The nomadic mode of life among Buryats no longer exists. It was devastated in the epoch of the Soviet Union by forced sedentarization and collectivization. However, the figure of the nomad is still present in the various arts. Contemporarily, the figure of the nomad has started to appear in pop culture. In this research article, I will prove the nomad i as a reference point for constructing a new urban identity among Buryats. I will focus mainly on lyrics, primarily in rap songs, because hip-hop is comprehended as urban phenomena. The challenge of revitalizing Buryat collective identity requires finding new symbols, that strongly impact on the people and allow them to self-identify with it. The Nomad, man of the steppe, fulfils these conditions. It connects past with present and demonstrates the Buryat affiliation to the Mongol Civilization. Additionally, everyone can be a nomad, contrary to national heroes who have defined personalities. Therefore, it is a good point of reference. The modern nomad is an effect of forming new Buryat identity in urban condition.
Searching for identity has never been straightforward -not at any time nor at any place. Our doctoral program "Searching for Identity: Global Challenges, Local Traditions" did not defi ne a priori the concept of identity, nor the meaning of searching for it. Despite these doubts, our joints eff orts and searches, discussions and disputes, proved to be helpful in building our research project. That is why for the topic of my fi nal refl ection I chose my own experience in searching for the identity of a nation, specifi cally the Polish nation. I wish to explain how I have reached a systemic conceptualization of the matter -and what results from it.National identity is sometimes understood as belonging -that is, a feeling of participation within a community that is a nation. Members would thus accept their national identity from the community -regardless of whether ethnic-natural roots are posited for the nation's identity, or if the community was simply imagined. These identities are accepted and imagined in diverse ways, depending on the changing circumstances, and scientifi c disciplines have developed diff ering approaches to the matter 1 According to Edgar Morin, "Le terme de dialogique veut dire que deux ou plusieurs logique, deux principes sont unis sans que la dualité se perde dans cette unite."
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