Contemporary self-identification as a “tutejszy” in southeastern Lithuania

• Authors: Vidmantas Vyšniauskas , Anna Pilarczyk-Palaitis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article raises the issue of identification as a “tutejszy” among people who live in southeastern Lithuania today. The question of how and why “tutejsi” (plural for “tutejszy”) draw identity boundaries between themselves and other people is very important due to the overall social and political changes in this region over the last century. To answer this question, qualitative field research was conducted using observation, participant observation, and in-depth interviews with the region’s inhabitants. The data analysis revealed two categories that play a role in the drawing of identity boundaries: the first relates to ethnicity and the second one relates to the value ascribed to being a “tutejszy”. Based on these two axes, the authors developed four models of “tutejszy” identification in southeastern Lithuania.

Keywords

EN

“Tutejszy”; southeastern Lithuania; Vilnius; Polish ethnic identity

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 111
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 173-198
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Vidmantas Vyšniauskas

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Anna Pilarczyk-Palaitis

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic