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  • 1. Barthelmess, Klaus
    et al.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    A watercolour of a stranded sperm whale from the late seventeenth century2013In: Archives of Natural History, ISSN 0260-9541, E-ISSN 1755-6260, Vol. 40, no 1, p. 38-44Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A manuscript album, known as Kungsboken, contains various documents of military relevance assembled during the rule of the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII. Among them is a watercolour depicting a stranded sperm whale. The painting is not signed or dated but is believed to have been done around 1675. It may be an illustration of a whale that was stranded on the north German coast, then part of the Swedish empire. The painting is an interesting example of anamorphosis.

  • 2. Benson, Linda
    et al.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Euroasian Studies. Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    China’s Last Nomads: The History and Culture of China’s Kazaks1998Book (Other scientific)
  • 3.
    Cianfaglione, Kevin
    et al.
    Univ Lorraine, LIEC, CNRS, F-57000 Metz, France..
    Longo, Laura
    Ca Foscari Univ Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Via Torino 155, I-30172 Venice, VE, Italy..
    Kalle, Raivo
    Univ Gastron Sci, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 9, I-12060 Pollenzo, Cuneo, Italy..
    Soukand, Renata
    Ca Foscari Univ Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Via Torino 155, I-30172 Venice, VE, Italy..
    Gras, Airy
    Inst Bot Barcelona IBB, CSIC Ajuntament Barcelona, Passeig Migdia S-N,Parc Montjuic, Barcelona 08038, Catalonia, Spain.;Univ Barcelona, Fac Farm Ciencies Alimentacio 1, Unitat Associada CSIC, Lab Bot UB,Inst Recerca Biodiversitat IRBio, Avinguda Joan XXIII,27-31, Barcelona 08028, Spain..
    Valles, Joan
    Univ Barcelona, Fac Farm Ciencies Alimentacio 1, Unitat Associada CSIC, Lab Bot UB,Inst Recerca Biodiversitat IRBio, Avinguda Joan XXIII,27-31, Barcelona 08028, Spain.;Inst Estudis Catalans, Seccio Ciencies Biol, Carrer Carme 47, Barcelona 08001, Catalonia, Spain..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Nedelcheva, Anely
    Sofia Univ St Kliment Ohridski, Dept Organ Chem & Pharmacognosy, Fac Chem & Pharm, Sofia, Bulgaria..
    Luczaj, Lukasz
    Univ Rzeszow, Inst Biol & Biotechnol, Rzeszow, Poland..
    Pieroni, Andrea
    Univ Gastron Sci, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 9, I-12060 Pollenzo, Cuneo, Italy.;Tishk Int Univ, Dept Med Anal, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq..
    Archaic Food Uses of Large Graminoids in Agro Peligno Wetlands (Abruzzo, Central Italy) Compared With the European Ethnobotanical and Archaeological Literature2022In: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.), ISSN 0277-5212, E-ISSN 1943-6246, Vol. 42, no 7, article id 88Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Large graminoid species, which often dominate wetland ecosystems with extensive and dense formations, are among the most indicative plants from the first human settlements, where they have been used (even transformed) for various functions ranging from food, cordage, weaving and other utilities. Wetland large graminoid foraging today represents one of the rarest and most archaic customs still in existence, as they have frequently disappeared following changes in society or the disappearance of marshes. These customs have (almost) disappeared in Europe, especially in Italy, following socio-economic changes and wetland reclamation; remaining uses can generally only be found in prehistoric traces. This research in Agro Peligno documents and describes for the first time the remains of these prehistoric uses, which are related to the ancient Peligni (or Paeligni) people. The data collected in the current field study were later compared with food uses of graminoids arising from a large spectrum of archaeological, ethnobotanical, and folkloric literature from other European areas, in a large sense. Problems and outlook regarding the loss of this traditional knowledge are also briefly discussed.

  • 4.
    de Vahl, Erik
    et al.
    Swedish Agr Univ, Dept Landscape Architecture Planning & Management, POM, SE-23422 Lomma, Sweden..
    Mattalia, Giulia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Univ Ca Foscari Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, I-30123 Venice, Italy..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    "Cow Healers Use It for Both Horses and Cattle": The Rise and Fall of the Ethnoveterinary Use of Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch (fam. Apiaceae) in Sweden2023In: PLANTS, E-ISSN 2223-7747, Vol. 12, no 1, article id 116Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Masterwort, Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch, is an Apiaceae species originally native to the mountain areas of central and southern Europe. Written sources show that it was used in northern Europe. This study explores the cultivation history of masterwort and its past use in Sweden. Although only few details are known about the history of this taxon, it represents a cultural relict plant of an intentionally introduced species known in Sweden as early as the Middle Ages. In Sweden, the masterwort was mainly used as an ethnoveterinary herbal remedy from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. However, medicinal manuals, pharmacopoeias and some ethnographical records indicate that it was once also used in remedies for humans. Today, this species remains as a living biocultural heritage in rural areas, especially on the surviving shielings, which were once used as mountain pastures in Dalecarlia, and at former crofts that were inhabited by cattle owners in the forest areas of southern Sweden.

