Digital heritage politics from the perspective of relational sociology: the case of Nüshu culture in China

Figures & data

Table 1. Selected sites for digital ethnography.

Site	Participants	Number of members	Type of site
Nushu Culture Communication Group (in Chinese: 女书文化交流群)	Folk transmitters, learners, amateurs, scholars	183 (as of 28 January, 2019); 189 (as of 30 April, 2020)	WeChat Platform
Jiangyong Nushu (in Chinese: 江永女书)	Heritage custodians, official transmitters, scholars, business practitioners with political background; a small number of folk Nushu participants	102 (as of 28 January, 2019); 134 (as of 30 April, 2020)	WeChat Platform
Nushu Culture Folk Communication and Learning House (in Chinese: 女书文化民间交流学屋)	Folk transmitters, learners, amateurs, scholars	197 (as of 28 January, 2019); 385 (as of 30 April, 2020)	QQ Platform
‘Nushu Culture’ (in Chinese: 女书文化) WeChat Official Account	Collected articles and records of various Nushu participants	1500 followers (as of January, 2019)	WeChat Platform

Figure 1. Screenshot from the official WeChat account of Jiangyong Nushu Culture Research and Management Centre.

Figure 2. Official website of the People's Government of Jiangyong County: Nüshu content.

Figure 3. Screenshots of Most Beautiful Nüshu Transmitters announcement https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CDdqHkNkouDKGaUOnYxFKA.

Figure 4. Voting pages for Most Beautiful Nüshu Transmitters.

Figure 5. Example of candidate presentation. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NTcjGqDl9JwTsWmC1ombPA.

Figure 6. WeChat: The Most Beautiful Nüshu Transmitters Awards. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8V4zQWs1SNUN2BPuTKirRg.