LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Erdvinė Regiono Struktūra; Etnokultūrinio regionavimo modeliai; Etnokultūrinis regionas; Etnokultūrinis regionavimas; Etnokultūrinė Regionalizacija; Kultūros Branduoys; Kultūros branduolys; Modelis; Regiono erdvinė struktūra; Ribos; Boundaries; Cultural core; Ethnocultural region; Ethnocultural regionalization; Models; Models of ethnocultural regionalization; Spatial structure of the region.
ENEthnocultural regionalization and the efforts to analyze its methods are important issues in the field of cultural geography. The discussions about the boundaries of ethnocultural regions show that this is a question of interest for the Lithuanian society. Therefore the aim of this article is to sum up and systemize the regional culture researches and the practice of regionalization. It is expected that in this way the author will conduce to the development of the system of Lithuanian cultural regions. At the beginning of the article, the conception of ethnocultural regionalism is analyzed. In the second paragraph, three basic methods of the ethnocultural regionalization are described. The final part of the article includes a description of the spatial structure of ethnocultural region: its hierarchical levels and scales and horizontal structure elements like cultural core, periphery and boundaries. [From the publication]