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  • 5.
    de Vahl, Erik
    et al.
    Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Pom, Box 190, S-23422 Alnarp, Sweden..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Traditional uses and practices of edible cultivated Allium species (fam. Amaryllidaceae) in Sweden2022In: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, E-ISSN 1746-4269, Vol. 18, article id 14Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Background: While the utilitarian crops grown in vicarage gardens in pre-industrial Sweden have been fairly well documented, our knowledge of plants cultivated for food among the peasants and crofters is limited. Nevertheless, garden vegetables and herbs played a much more important role in the diet of the rural population from a nutritional point of view than, say, wild plants, at least in the southern part of the country. This study aims to explore the importance of edible cultivated onions, Allium, and their various cultivars and old landraces that were once-and in some cases still are-grown in home gardens.

    Methods: This study is based on documentation collected from national surveys carried out by the Swedish National Programme for Diversity of Cultivated Plants (POM), and from an intense search for references to the cultivation and use of carious onions in the historic garden literature, herbals and ethnographic records found in responses to folklife questionnaires.

    Results: The rural population in pre-industrial Sweden cultivated various kinds of bulb onions. They are known under various folk names, although their taxonomic affiliation has been unclear. Many folk taxa have been classified and named by their use, while other names refer to the practices associated with the cultivation system. These onions were often described as especially well suited for storage over winter. Onions have had a wide range of uses in Sweden. In some parts of Sweden, onions were eaten during church service in order to keep the churchgoers awake. Several types of onion have commonly been used as condiments in pickled herring dishes, spreads, sauces, foods made of blood and offal, dumplings, meat dishes and soups. Garlic was used for medicinal and magical purposes, as well as for ethnoveterinary medicine. Onion skins have traditionally been used for dyeing eggs at Easter.

    Conclusion: Genetic diversity of vegetables and garden crops represents a critical resource to achieve and maintain global food security. Therefore, ethnobiologists studying agricultural societies should place more focus on old landraces, cultivars and cultivation practices in order to understand the importance of garden crops for a society. They are an important element of sustainability.

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  • 6.
    Fredga, Karl
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Plant Ecology and Evolution.
    Stjernberg, Torsten
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    An early (1834) illustration of the wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor (Lilljeborg, 1844), from Finland2011In: Archives of Natural History, ISSN 0260-9541, E-ISSN 1755-6260, Vol. 38, no 2, p. 214-219Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor, was described as a new species by the Swedish zoologist Wilhelm Lilljeborg in 1844 from a specimen captured in Norway the year before. With the original description was a fine hand-coloured lithograph by the artist Magnus Korner. A Latin translation of the description published later that year also used an illustration by Korner, but it was of lesser quality. However, the species had been observed, described and depicted earlier, but these renderings never reached the scientific community. In 2008 and 2009 respectively, one illustration of the wood lemming made by the Finnish-born artist Wilhelm von Wright was sold twice at auctions in Stockholm. The illustration is dated 1834 and shows a specimen that was found dead at the artist's native home, Haminalaks, in Kuopio parish, Central Finland, that year. However, an accurate description of the species had already been made in 1765, by a group of young naturalists on a tour in the Swedish province Dalecarlia.

  • 7.
    Fridell, Staffan
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Scandinavian Languages.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Euroasian Studies.
    Däggdjur i svensk folklig tradition2007 (ed. 1. uppl.)Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 8.
    Gustavsson, Sven
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Slavic Languages.
    Svanberg, IngvarUppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Bosnier: en flyktinggrupp i Sverige och dess bakgrund1995Collection (editor) (Other academic)
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  • 9.
    Gustavsson, Sven
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Languages, Department of Slavic Languages.
    Svanberg, IngvarUppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Languages, Department of Slavic Languages.
    Bosnierna i Sverige och deras bakgrund. (The Bosnians in Sweden and their Background.)1995Collection (editor) (Other scientific)
  • 10.
    Gustavsson, Sven
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Languages, Department of Slavic Languages.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Euroasian Studies.
    Förord1995In: Bosnier: En flyktinggrupp i Sverige och dess bakgrund, Uppsala University , 1995, p. 178-Chapter in book (Other scientific)
  • 11.
    Gyllin, Roger
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Modern Languages, Slavic Languages.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Slaviska folk och språk2000Book (Other academic)
  • 12.
    Hällzon, Patrick
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Linguistics and Philology.
    Ötkur, Zulhayat
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Fish and Fishing in Eastern Turkestan:: A Contribution To Central Asian Ethnoichthyology2020In: International Journal of Uyghur Studies (Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi), E-ISSN 2458-827X, Vol. 16, p. 192-214Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article provides some glimpses into the importance and many uses of fish in Eastern Turkestan in the late 19th, early 20th century and today. Apart from a few scholarly articles, mainly dealing with the Loplik and Dolan, little has been published on fish among the Turkic speaking Muslims of Eastern Turkestan. According to a common perception among foreign observers in Central Asia, the sedentary Turkic Muslims of Eastern Turkestan, i.e. contemporary Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, were underutilizing the available fish resources. Despite the fact that fishing and the local population’s knowledge about fish is poorly documented, fish seems to have been used for more than food, especially along the rivers of the region. This essay reviews the historical use and economic importance of fish in Eastern Turkestan in areas like food and traditional medicine. Other aspects discussed in the text are naming, folk taxonomy, mythology and additional facets of the importance fish among the Uyghurs today. Finally, the article will also present examples from oral literature such as folktales, proverbs, poetry, folk songs and riddles mentioning fish.

