“Patrakeevka — a Pomor village”: local identity features of the Patrakeevka village residents, Primorsky district, the Arkhangelsk Oblast

Annotation

The article presents the research of local identity of Patrakeevka villagers (Primorsky district, Arkhangelsk Oblast). The study grounds on the fieldwork materials collected during the folklore-ethnographic expedition of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University to Patrakeevka village in 2015. In the period of globalization, a study of local communities and their identity allows to reveal traditional culture peculiarities. The village is located on the shore of the White Sea. Therefore, it has a fishing type of economy and culture. The indigenous people there belong to the local group of Pomors from the Northern Coast of the White Sea. To study local identity of the indigenous community, the author deals with traditional and trade practices, functioning of local-group nicknames and peculiarities of historical and cultural memory. The study also defines boundaries of the micro-area with Patrakeevka being its center.

About authors

Dr. Sci. (Philol.), associated professor, Department for cultural and religious studies, Higher School of Social Sciences, Humanities and International Communication. Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Arkhangelsk, Russia.

Keywords

local identification, Patrakeevka village, the White Sea, Pomors, fishing and sea-hunting culture

DOI

10.17238/issn2221-2698.2017.28.5

UDC

398