rketnik
Rketnik is a term used in speculative social theory to denote a framework for examining ethnic identity and cultural belonging within digital networks. It treats ethnicity less as fixed traits and more as dynamic performances negotiated through online interaction, media, and shared practices. The concept aims to analyze how online communities construct in-group and out-group boundaries, and how members mobilize symbols, rituals, and language to sustain collective identities across virtual spaces.
Etymology and scope. The word rketnik is a neologism that blends associations with ethnicity and the suffix
Core questions and methods. Researchers working with rketnik typically ask how identities are performed, negotiated, and
Reception and limitations. As a theoretical construct, rketnik is primarily used in thought experiments and niche