  • 13.
    Hällzon, Patrick
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Linguistics and Philology.
    Ötkür, Zulhayat
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Ethnobotany and Utilization of the Oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia L. (fam. Elaeagnaceae), in Eastern Turkestan2022In: Orientalia Suecana, ISSN 0078-6578, E-ISSN 2001-7324, Vol. 71, p. 38-61Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Documentation of the utilization of trees among Turkic-speaking communities in Eastern Turkestan is sparse. This article explores the Elaeagnus angustifolia L. which historically had numerous functions and uses among Eastern Turkestani sedentary Muslims and which still plays an important role in the day-to-day life of Uyghurs.

    This tree, with the local name jigdä, provides a number of ecosystem services in the region, including provisional (food, energy, raw materials), ornamental (healing), regulating (prevention of soilerosion), and cultural (language expressions, toponyms). Several semi-domesticated or domesticated tree species were cultivated in the locals’ orchards, while others were harvested in the wild.

    Its fruits were used as food and for preparing beverages, while some of its other parts were fed to livestock, its timber and branches became materials for charcoal, handicrafts and construction, and it also served a wide range of medicinal and cosmetic purposes. The abundance of proverbs, customs and taboos related to the tree serves as an indication of the important role it played, and continues toplay, in the day-to-day life of the local population. With such a range of properties, the jigdä tree indeed qualified as a keystone species for the population of Eastern Turkistan.

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  • 14. Janson, S.
    et al.
    Wouters, J.
    Bonow, M.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Olsen, K. H.
    Population genetic structure of crucian carp (Carassius carassius) in man-made ponds and wild populations in Sweden2015In: Aquaculture International, ISSN 0967-6120, E-ISSN 1573-143X, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 359-368Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Although once popular prior to the last century, the aquaculture of crucian carp Carassius carassius (L. 1758) in Sweden gradually fell from favour. This is the first genetic comparison of crucian carp from historic man-made ponds in the Scandinavian Peninsula. The aim was to identify old populations without admixture and to compare the relationship of pond populations from different provinces in Sweden. In total, nine microsatellite loci from 234 individuals from 20 locations in varied parts of Sweden were analysed. The genetic distances of crucian carp populations indicated that the populations in the southernmost province of Sweden, Scania, shared a common history. A pond population in the province SmAyenland also showed a common inheritance with this group. In the province Uppland, further north in Sweden, the population genetic distances suggested a much more complex history of crucian carp distributions in the ponds. The data showed that there are some ponds with potentially old populations without admixture, but also that several ponds might have been stocked with fish from many sources.

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  • 15.
    Kalle, Raivo
    et al.
    Univ Gastron Sci, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 9, I-12042 Pollenzo, Italy..
    Pieroni, Andrea
    Univ Gastron Sci, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 9, I-12042 Pollenzo, Italy.;Tishk Int Univ, Med Anal Dept, 100 Meter St & Mosul Rd, Erbil 44001, Iraq..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Soukand, Renata
    Ca Foscari Univ Venice, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Via Torino 155, I-30172 Venice, Italy..
    Early Citizen Science Action in Ethnobotany: The Case of the Folk Medicine Collection of Dr. Mihkel Ostrov in the Territory of Present-Day Estonia, 1891-18932022In: PLANTS, E-ISSN 2223-7747, Vol. 11, no 3, article id 274Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Presently, collecting data through citizen science (CS) is increasingly being used in botanical, zoological and other studies. However, until now, ethnobotanical studies have underused CS data collection methods. This study analyses the results of the appeal organized by the physician Dr. Mihkel Ostrov (1863-1940), which can be considered the first-ever internationally known systematic example of ethnopharmacological data collection involving citizens. We aim to understand what factors enhanced or diminished the success of the collaboration between Ostrov and the citizens of that time. The reliability of Ostrov's collection was enhanced by the herbarium specimens (now missing) used in the identification of vernacular names. The collection describes the use of 65 species from 27 genera. The timing of its collection coincided with not only a national awakening and recently obtained high level of literacy but also the activation of civil society, people's awareness of the need to collect folklore, the voluntary willingness of newspapers to provide publishing space and later to collect data, and the use of a survey method focusing on a narrow topic. While Ostrov's only means of communication with the public was through newspapers, today, with electronic options, social media can also be used.

