Transnacionalinis identitetas ir paveldas: lietuviškumas diasporoje

Čiubrinskas, Vytis

doi:10.15388/socmintvei.2005.2.5996

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“…Nostalgia became a particularly important factor for the post-war generation of emigrants, who, experiencing the condition of refugees, felt strong sentiment for their lost Lithuania. Therefore, "Ethnicity and nation were for them fixed, immutable categories to which the DP s [Displaced Persons] remained faithful" [34]. In terms of architecture, this led to their efforts to search for the Lithuanian character.…”

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The Architectural Legacy of Lithuanians in the United States during the Post-World War II Era: A Monument to the Cold War

Petrulis,

Tranavičiūtė,

Laurinaitis

2023

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The architectural heritage directly related to the refugees from Europe who came to the USA as a result of World War II is still an under-researched topic. New post-war arrivals from the displaced persons camps resulted in a sizeable growth of the already well-established Lithuanian community, infusing it with highly educated professionals. This also included many architects who needed to adapt and continue their practice in a different environment while also finding a way to be useful for the objectives of their national group. The aim of this paper is to examine the architectural legacy of the Lithuanian community in the post-war decades in the USA, emphasizing buildings that were designed with a specific aspiration to implement national character. Research finds that buildings built for the Lithuanian community carried a strong symbolical language that was a peculiar, yet enriching case, in regard to the then-dominant mid-century modernist trends. These structures show the determination of the national group to use their built environment as a medium to reinforce their identity and use architecture as a political statement. The paper proposes to interpret this politically motivated and stylistically distinctive architecture as monuments testifying to the political atmosphere of the Cold War. In this way, the heritage value of these buildings is linked not to avant-garde architectural styles, but to the political needs of a specific community in exile.

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The Architectural Legacy of Lithuanians in the United States during the Post-World War II Era: A Monument to the Cold War

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Tranavičiūtė,

Laurinaitis

2023

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“…Lietuvių emigracija į įvairias šalis mokslininkams kelia įvairių klausimų, todėl nuolatos randasi su tuo susijusių įvairių sričių tyrimų. Kol kas vyrauja sociologiniai (Martinaitis, Žvalionytė 2007;Krupickaitė, Poviliūnas 2012;Damulienė 2013;Paulauskaitė, Rudžiskienė 2013) ir antropologiniai (Čiubrinskas 2005;Kuznecovienė 2006Kuznecovienė , 2009Liubinienė 2009) tyrimai, analizuojantys emigracijos priežastis, etninės tapatybės išlaikymą ar kaitą ir pan. Tačiau daugėja ir sociolingvistinių (Norvilas 1990(Norvilas , 2013Tamošiūnaitė 2008; Jakaitė-Bulbukienė 2014, 2015a ir kt.…”

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Irish Lithuanian L1: Vocabulary Size and Signs of Its Attrition

Vaisėtaitė

2020

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Sociolinguistic research shows that Lithuanians in the diaspora notice changes in their mother tongue, especially vocabulary. Therefore, there is a need to study L1 vocabulary attrition in the Lithuanian diaspora. Since one of the main directions of current emigration is Ireland, this article seeks to answer the question of whether the signs of vocabulary attrition can be observed in the language of the first generation of Lithuanian emigrants living in Ireland, and to provide some insight into what factors might influence this trend. This paper describes and analyzes the results of the vocabulary size test of 100 Lithuanians living in Ireland and the answers to the questions of a sociolinguistic survey. The survey involved adults who left Lithuania at the age of 12 or older and consider Lithuanian as their mother tongue. The data of the target group are compared with the data of Lithuanians living in Lithuania (LL) (100 respondents). The results of both groups are compared by applying the T test, and the influence of sociolinguistic factors on vocabulary is estimated by applying regression analysis.The results have revealed that the Irish Lithuanian (IL) vocabulary is smaller than that of Lithuanians living in Lithuania (in average 60,300 and 62,100 words, respectively), and this difference is statistically significant (p = 0.048). The empirical analysis has revealed that education does not affect the size of the IL vocabulary but is significant for the LL vocabulary. The difference in vocabulary size between the IL and LL groups is mainly due to the results of those with higher university education, while the results of those with lower education are very similar in the two groups. However, the IL vocabulary positively correlates with the age of the respondents at the time of the survey (p = 0.01) and the age at the time of emigration (p = 0.006). Thus, it can be assumed that the IL vocabulary continued growing while the respondents were still living in Lithuania, but after emigration their L1 vocabulary stopped increasing. Lack of communication in Lithuanian with people in Lithuania has a negative impact on the respondents’ L1 vocabulary. Considering these results, it can be argued that there are signs of vocabulary attrition in Irish Lithuanian L1.

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Baimės atmosfera ir (ne)saugūs namai: (i)migrantų iš Lietuvos Norvegijoje atvejis

Daukšas

2020

Lithuanian Ethnology: Studies in Social Anthropology and Ethnol

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The Climate of Fear and (Un)Safe Home: The Case of Lithuanian (Im)Migrants in Norway Based on data from fieldwork carried out in Norway, in 2017, the article discusses the climate of fear that (im)migrants from Lithuania confront. (Im) migrants’ experience is based on their own experiences and on the public discourse about children allegedly taken away by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services. This has created a climate of fear. Using data from fieldwork conducted in one of the cities in northern Norway, the article reveals (im)migrant strategies and their attitudes to living in this atmosphere. Key words: migration, identity, emotions, Lithuanians in Norway.

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Transnacionalinis identitetas ir paveldas: lietuviškumas diasporoje

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The Architectural Legacy of Lithuanians in the United States during the Post-World War II Era: A Monument to the Cold War

The Architectural Legacy of Lithuanians in the United States during the Post-World War II Era: A Monument to the Cold War

Irish Lithuanian L1: Vocabulary Size and Signs of Its Attrition

Baimės atmosfera ir (ne)saugūs namai: (i)migrantų iš Lietuvos Norvegijoje atvejis

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