes and Asia Minor Slavs; Slavic identity is linguistic and cultural, and individual nations are described by their own self-designations.
What it is for: Peoples speaking Slavic languages.
It can be describe the grouping and its branches; present history and demographics; respect self-designations; present contested questions neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Linguistic grouping
Three branches
Many nations
Shared and divergent histories
What it looks like
Not a physical thing; many peoples and nations.
How it is recognised
Speakers of Slavic languages
East, West and South branches
Neighbouring non-Slavic peoples such as Hungarians and Romanians are distinct
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - a South Slavic language
is related to - another entry on peoples
is related to - Slavic heraldry
In practice
Families and kinds
East Slavs
West Slavs
South Slavs
historical Slavic groups and tribes
Slavic diaspora communities
Standards and regulation
Census and minority definitions by country
Anti-discrimination law
Style guides on ethnonyms
Failure modes and hazards
Pan-Slavic or nationalist framing presented as fact
Stereotyping
Conflating language, ethnicity and citizenship
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 the Slavs are.
Respect.
Branches
Branches and nations.
Branches
Branches.
- Which nations belong to the East, West and South Slavic branches, and how do they describe themselves? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific nation? action
Concept
What Slavic means.
Concept
Concept.
- Is Slavic a linguistic, ethnic or cultural category, and how do scholars use the term? definition
- How does it differ from citizenship? definition
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Origins and migrations.
Origins
Origins.
- What do historians and archaeologists say about the origins and early migrations of the Slavs, and which questions are debated? provenance
- What is known about groups such as the Asia Minor Slavs or Czech tribes? provenance
Modern
Modern history.
Modern
Modern history.
- How did Slavic nations form in the modern era, and what were pan-Slavism and its critics, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Culture Languages and culture.
Context.
Languages
Slavic languages.
Languages
Languages.
- How are the Slavic languages related, and how mutually intelligible are they? provenance
- Which scripts are used? provenance
Traditions
Shared and distinct traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- Which cultural traditions are shared across Slavic peoples, and which are specific to nations, in their own terms? provenance
- Which institutions study Slavic cultures? provenance
Data Demographics and boundaries.
Sources.
Census
Population data.
Census
Census.
- How many people identify with Slavic nations, according to census data, and how do definitions vary? provenance
- How are minorities counted? boundary
Boundaries
Harmful requests.
Boundaries
Boundaries.
- Is the request stereotyping, demeaning or promoting supremacist ideas, which should be declined? boundary
- Which entry fits Slavic languages? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each Slavic nation be a separate entry?
- How should linguistic classifications be linked?
- How should contested histories be attributed?