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  • 16.
    Kolosova, Valeria
    et al.
    Russian Acad Sci, Inst Linguist Studies, Tuchkov Pereulok 9, St Petersburg 199053, Russia..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Kalle, Raivo
    Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42, EE-51003 Tartu, Estonia..
    Strecker, Lisa
    Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Dept Anthropol, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA..
    Ozkan, Aye Mine Gencler
    Ankara Univ, Fac Pharm, Dept Pharmaceut Bot, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey..
    Pieroni, Andrea
    Univ Gastron Sci, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, I-12042 Pollenzo Bra, Italy..
    Cianfaglione, Kevin
    Univ Camerino, Sch Biosci & Vet Med, Via Pontoni 5, I-62032 Camerino, MC, Italy..
    Molnar, Zsolt
    MTA Ctr Ecol Res, Inst Ecol & Bot, Alkotmany U 2-4, H-2163 Vacratot, Hungary..
    Papp, Nora
    Univ Pecs, Dept Pharmacognosy, Rokus 2, H-7624 Pecs, Hungary..
    Luczaj, Lukasz
    Univ Rzeszow, Dept Bot, Inst Appl Biotechnol & Basic Sci, Werynia 502, PL-36100 Kolbuszowa, Poland..
    Dimitrova, Dessislava
    Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Res, Acad Georgi Bonchev Str,Bl 23, BU-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria..
    Seskauskaite, Daiva
    Vilnius Univ Kaunas, Fac Humanities, LT-60433 Sargeliai, Zaiginio Pastas, Lithuania..
    Roper, Jonathan
    Univ Tartu, Dept Estonian & Comparat Folklore, Ulikooli 16, EE-50090 Tartu, Estonia..
    Hajdari, Avni
    Univ Prishtina, Dept Biol, St Mother Teresa, Prishtine, Kosovo..
    Soukand, Renata
    Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42, EE-51003 Tartu, Estonia..
    The bear in Eurasian plant names: motivations and models2017In: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, E-ISSN 1746-4269, Vol. 13, article id 14Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Ethnolinguistic studies are important for understanding an ethnic group's ideas on the world, expressed in its language. Comparing corresponding aspects of such knowledge might help clarify problems of origin for certain concepts and words, e.g. whether they form common heritage, have an independent origin, are borrowings, or calques. The current study was conducted on the material in Slavonic, Baltic, Germanic, Romance, Finno-Ugrian, Turkic and Albanian languages. The bear was chosen as being a large, dangerous animal, important in traditional culture, whose name is widely reflected in folk plant names. The phytonyms for comparison were mostly obtained from dictionaries and other publications, and supplemented with data from databases, the co-authors' field data, and archival sources (dialect and folklore materials). More than 1200 phytonym use records (combinations of a local name and a meaning) for 364 plant and fungal taxa were recorded to help find out the reasoning behind bear-nomination in various languages, as well as differences and similarities between the patterns among them. Among the most common taxa with bear-related phytonyms were Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng., Heracieum sphondylium L., Acanthus mollis L., and Allium ursinum L., with Latin loan translation contributing a high proportion of the phytonyms. Some plants have many and various bear-related phytonyms, while others have only one or two bear names. Features like form and/or surface generated the richest pool of names, while such features as colour seemed to provoke rather few associations with bears. The unevenness of bear phytonyms in the chosen languages was not related to the size of the language nor the present occurence of the Brown Bear in the region. However, this may, at least to certain extent, be related to the amount of the historical ethnolinguistic research done on the selected languages.

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  • 17.
    Kujawska, Monika
    et al.
    Univ Lodz, Inst Ethnol & Cultural Anthropol, Lindleya 3-5, PL-90131 Lodz, Poland.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    From medicinal plant to noxious weed: Bryonia alba L. (Cucurbitaceae) in northern and eastern Europe2019In: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, E-ISSN 1746-4269, Vol. 15, article id 22Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction: White bryony, Bryonia alba L., is a relatively little known plant in the history of folk medicine and folk botany in eastern and northern Europe. The main aim of this article is to bring together data about Bryonia alba and to summarise its cultural history and folk botanical importance in eastern and northern Europe. Nowadays, this species is considered at best as an ornamental plant, and at worst as a noxious weed. However, ethnographic and historical sources show that it used to be of magical, medicinal and ritual importance in our part of Europe. Methods: A diachronic perspective was chosen in order to outline and analyse the devolution and changes in the use of B. alba, in the course of which we take into account the social, ecological and chemical aspects of the usage of this plant. We have therefore traced down and analysed published sources such as ethnographical descriptions, floras, linguistic records and topographical descriptions from northern and central-eastern Europe, particularly Scandinavia, Baltic States, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and the Balkan Peninsula. The analysed material is presented and discussed within the biocultural domains that developed in the interaction between human societies and Bryonia alba. Results and discussion: Bryonia alba has many folk names in northern and central-eastern parts of Europe: some of them refer to its medicinal properties, life form, odour, or toxicity; others to its possession by the devil. As we learn, Bryonia alba was an inexpensive surrogate for mandrake (Mandragora officinarum L.) and sold as such in the discussed parts of Europe. The folklore and medicinal properties ascribed to mandrake were passed on to white bryony due to an apparent resemblance of the roots. In ethnographic descriptions, we find a mixture of booklore, i.e. written traditions, and oral traditions concerning this species. Some of this folklore must have been an alternative stories spread by swindlers who wished to sell fake mandrake roots to people. Conclusions: Plant monographs and reviews of particular species tend to concentrate on the botanicals, which might have great useful potential. White bryony presents a precisely opposite example, being a plant that used to be of medicinal relevance and was furnished with symbolical meaning, and has nowadays preserved only its ornamental value among some urban and rural dwellers of northern Europe. Nonetheless, it might be considered as a part of the biocultural heritage in old, well-preserved gardens. It is still used as a medicine in some parts of the Balkan Peninsula.

