Historic Memory and Civic Identity Discourses in the Region (on the Example of Khanty-mansi Autonomous Okrug Yugra)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Aim . To analyze the dynamics of transformation of historical narratives and identification meanings in regional media discourses of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Yugra in three key time periods – 2005, 2015 and 2025 and to identify interaction features of the regional and federal agenda, as well as changes in the policy of memory and symbolic policy in the context of social political challenges and national priorities. Methodology . Content and discursive analysis of media materials of the largest regional information publications of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Yugra are the key methods. The work analyzed 19,035 publications selected for three periods, using the software tool “Mediology”. The study focuses on identifying thematic categories, as well as studying the dynamics of changing narratives in the context of key news items. Results . The conducted analysis showed that in 2005–2025 the theme of the Great Patriotic War dominates, gradually being rethought and transformed due to the current events of our time. With each period, the “localization” of federal rhetoric increases, in which regional identity is integrated into the national agenda through the adaptation and reassembly of historical symbols. At the same time, a noticeable shift in priorities from independent regional narratives to federal ones is recorded, which leads to a gradual narrowing of the unique regional agenda. Research implications. The results of the study expand the understanding of the dynamics of the interaction of local and national symbolic policies. Data on the media broadcast of discourses of historical memory and civic identity in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Yugra are introduced into the scientific discussion, which makes it possible to understand more deeply the process of constructing historical memory in the regions. Conclusions are drawn that are useful for developing strategies for state memory policy, including a balance between federal and regional identities.
Author: Narine T. Tovmasyan
Institution: Surgut State University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Russian Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W7125478107