Между локальной и европейской идентичностью: анализ этнических групп (русские, поляки, белорусы) в Литве

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Etniškumas; Europinė tapatybė; Lietuvos baltarusiai; Lietuvos lenkia; Lietuvos rusai; Lokalinis ir Europos identitetas; Lokalinė tapatybė; Ethnicity; European Union; Europen identity; Lithuanian Poles; Lithuanian Russians; Lithunaina Beylorussians; Local and European identity; Local identity; Europos Sąjunga (European Union).

ENThe paper overviews and analyses some data collected in Lithuania in the framework of the international research project ENRI-East (ģInterplay of European, National and Regional Identities: Nations Between the States Along the New Eastern Borders of the European Unionī, www.enri-east.net) in 2008ń2011 by a consortium of 11 teams of scientific institutes of England, Slovakia, Austria, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary, Germany and Lithuania. The project was coordinated by the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys (CEASS-Center) of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna (IHS-Vienna) and primarily funded by the European Unionķs Seventh framework Programme under an FP7-SSH Grant Agreement #217227. This paper is mainly based on results of qualitative research conducted in the framework of the project among Belarusians, Poles and Russians in Lithuania, i.e. ethnic groups settled next to the borders with their historical homelands. The qualitative biographical indepth interviews were conducted in accordance to the methodological guidelines developed by ENRI-EAST team. In each ethnic group (Belarusians, Poles, Russians) 12 interviews were conducted with members of three generations (young (from 16 till 22), middle (from 35 till 50) and older generation (from 65 and older). The majority of interviews were conducted in Russian language.The Russian and Belarusian informants are mainly from Vilnius city. The informants from Polish group were interviewed in Vilnius city and Vilnius region. The interviews were conducted in July-August of 2010. The main criteria for selection of informants is their age group (generation), gender and identification with particular ethnic group. In the paper the authors discuss how informants construct their identities with Lithuania, historical homelands (Russia, Poland or Belarus) and Europe or EU. The qualitative research revealed that for informants of all generations identification with the locality, city (Vilnius), country of residence (Lithuania) is more important than with Europe or EU. Nevertheless, the identity with Europe or EU is built by most of informants of all generations. The informants of younger generation of all ethnic groups express more enthusiasm and are more positive regarding Lithuaniaķs integration into the EU. [From the publication]

• Sociologija / Sociology
• Etnologija / Ethnology