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  • 18.
    Levinsson, Claes
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Europeiska unionens nya stater: Liten bok om EU:s nya medlemmar2004Book (Other scientific)
  • 19.
    Levinsson, Claes
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Kazakhstan-China Border Trade Thrives After Demarcation Treaty2000Report (Other scientific)
  • 20.
    Levinsson, Claes
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Litauen2004In: Europeiska unionens nya stater: Liten bok om EU:s nya medlemmar, 2004Chapter in book (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 21.
    Levinsson, Claes
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Tio nya medlemsstater i Europeiska unionen2004In: Europeiska unionens nya stater: Liten bok om EU:s nya medlemmar, SNS. Stockholm , 2004Chapter in book (Other scientific)
  • 22.
    Lidstrom, Isak
    et al.
    Stockholm Univ, Dept Hist, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Ståhlberg, Sabira
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Traditional sports and games among the Sami people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sapmi): an ethnobiological perspective2022In: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, E-ISSN 1746-4269, Vol. 18, no 1, article id 20Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction

    Modern sports equipment is nowadays manufactured industrially according to globally accepted and standardized models, but traditionally tools for play and games were prepared from materials found in the local environment. The objective of this article is to investigate various aspects of Sami local knowledge about organisms used for their material culture of traditional sports and games in northern Fennoscandia (Sapmi). What functions did the surrounding biota have in the production of equipment used in sports and games?

    Methods

    A qualitative method was used; the ethnographic literature and travel narratives have been analyzed particularly for descriptions and notes on traditional games, toys, and sports.

    Results

    Before the turn of the twentieth century, bats, balls, and skis were seldom produced in factories, but by children and adults who utilized available materials from the surrounding environment. The manufacture of tools for play and games was characterized by a rich creativity in the use of various biological and natural resources. A wide range of such resources is presented in this article, among them the bracket fungus Fomitopsis betulina, used for making balls, reindeer antlers utilized for lassoing contests, and pine bark painted with reindeer blood, prepared for playing cards. We also highlight how tools usually associated with means of transport could switch functions and serve playful and competitive purposes, such as skis made of compression pine or walking sticks of birch: The former were used in skiing races, and the latter appeared in fencing competitions.

    Conclusion

    The industrialization of the material culture of sports has been contributed to a loss of local knowledge and familiarity with locally available organic stuffs for producing equipment for play and games. By reconnecting with previous knowledge of traditional games, we discover a potentially new direction for modern sports and games, shifting from globalization to environmentalization. Such an environmentalization could permit the local environmental context define the content, meaning and structure of sports, and simultaneously enrich both sports and outdoor life.

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  • 23.
    Lidström, Isak
    et al.
    Malmo Univ, Dept Sport Sci, Nordenskioldsgatan 10, S-20506 Malmo, Sweden.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Ancient buoyancy devices in Sweden: floats made of reed, club-rush, inflated skins and animal bladders2019In: Folk life, ISSN 0430-8778, E-ISSN 1759-670X, Vol. 57, no 2, p. 85-94Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article sets out to discuss the material culture of traditional physical education from an ethnobiological point of view. The focus is on the use of reed, Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud., club-rush, Schoenoplectus lacustris L., inflated skins and animal bladders when making buoyancy devices used by children and adolescents for learning to swim. As these teaching methods occurred from thousands of years ago up to very recently, it is argued that child-related practices connected with the bio-cultural domain and arising out of human-biota interaction have noticeably transcended time and societal changes.

  • 24. Luczaj, Lukasz J.
    et al.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Koehler, Piotr
    Marsh woundwort, Stachys palustris L. (Lamiaceae): an overlooked food plant2011In: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, ISSN 0925-9864, E-ISSN 1573-5109, Vol. 58, no 5, p. 783-793Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this article is to study the geographical distribution and historical patterns of use of a little known root crop native to Europe-marsh woundwort Stachys palustris L. The species grows in wet grasslands and arable fields. It produces edible tubers. Both ethnographic literature and archival sources were searched. Seventeen reliable references concerning the consumption of S. palustris in southern and south-eastern Poland were found. The tubers were usually dried and powdered, and then added to soups or to bread dough. They were also eaten as raw snacks. The plant was used mainly during food shortages in spring, until the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century, and later only as an occasional raw snack until the 1970s. Marsh woundwort was also eaten in western Ukraine (one reference). There are many references to the edibility of marsh woundwort in the eighteenth and nineteenth century European economic botany literature, particularly in Sweden and Great Britain. These publications tried to popularize the use of S. palustris as food. However, there is no firm evidence from these countries that marsh woundwort was used as food there. Marsh woundwort was also used, throughout northern and central Europe, as pig fodder and as a medicinal plant, particularly for healing wounds. Further studies on the nutritive value of this forgotten crop should be undertaken, particularly that there is little knowledge of the chemical composition of both marsh woundwort and its Asian relative Stachys affinis widely cultivated in China as a vegetable.

