„Čia pas mus“ – kraštietiškumas Pietryčių Lietuvoje: Šalčininkų rajono atvejis

‘Here with us.’ Regionalism in Southeast Lithuania: The Case of the Šalčininkai District The different ways in which inhabitants of the Šalčininkai district identify with their land are analysed in this article. It is argued that the socio-cultural memory has the biggest impact on constructing and maintaining a regional identity. Some different ways in which local inhabitants construct cultural boundaries are researched. Theoretical connections between social memory, narratives and regional identity are presented and discussed in the article. Local inhabitants use two identification strategies: 1) identifying oneself as ‘local’; 2) identifying oneself as ‘local’ and possessing one clearly defined ethnic identity. Key words: regional identity, social memory, narrative, regionalism.

,,Ar iš balos tas gražumas mano prigimimo?” Mintys, kilusios skaitant tradicinei lietuvių valstiečių vyrų aprangai skirtą monografiją

‘Mirror, Mirror on the W all, Who’s the Fairest of them All?’ Thoughts on a Monograph about the Traditional Clothing of Lithuanian Peasant Men The author of the review discusses the debatable aspects of Vida Kulikauskienė’s monograph ‘Traditional Clothing of Lithuanian Peasant Men’. First, he highlights the value of the book. He notes that the book is the result of Kulikauskienė‘s longterm research into traditional peasant men’s clothing, and the reconstruction and creation of the Lithuanian national clothes in relation to it. Ethnographic fieldwork, which began in the 1960s, took place within the context of the preparation of the ‘Historical Ethnographic Atlas of Baltic National Clothes’. Until then, research into women’s traditional clothing, which had been carried out for several decades, and the well-established picture of their regional sets, contrasted with men’s clothing as depicted mostly in a variety of fragmentary literary texts. After a few years, the ethnographic information covering the entire territory of Lithuania began to appear in Kulikauskienė’s articles published in various local monographs. After supplementing the data gathered during the ethnographic field-trips with literary material, and researching in museums and archives, Kulikauskienė wrote and sucessfully defended her doctoral dissertation. At the same time, an introductory text for the ‘Historical Ethnographic Atlas of Baltic National Clothes’ was written, and maps were compiled. The atlas was published in Riga in 1985. Before that, Kulikauskienė published a series of articles on clothing, and wrote a manuscript for this monograph. The ethnologists Dr Irma Šidiškienė and Dr Dalia Bernotaitė-Beliauskienė took the initiative and prepared the final version of the manuscript, selected illustrations, and wrote footnotes and explanations.

Not Enough Sami? The Affects of Postcolonial Identity

The article explores how people identify with their ‘Saminess’. To understand this better, discourses of affects and emotions around the topic are analysed, particularly shame and inadequacy. They show how people ‘measure’ Saminess in relation to ‘proper’ Sami. I investigate here if this is a fault of a discursive dichotomy between modernity and tradition – the depiction of a traditional indigenous group forming in opposition to a coloniser’s modern identity. Key words: Sami, indigeneity, modernity, tradition, identity.

Baimės atmosfera ir (ne)saugūs namai: (i)migrantų iš Lietuvos Norvegijoje atvejis

The Climate of Fear and (Un)Safe Home: The Case of Lithuanian (Im)Migrants in Norway Based on data from fieldwork carried out in Norway, in 2017, the article discusses the climate of fear that (im)migrants from Lithuania confront. (Im) migrants’ experience is based on their own experiences and on the public discourse about children allegedly taken away by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services. This has created a climate of fear. Using data from fieldwork conducted in one of the cities in northern Norway, the article reveals (im)migrant strategies and their attitudes to living in this atmosphere. Key words: migration, identity, emotions, Lithuanians in Norway.

Ar baigėsi posocializmas Lietuvoje? Antropologija ir posocializmo transformacijų etnografija

Has Post-Socialism Ended in Lithuania? The Anthropology and Ethnography of Post-Socialist Transformations The main aim of the paper is to overview ethnographic research on post-socialist transformations in Lithuania by contextualising it within the broader framework of the field of anthropology of post-socialism. The author refers to numerous discussions in the field on the validity of the use of the term post-socialism long after the collapse of the Soviet system (Sampson 1999; Humphrey 2002; Műller 2019, etc), and discusses whether and how selected ethnographies on social cultural transformations in Lithuania after the 1990s and later use the term postsocialism, and how the period is defined conceptually and chronologically. The first part of the paper introduces discussions in anthropology on challenges in defining the post-socialist region and the chronology of post-socialism (Humphrey 2002; Buyandelgeriyn 2008; Frederiksen, Knudsen 2015; Műller 2019; Нильсен 2004, etc), as well as reflections on issues of the representation and unequal relations between the West and the East in studies of post-socialist European countries (Thelen 2011; Buchowski 2012; Cervinkova 2012; Klumbytė, Sharafutdinova 2013b; Frederiksen, Knudsen 2015, etc). These critical studies indicate that ethnographies of socialist and post-socialist East Central Europe constructed it as the ‘other’, different to the western part of the region (Thelen 2011; Buchowski 2012; Cervinkova 2012; Klumbytė, Sharafutdinova 2013b; Frederiksen, Knudsen 2015; Műller 2019; etc), and that the term post-socialist/post-socialism refers to these unequal relations between the West and the East (Cervinkova 2012; Frederiksen, Knudsen 2015; Műller 2019; etc). However, disregarding certain conceptual challenges, it is agreed that the ethnographies of social cultural transformations in post-socialist European countries are unique and important, due to their methodological approach (long-term fieldwork), and focus on people’s everyday lives and the emphasis on the interrelations of cultural, social and economic processes (Burawoy, Verdery 1999; Hann 2002; Hőrschelmann, Stenning 2008, etc).

„Visi nori to savo versliuko“: posovietinė deindustrializacija, darbas ir pragyvenimo būdai Marijampolėje

‘Everyone Wants their Own Business’: Post-Soviet Deindustrialisation, Work and Means of Liv elihood in Marijampolė This paper asks how people made their livings in the former Soviet industrial city of Marijampolė during the crisis that was caused by the deindustrialization associated with the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. It analyses aspects that helped to develop and include people in means of livelihood; the ways in which work activities produce new workplaces and have an impact on the transformation of places in Marijampolė; and transformations of the concept of work. It shows that means of livelihood that are used during a work crisis tend to expand, involve others, and form structures. Key words: work, means of livelihood, business, post-Soviet deindustrialization, Marijampolė.