The cultural and geopolitical reasons that led the Marijampole region of southwestern Lithuania to become a cradle of translation activities are discussed in the paper. Brief references regarding the cultural elite, and cultural and political activists starting from the middle of the 19th century are provided: they deserve consideration because of different incentives and goals inherent in their lifetime activities and their input into translation. Many writers of the Marijampole region who were born, educated and lived there would translate from different European languages to introduce the culture of the world to Lithuanians and encourage them to be proud of their own identity. Some of them, especially linguists, pioneered theories of translation. They conducted research on translation and analyzed various issues of translated literature. Although the article limits itself to just one region, it deals with the importance of translation activities as a strengthening factor of the nation-state and preservation of its language.
The cultural and geopolitical reasons that led the Marijampole region of southwestern Lithuania to become a cradle of translation activities are discussed in the paper. Brief references regarding the cultural elite, and cultural and political activists starting from the middle of the 19th century are provided: they deserve consideration because of different incentives and goals inherent in their lifetime activities and their input into translation. Many writers of the Marijampole region who were born, educated and lived there would translate from different European languages to introduce the culture of the world to Lithuanians and encourage them to be proud of their own identity. Some of them, especially linguists, pioneered theories of translation. They conducted research on translation and analyzed various issues of translated literature. Although the article limits itself to just one region, it deals with the importance of translation activities as a strengthening factor of the nation-state and preservation of its language.
Тематски Зборник Свакодневна култура у постсоцијалистичком периоду настао је као резултат научне сарадње Етнографског института САНУи Етнографског института и музеја БАН. Велике политичке и друштвене промене током деведесетих година 20.века озбиљно су се одразиле на свакодневну културу балканских земаља. Управо у периоду кризе, две суседне етнолошке установе, бугарска и српска, које више деценија током социјалисатичког периода нису сарађивале, отпочеле су заједнички рад на истраживању свакодневне културе. Зборник показује у ком правацу су се одвијали културни процеси у Србији и Бугарској, које су сличности и разлике међу њима, али и шта се дешава у постсоцијалистичком периоду у појединим сегментима свакодневне култура Словака, Руса и Македонаца. ; The Collection of Papers entitled ―Everyday Culture in post-socialist period is a result of collaboration between the Institute of Ethnography, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the Institute of Ethnography and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The enormous political and social changes during the 1990's influenced also everyday culture of the Balkans states. After decades of hinder, and precisely in the period of crisis, two neighboring ethnological institutions, the Bulgarian and Serbian, started to cooperate together in the study of everyday culture.The Collection of Papers demonstrates the directions of the cultural processes in Serbia and Bulgaria, accentuating the differences and similarities among the two states, and also explains the deeds within certain segments of everyday cultures of Slovaks, Russians and Macedonians. ; Зборник радова Етнографског института САНУ 22 / Collection of Papers of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 22
Зборник "Етнологија Срба у Мађарској: стање и перспективе" садржи радове са научног скупа који је под истим називом одржан 19. и 20. новембра 2010. године у Будимпешти, у организацији Српског института из Будимпеште и суорганизацији Етнографског института САНУ и Народносне секције Мађарског етнографског друштва. Овај скуп је замишљен као први у низу скупова посвећених различитим научним областима за које се сматра да су од највећег интереса за заједницу Срба у Мађарској (етнологија, лингвистика, историја и друштвене науке – социологија, политикологија, право), које ће организовати Српски институт (основан 2009. године) да би се добио преглед стања, уочили недостаци и одредили приоритети за даље истраживачке пројекте. Циљ скупа био је, дакле, критичко сумирање укупних досадашњих резултата етнолошког и етнографског рада међу Србима у Мађарској. На њему је било 17 учесника из Мађарске и Србије. У оквиру скупа, одржан је и округли сто, чији је циљ био разговор о потребама и могућностима организације даљих истраживања. ; The volume Ethnology of Serbs in Hungary: Situation and Perspectives contains papers from the scientific conference held under the same title on November 19th and 20th, 2010 in Budapest, in organization of the Serbian Institute from Budapest and co-organization of the Institute of Ethnography SASA and the Nationalities Section of the Hungarian Ethnographic Society. The conference was envisaged as the first in a serial of conferences devoted to various academic disciplines considered as highly interesting for the Serbian community in Hungary (ethnology, linguistics, history and social sciences – sociology, political science, law), to be organized by the Serbian Institute (established in 2009) in order to obtain an overview of the situation, to detect the flaws and define the priorities for further research projects. The aim of the conference was, therefore, a critical summary of the overall results of ethnologic and ethnographic work among Serbs in Hungary. There were 17 participants from Hungary and Serbia. On the same occasion a round table was held as well, aimed at discussing the needs and possibilities for organization of further research. ; A magyarországi szerbek etnológiája: helyzetkép és távlatok c. kiadvány az azonos címmel, 2010. november 19-20-án Budapesten, a budapesti Szerb Intézet szervezésében és a Szerb Tudományos és Művészeti Akadémia Néprajzi Intézetének, valamint a Magyar Néprajzi Társaság Nemzetiségi Szakosztályának társszervezésében megtartott tudományos konferencia előadásait tartalmazza. A tanácskozás annak a konferenciasorozatnak az első tagja, amelyet a 2009-ben alapított Szerb Intézet szándékai szerint azoknak a tudományágaknak fognak szentelni, melyek a legnagyobb érdeklődésre tarthatnak számot a magyarországi szerb közösség részéről (etnológia, nyelvészet, történelem és társadalomtudományok – szociológia, politológia, jogtudomány). E konferenciasorozat megszerevzésére annak érdekében kerül sor, hogy áttekintést nyerjenek e tudományágak magyarországi szerbeket érintő kutatásainak mai helyzetéről, feltárják a hiányosságokat és meghatározzák a prioritásokat a további kutatások terén. A konferencia célja így az volt, hogy a magyarországi szerbek körében végzett etnológiai és néprajzi kutatások eddigi eredményeit kritikailag összegezze. A tanácskozáson 17 előadó szerepelt Magyarországról és Szerbiából. A konferencia keretében kerekasztal megbeszélésre is sor került, melynek célja a további kutatásokra vonatkozó igények és lehetőségek megvitatása volt. ; Зборник радова Етнографског института САНУ 29 / Collection of Papers of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 29