  • 25. Luczaj, Lukasz
    et al.
    Pieroni, Andrea
    Tardio, Javier
    Pardo-de-Santayana, Manuel
    Soukand, Renata
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Kalle, Raivo
    Wild food plant use in 21st century Europe: the disappearance of old traditions and the search for new cuisines involving wild edibles2012In: Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, ISSN 0001-6977, E-ISSN 2083-9480, Vol. 81, no 4, p. 359-370Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this review is to present an overview of changes in the contemporary use of wild food plants in Europe, mainly using the examples of our home countries: Poland, Italy, Spain, Estonia and Sweden. We set the scene referring to the nutrition of 19th century peasants, involving many famine and emergency foods. Later we discuss such issues as children's wild snacks, the association between the decline of plant knowledge and the disappearance of plant use, the effects of over-exploitation, the decrease of the availability of plants due to ecosystem changes, land access rights for foragers and intoxication dangers. We also describe the 20th and 21st century vogues in wild plant use, particularly their shift into the domain of haute-cuisine.

  • 26. Lundberg, S.
    et al.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Stone loach in Stockholm, Sweden, and royal fish-ponds in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries2010In: Archives of Natural History, ISSN 0260-9541, E-ISSN 1755-6260, Vol. 37, no 1, p. 150-160Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The stone loach (Barbatula barbatula) occurs in three main areas in Sweden. In the north, it is found in Lapland in the River Tornealven. In the south, it is found in Skane. There are also two populations near the cities of Stockholm and Nykoping. New data suggest that these two populations originate from fish that were kept in ponds. In the 1740s King Frederick I is said to have released stone loaches from German sources in Lake Malaren, but this cannot explain its occurrence in Igelbacken near Stockholm. There is also reason to believe that it was kept in ponds at the royal castle Ulriksdal in the mid-eighteenth century. The fish was possibly imported from the king's native Germany, to be eaten as a delicacy. However, historical records tell of pond-keeping of stone loach by the Royal court in the Stockholm area during the 1680s.

  • 27.
    Lundberg, Stefan
    et al.
    Swedish Museum Nat Hist, Box 50007, S-10405 Stockholm, Sweden.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    European weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis) at Ulriksdal Palace, Stockholm, in the 1750s   2016In: Archives of Natural History, ISSN 0260-9541, E-ISSN 1755-6260, Vol. 43, no 1, p. 163-166Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 28.
    Magnus, Riin
    et al.
    Univ Tartu, Dept Semiot, Jakobi 2, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Wild Animals in Human Assistance: Historical Practices, Semiotic Grounds and Future Prospects2017In: Ethnologia Scandinavica, ISSN 0348-9698, E-ISSN 0348-9698, Vol. 47, p. 154-170Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 29.
    Mattalia, G.
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Univ Ca Foscari Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Venice, Italy..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Stahlberg, S.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Kuznetsova, N.
    Univ Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy..
    Pruse, B.
    Univ Ca Foscari Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Venice, Italy.;Vrije Univ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Kolosova, V.
    Univ Ca Foscari Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Venice, Italy..
    Aziz, M. A.
    Univ Ca Foscari Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Venice, Italy..
    Kalle, R.
    Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia..
    Soukand, R.
    Univ Ca Foscari Venezia, Dept Environm Sci Informat & Stat, Venice, Italy..
    Outdoor activities foster local plant knowledge in Karelia, NE Europe2023In: Scientific Reports, E-ISSN 2045-2322, Vol. 13, no 1, article id 8627Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Wild edible plants, particularly berries, are relevant nutritional elements in the Nordic countries. In contrast to decreasing global trends, approximately 60% of the Finnish population is actively involved in (berry) foraging. We conducted 67 interviews with Finns and Karelians living in Finnish Karelia to: (a) detect the use of wild edible plants, (b) compare those results with the published data about neighbouring Russian Karelians, and (c) document the sources of local plant knowledge. The results revealed three main findings. First, we observed a similarity in wild food plant knowledge among Karelians and Finns from Karelia. Second, we detected divergences in wild food plant knowledge among Karelians living on both sides of the Finnish-Russian border. Third, the sources of local plant knowledge include vertical transmission, acquisition through literary sources, acquisition from "green" nature shops promoting healthy lifestyles, childhood foraging activities performed during the famine period following WWII, and outdoor recreational activities. We argue that the last two types of activities in particular may have influenced knowledge and connectedness with the surrounding environment and its resources at a stage of life that is crucial for shaping adult environmental behaviours. Future research should address the role of outdoor activities in maintaining (and possibly enhancing) local ecological knowledge in the Nordic countries.

