Knowledge transmission patterns at the border

Background: cross-border research is a novel and important tool for detecting variability of ecological knowledge. This is especially evident in regions recently divided and annexed to different political regimes. Therefore, we conducted a study among Hutsuls, a cultural and linguistic minority grou...

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Autores: Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007, Stryamets, Nataliya|||0000-0001-8815-1783, Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380, Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:230735
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/230735
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00391-3
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biocultural diversity
Ecological Knowledge
LEK
Minority groups
TEK
Wild food plants
Wild medicinal plants
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spelling Knowledge transmission patterns at the borderethnobotany of Hutsuls living in the Carpathian Mountains of Bukovina (SW Ukraine and NE Romania)Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007Stryamets, Nataliya|||0000-0001-8815-1783Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723Biocultural diversityEcological KnowledgeLEKMinority groupsTEKWild food plantsWild medicinal plantsBackground: cross-border research is a novel and important tool for detecting variability of ecological knowledge. This is especially evident in regions recently divided and annexed to different political regimes. Therefore, we conducted a study among Hutsuls, a cultural and linguistic minority group living in Northern and Southern Bukovina (Ukraine and Romania, respectively). Indeed, in the 1940s, a border was created: Northern Bukovina was annexed by the USSR while Southern Bukovina remained part of the Kingdom of Romania. Methods: in this research, we aim to document uses of plants for food and medicinal preparations, discussing the different dynamics of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) transmission among Hutsuls living in Ukraine and Romania. Field research was conducted using convenience and snowball sampling techniques to recruit 31 Hutsuls in Ukraine and 30 in Romania for participation in semi-structured interviews regarding the use of plants for medicinal and food preparation purposes and the sources of such knowledge. Results: the interviews revealed that, despite a common cultural and linguistic background, ethnobotanical knowledge transmission occurs in different ways on each side of the border. Family is a primary source of ethnobotanical knowledge transmission on both sides of the border; however, in Romania, knowledge from other sources is very limited, whereas in Ukraine interviewees reported several other sources including books, magazines, newspapers, the Internet and television. This is especially evident when analysing the wild plants used for medicinal purposes as we found 53 taxa that were common to both, 47 used only in Ukraine and 11 used only in Romania. While Romanian Hutsuls used almost exclusively locally available plants, Ukrainian Hutsuls often reported novel plants such as Aloe vera, Aronia melanocarpa and Elaeagnus rhamnoides. Knowledge related to these plants was transferred by sources of knowledge other than oral transmission among members of the same family. Therefore, this may imply hybridization of the local body of knowledge with foreign elements originating in the Soviet context which has enriched the corpus of ethnobotanical knowledge held by Ukrainian Hutsuls. Conclusion: while ethnobotanical knowledge among Romanian Hutsuls is mainly traditional and vertically transmitted, among Ukrainian Hutsuls there is a considerable proportion of LEK that is transmitted from other (written and visual) sources of knowledge. This cross-border research reveals that despite a common cultural background, socio-political scenarios have impacted Hutsul ethnobotanical knowledge and its transmission patterns. 22020-01-0120202020-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/230735https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00391-3reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 714874open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2307352026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
ethnobotany of Hutsuls living in the Carpathian Mountains of Bukovina (SW Ukraine and NE Romania)
title Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
spellingShingle Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
Biocultural diversity
Ecological Knowledge
LEK
Minority groups
TEK
Wild food plants
Wild medicinal plants
title_short Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
title_full Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
title_fullStr Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
title_sort Knowledge transmission patterns at the border
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
Stryamets, Nataliya|||0000-0001-8815-1783
Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380
Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723
author Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
author_facet Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
Stryamets, Nataliya|||0000-0001-8815-1783
Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380
Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723
author_role author
author2 Stryamets, Nataliya|||0000-0001-8815-1783
Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380
Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biocultural diversity
Ecological Knowledge
LEK
Minority groups
TEK
Wild food plants
Wild medicinal plants
topic Biocultural diversity
Ecological Knowledge
LEK
Minority groups
TEK
Wild food plants
Wild medicinal plants
description Background: cross-border research is a novel and important tool for detecting variability of ecological knowledge. This is especially evident in regions recently divided and annexed to different political regimes. Therefore, we conducted a study among Hutsuls, a cultural and linguistic minority group living in Northern and Southern Bukovina (Ukraine and Romania, respectively). Indeed, in the 1940s, a border was created: Northern Bukovina was annexed by the USSR while Southern Bukovina remained part of the Kingdom of Romania. Methods: in this research, we aim to document uses of plants for food and medicinal preparations, discussing the different dynamics of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) transmission among Hutsuls living in Ukraine and Romania. Field research was conducted using convenience and snowball sampling techniques to recruit 31 Hutsuls in Ukraine and 30 in Romania for participation in semi-structured interviews regarding the use of plants for medicinal and food preparation purposes and the sources of such knowledge. Results: the interviews revealed that, despite a common cultural and linguistic background, ethnobotanical knowledge transmission occurs in different ways on each side of the border. Family is a primary source of ethnobotanical knowledge transmission on both sides of the border; however, in Romania, knowledge from other sources is very limited, whereas in Ukraine interviewees reported several other sources including books, magazines, newspapers, the Internet and television. This is especially evident when analysing the wild plants used for medicinal purposes as we found 53 taxa that were common to both, 47 used only in Ukraine and 11 used only in Romania. While Romanian Hutsuls used almost exclusively locally available plants, Ukrainian Hutsuls often reported novel plants such as Aloe vera, Aronia melanocarpa and Elaeagnus rhamnoides. Knowledge related to these plants was transferred by sources of knowledge other than oral transmission among members of the same family. Therefore, this may imply hybridization of the local body of knowledge with foreign elements originating in the Soviet context which has enriched the corpus of ethnobotanical knowledge held by Ukrainian Hutsuls. Conclusion: while ethnobotanical knowledge among Romanian Hutsuls is mainly traditional and vertically transmitted, among Ukrainian Hutsuls there is a considerable proportion of LEK that is transmitted from other (written and visual) sources of knowledge. This cross-border research reveals that despite a common cultural background, socio-political scenarios have impacted Hutsul ethnobotanical knowledge and its transmission patterns.
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