Темат је посвећен истраживањима савременог града у Србији и Бугарској. Он се састоји из шест радова и нуди компаративну перспективу актуелних друштвених процеса у две суседне балканске земље, које повезују многобројна искуства, опредељена историјским и политичким токовима. Упоредна истраживања друштвених кретања омогућују продубљеније разумевање и праћење глобалних проце- са. У данашњем, све више глобализованом и глокализованом свету, градови доживљавају нагле промене, или прецизније – промене се ту најизразитије очитавају. Истраживачки фокус темата је на динимици савременог града, на процесуалности и променама његових друштвених пракси. ; Тhe topic of this volume is a result from The Contemporary City in Serbia and Bulgaria: Processes and Changes, a bilateral project of the Institute of Ethnography of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2014-2016). The six papers offer a comparative view of current social processes in two neighbouring Balkan countries, linked by numerous historical and political experiences. Comparative research into societal trends enables a more thorough understanding and monitoring of global processes. In today's increasingly globalised and glocalised world, towns experience sudden changes and it is in the towns that these changes are most vividly to be seen. The focus of our research is on the dynamism of the contemporary town, on processuality and changes in societal practices. ; Тема броја: Град у Србији и Бугарској: компаративно ишчитавање актуелних процеса / Topic of the issue: The Town in Serbia and Bulgaria: a Comparative Reading of Current Processes
This paper analyzes, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. It will be achieved, firstly examining, what kind of political, judicial and public opinion context towards the LGBT groups surrounds lesbian and bisexual women. Also it will be answered by analyzing, how the different informants construct the group borders, e.g. Is there an LGBT community or a lesbian and bisexual community, who belongs there, how are the group boundaries constructed inside the group and how do they shift. Also it will be answered by examining, how do different informants see the possibilities of publicity, in order to reach for bigger visibility in the LGBT community and society. The aim of the research is to analyze, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. In the theoretical part of the research is based on feminist anthropology, especially with the focus on the aspects of identity and politics of beloninging, by considering the theory of intersectionality and queer. Research methodology includes: descriptive participant observation, semi-structured and focus-groups interviews, informal conversations. The ethnography reveals, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. It shows, that in Lithuania there is quite a negative, homophobic and biphobic political and judicial context towards the LGBT questions, in which lesbian and bisexual women feel discriminated and/or invisible. The paper also reveals, how multilayered and multidimensional is an identity of lesbian and bisexual women and what different meaning does it have to the informants.
This paper analyzes, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. It will be achieved, firstly examining, what kind of political, judicial and public opinion context towards the LGBT groups surrounds lesbian and bisexual women. Also it will be answered by analyzing, how the different informants construct the group borders, e.g. Is there an LGBT community or a lesbian and bisexual community, who belongs there, how are the group boundaries constructed inside the group and how do they shift. Also it will be answered by examining, how do different informants see the possibilities of publicity, in order to reach for bigger visibility in the LGBT community and society. The aim of the research is to analyze, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. In the theoretical part of the research is based on feminist anthropology, especially with the focus on the aspects of identity and politics of beloninging, by considering the theory of intersectionality and queer. Research methodology includes: descriptive participant observation, semi-structured and focus-groups interviews, informal conversations. The ethnography reveals, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. It shows, that in Lithuania there is quite a negative, homophobic and biphobic political and judicial context towards the LGBT questions, in which lesbian and bisexual women feel discriminated and/or invisible. The paper also reveals, how multilayered and multidimensional is an identity of lesbian and bisexual women and what different meaning does it have to the informants.
This paper analyzes, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. It will be achieved, firstly examining, what kind of political, judicial and public opinion context towards the LGBT groups surrounds lesbian and bisexual women. Also it will be answered by analyzing, how the different informants construct the group borders, e.g. Is there an LGBT community or a lesbian and bisexual community, who belongs there, how are the group boundaries constructed inside the group and how do they shift. Also it will be answered by examining, how do different informants see the possibilities of publicity, in order to reach for bigger visibility in the LGBT community and society. The aim of the research is to analyze, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. In the theoretical part of the research is based on feminist anthropology, especially with the focus on the aspects of identity and politics of beloninging, by considering the theory of intersectionality and queer. Research methodology includes: descriptive participant observation, semi-structured and focus-groups interviews, informal conversations. The ethnography reveals, how and in what ways is the commonness and difference of the lesbian and bisexual women created in the context of the LGBT community as well as in the context of a broader society. It shows, that in Lithuania there is quite a negative, homophobic and biphobic political and judicial context towards the LGBT questions, in which lesbian and bisexual women feel discriminated and/or invisible. The paper also reveals, how multilayered and multidimensional is an identity of lesbian and bisexual women and what different meaning does it have to the informants.