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  • 30.
    Namli, Elena
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Svanberg, IngvarUppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Religion och politik i Ryssland2012Collection (editor) (Other academic)
  • 31. Olsen, Osva
    et al.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Euroasian Studies. Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Tanning with Tormentil (Potentilla erecta): Ecological and Ethnobotanical Aspects1998Book (Other scientific)
  • 32.
    Patrick, Hällzon
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Linguistics and Philology.
    Ståhlberg, Sabira
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Glimpses of Loptuq Folk Botany:: Phytonyms and Plant Knowledge in Sven Hedin's Herbarium Notes from the Lower Tarim River Area as a Source for Ethnobiological Research2019In: Studia Orientalia Electronica, ISSN ISSN: 2323-5209, Vol. 7, p. 96-119Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This interdisciplinary study discusses the vernacular phytonyms and other ethnobiological aspects of vegetation in the Loptuq (Loplik) habitat on the Lower Tarim River. This small Turkic-speaking group lived as fisher-foragers in the Lopnor (Lop Lake) area in East Turkestan, now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Information about this unique group, and especially the folk knowledge of plants in the area, is scant. In 1900, Swedish explorer Sven Hedin collected plant voucher specimens for the Swedish Natural History Museum in Stockholm. He noted local names on herbarium labels, thus providing modern researchers a rare glimpse into the Loptuq world. As the traditional way of life is already lost and the Loptuq language almost extinct, every trace of the former culture is of significance when trying to understand the peculiarities of human habitats and survival in arid areas. The ethnobiological analysis can further contribute to other fields, such as climate change, and define the place of the Loptuq on the linguistic and cultural map of Central Asia.

  • 33.
    Peemot, Victoria Soyan
    et al.
    Univ Helsinki, Dept Finnish Finno Ugrian & Scandinavian Studies, Helsinki, Finland..
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    »Their dogs are of an alert and intelligent breed«: An Ethnocynology of Tyvan Pastoralists in Inner Asia2022In: Ethnobiology Letters, ISSN 2159-8126, Vol. 13, no 1, p. 58-67Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study presents a brief inquiry into the human-canine relationship among the Tyvan pastoralists in the Altai-Sayan Mountainous region of Inner Asia. Their co-evolution is intimately bound together, and the inter-species relationship includes several aspects and roles. The authors investigate especially the dogs’ responsibilities in taiga and steppe habitats and how the language reveals these responsibilities by focusing on distinctions between hunting dogs (aŋčï ït) and camp guarding dogs (kodančï ït). Both names point at the main tasks—hunting and guarding the seasonal campsite territory. The third category is named xava dogs; the name traces its origin to Chinese languages. Similarly, the story of a small-sized xava dog sheds a light on the Altai-Sayan Mountain region’s historical and religious connections with China.

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  • 34. Pettersson, Börge
    et al.
    Tunón, Håkan
    Uppsala University, Medicinska vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Euroasian Studies. Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Etnobiologi i Sverige1998In: Fauna och Flora, Vol. 93, p. 145-148Article in journal (Other scientific)
  • 35. Pettersson, Börge
    et al.
    Tunón, Håkan
    Uppsala University, Medicinska vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Euroasian Studies. Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Johannesört - en etnobotanisk monografi1998In: Fauna och Flora, Vol. 93, p. 201-206Article in journal (Other scientific)
  • 36.
    Rogers, John
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Arts, Department of History.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Euroasian Studies. Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Uppbrott ur agrarsamhället1998In: Lima och Transtrand: Ur två socknars historia, Malungs kommun , 1998, p. 245-262Chapter in book (Other scientific)
  • 37. Soukand, Renata
    et al.
    Kalle, Raivo
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Uninvited guests: Traditional insect repellents in Estonia used against the clothes moth Tineola bisselliella, human flea Pulex irritans and bedbug Cimex lectularius2010In: Journal of Insect Science, E-ISSN 1536-2442, Vol. 10, p. 150-Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Extensive folklore records from pre-modern Estonia give us an excellent opportunity to study a variety of local plant knowledge and plant use among the peasantry in various parts of the country. One important biocultural domain where plant knowledge has been crucial was in the various methods of combating different ectoparasites that cohabited and coexisted with humans and their domestic animals. Some of these methods were widely known (world-wide, Eurasia, Europe, Baltic Rim), while others were more local. Here we discuss ways of reducing clothes moths Tineola bisselliella (Hummel) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), human fleas Pulex irritans L. (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) and bedbugs Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) with the help of plants. Various taxa used as traditional repellents have been identified. The use of plants as repellents and their toxic principles are also discussed from a comparative perspective.

  • 38. Soukand, Renata
    et al.
    Quave, Cassandra L.
    Pieroni, Andrea
    Pardo-de-Santayana, Manuel
    Tardio, Javier
    Kalle, Raivo
    Luczaj, Lukasz
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Kolosova, Valeria
    Aceituno-Mata, Laura
    Menendez-Baceta, Gorka
    Kolodziejska-Degorska, Iwona
    Piroznikow, Ewa
    Petkevicius, Rolandas
    Hajdari, Avni
    Mustafa, Behxhet
    Plants used for making recreational tea in Europe: a review based on specific research sites2013In: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, E-ISSN 1746-4269, Vol. 9, p. 58-Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper is a review of local plants used in water infusions as aromatic and refreshing hot beverages (recreational tea) consumed in food-related settings in Europe, and not for specific medicinal purposes. The reviewed 29 areas are located across Europe, covering the post-Soviet countries, eastern and Mediterranean Europe. Altogether, 142 taxa belonging to 99 genera and 40 families were reported. The most important families for making herbal tea in all research areas were Lamiaceae and Asteraceae, while Rosaceae was popular only in eastern and central Europe. With regards to botanical genera, the dominant taxa included Mentha, Tilia, Thymus, Origanum, Rubus and Matricaria. The clear favorite was Origanum vulgare L., mentioned in 61% of the regions. Regionally, other important taxa included Rubus idaeus L. in eastern Europe, Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All. in southern Europe and Rosa canina L. in central Europe. Future research on the pharmacological, nutritional and chemical properties of the plants most frequently used in the tea-making process is essential to ensure their safety and appropriateness for daily consumption. Moreover, regional studies dedicated to the study of local plants used for making recreational tea are important to improve our understanding of their selection criteria, cultural importance and perceived properties in Europe and abroad.

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  • 39. Strand, Johnny
    Björnen: en dissertation under Lars Roberg ; översättning Johnny Strand kommentarer Ingvar Svanberg och Johnny Strand2018Book (Other academic)
  • 40. Ståhlberg, Sabira
    et al.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Gathering Food from Rodent Nests in Siberia2010In: Journal of Ethnobiology, ISSN 0278-0771, E-ISSN 2162-4496, Vol. 30, no 2, p. 184-202Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This historical study analyzes the little known practice of gathering food resources from rodent stores in Siberia, with comparative perspectives from northern Europe and North America. Until the 19th century, taking roots, tubers, corms, bulbs, seeds and nuts from rodent food stores was a widespread practice by several ethnic groups in Siberia to supplement their diets. Rodents in northern areas, for example the root vole (Microtus oeconomus), depend on a constant food supply and therefore collect large quantities of plants in their underground caches. Often, but not only during colder seasons, Siberian peoples collected these high-quality plant parts from the voles. Some plundered the stores completely, but others left food or other objects for the animals so that they would survive and gather more the following year. In the circumpolar area ceremonies were held, presenting the rodents with gifts that were valued in human society.

  • 41. Ståhlberg, Sabira
    et al.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Loplyk Fishermen Ecological Adaptation in the Taklamakan Desert2010In: Anthropos: Internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- und Sprachenkunde, ISSN 0257-9774, Vol. 105, no 2, p. 423-439Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The Loplyks form a small ethnic group previously settled at the Lop Lake (Lop Nor) in the Tarim Basin. With an economy based on fishing, this semi-nomadic Turkic group adapted to the arid conditions and scarce biological resources at the fringe of the Taklamakan desert. In the late nineteenth century, foreign travellers observed that they could fulfil most of their material needs through the use of available plants, animals, and fish species. Anthropogenic pressure and climate change have dried Lop Nor and forced the Loplyks to turn into farmers. This article discusses their adaptation strategies from an ethnobiological viewpoint.

  • 42.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early Colonists2021In: Ethnobiology Letters, ISSN 2159-8126, Vol. 12, no 1, p. 12-13Article, book review (Other academic)
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  • 43.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Adhyg2011In: Ethnic Groups in Europe: An Encyclopedia / [ed] Jeffrey E. Cole, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011, p. 5-6Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 44.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Alis katt2011In: Perspektiv på islam: en vänbok till Christer Hedin / [ed] Susanne Olsson och Simon Sorgenfrei, Stockholm: Dialogos Förlag, 2011, p. 160-166Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 45.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Arctic Loon2014In: Antarctica and the Arctic Circle: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions, Vol. 1 / [ed] Andrew Hund, Santa Barbara. CA: BC-CLIO/Greenwood , 2014Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 46.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Arvet efter Boyan Bay: hästen i Centralasien2010In: Kentauren: om interaktion mellan häst och människa / [ed] Johanna Bornemark och Ulla Ekström von Essen, Huddinge: Centrum för praktisk kunskap, Södertörns högskola , 2010, p. 142, 218-154, 220Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 47.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Balkar2011In: Ethnic Groups in Europe: An Encyclopedia / [ed] Jeffrey E. Cole, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011, p. 33-35Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 48.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Bashkir2011In: Ethnic Groups in Europe: An Encyclopedia / [ed] Jeffrey E. Cole, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011, p. 35-37Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 49.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Butterbur, Petasites hybridus2013In: Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants, vol. 1 / [ed] Christopher Cumo, Santa Barbara. CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013, p. 161-164Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 50.
    Svanberg, Ingvar
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
    Caraway, Carum carvi2013In: Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants, vol. 1 / [ed] Christopher Cumo, Santa Barbara. CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013, p. 212-215Chapter in book (Other academic)
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