Žymus KU Filologijos katedros profesorius dr. Albinas Drukteinis šiemet švenčia 70-metį. Tai labiausiai Klaipėdos universiteto vardą garsinantis dabartinės lietuvių kalbos specialistas. Nėra nė vieno lituanisto ar kalbos aktualijomis besidominčio žmogaus, kuris nežinotų mūsų Profesoriaus: jis daug metų buvo Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos komisijos narys, jos Gramatikos, rašybos ir skyrybos pakomisės pirmininkas (narys), yra parengęs leidinį „Lietuvių kalbos skyryba. Taisyklės, komentarai, patarimai“ (2020), jūreivystės terminų duomenyną, parašęs gausybę mokslo ir jo populiarinimo publikacijų, vedęs tūkstančius paskaitų, seminarų, konsultacijų... Kol gyvavo Lietuvių kalbos katedra, dr. Albinas Drukteinis buvo nepakeičiamas jos vedėjas, energingai telkęs kolegas diskusinei minčiai bei pedagoginei bendrystei.
Dabar, be kitų kalbos tvarkybos, mokslo ir ugdomųjų veiklų, daug laiko ir širdies atiduoda kraštui kaip Lietuvių kalbos draugijos Klaipėdos skyriaus pirmininkas, Klaipėdos savivaldybės Žymių žmonių, istorinių datų, įvykių įamžinimo ir gatvių pavadinimų suteikimo komisijos, KU Senato narys... Už darbą lituanistikos baruose šįmet apdovanotas Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo atminimo medaliu ir padėkos raštu.
The article analyses the role of museums in today’s society, in order to discuss features of the live reconstruction of Christmas Eve customs in Lithuanian museums. The main tasks are to analyse the visual ethnography of the Christmas Eve table, and to show how performativity in museums helps to implement the concept of the new museology in Lithuania. Empirical data were collected during participatory observations in six Lithuanian museums in 2017 and 2018. The comparative, interpretative and analytical methods were applied in the research. The result allows us to shape the museum as a space for changing and renewing the dynamic process, where a rich field of interpretations is constantly being constructed, thanks to the interaction between the educator and the participants, or to the participants alone. The museum is seen as an unpredictable space, a space for strengthening community, a play space.
Jūratės Lubienės ir Astos Leskauskaitės parengta mokomoji knyga „Šiaurės žemaičiai kretingiškiai“ (knyga ir elektroninė laikmena) – tai dar vienas svarus indėlis į minėtų leidinių seriją „Lietuvių kalbos tarmės mokyklai“. Nors žemaičių jaunimą iš esmės galima laikyti nuolatiniais aktyviaisiais tarminiais vartotojais (leidinyje pabrėžiama, kad „tarmiškai šneka visos trys kartos. Ir ne tik šeminėje, bet ir visuomennėje aplinkoje“, p. 7), tačiau tik nuolat keliant tarmės prestižą, atskleidžiant jos savitumą, sistemiškumą, įdomumą ir svarbą vaikams bei jaunimui, galima užtikrinti jos tęstinumą ateityje.
This article seeks to evaluate whether the fifth ideological filter presented in the Herman-Chomsky propaganda model in 1988 is detected when researching the activities of the online popular entertainment industry and its principles, and to what degree these activities contribute to the spread of prevailing political narratives in the West. The research investigates three popular online entertainment culture websites, whose content is evaluated based on the presence of prevailing Western narratives, and whether they are presented positively (approvingly) or negatively (disapprovingly). The results of the study reveal that although political narrative structures are detected while researching cultural content in popular online culture, they do not play a major role in the overall content, and the contribution to the spread of narratives depends on the editorial policies of the websites, and the forms of the published popular culture content.
The article presents an analysis of Lithuanian folk entomonyms (insect names). The methodological approach is based on complex linguistic research, where semasiological and onomasiological aspects are combined. The main sources of empirical material are the LKŽe and 13 dialect dictionaries. Detailed analysis of lexicographical sources helped to establish the boundaries of the thematic group of entomonyms. Entomonyms are studied as the result of a nomination and motivation process. The analysis helped to determine the relationship between motivated and unmotivated members of the thematic group, the dominant nomination types, ways, instruments, the most important features of motivation, and the variety of models of motivation.
The article is devoted to an ethnomusicological, musical-textological, and performing analysis of the traditional dance the Hutsulka. The material is an audio recording of an anonymous wedding band from the Galician-Hutsul part of the Ukrainian Carpathians, made in the first half of the 20th century. This recording is included in the album ‘Music of the Ukraine’ released by the studio Folkways Records USA (vinyl, 1951). As the oldest known audio recording of the Hutsulka, the piece ‘Hutsulka and Kozachok Dances’ is characterised by an original interpretation of the genre at the musical form-building and thematic levels. Based on an analysis of the musical form, the melodic scale and the rhythmic structure, typical features of the performance style of the Kosmach-Brustury tradition are revealed. They are especially evident in the playing by the fiddler and fuyarnist. The identity of the fiddler was established hypothetically, by comparing these data with the testimonies of respondents.
The folk song culture of southern Ukraine has only fragmentarily been studied. One of the most annoying blank spots is the traditions in areas where Ukrainian Cossack culture formed, the area of the Dnieper rapids and the adjacent territories (the lands of the modern Dnipropetrovsk region). Several expeditions were conducted there by ethnomusicologists from the 1990s to the 2020s. The article provides an overview of the main song genres obtained during these expeditions, and a general look at local song styles at the beginning of the 21st century.
According to 15th to 18th-century written sources, priests-vaidiluciai, successors to the servants of the cult of the pre-Christian religion, performed various duties, including therapeutic activities. Descriptions in sources indicate that the nature of the therapeutic assistance they provided varied according to the magic activity they performed. The healing activities of vaidiluciai have not been systematically studied. This article extends the analysis of data on the therapeutic activities of different groups of vaidiluciai in 15th to 18th-century written folk sources, and identifies the reflection of these activities in 15th to 18th-century folk medicine based on archive records and healing faith records. The research helps to trace the meaning and origin of some therapeutic methods of folk medicine, and the possible development of traditions.
The article discusses the question of whether everyday life in an ordinary small Lithuanian town is indeed inactive, stagnant, empty and immobile. Mobility in everyday life is analysed through the habits of locals in the town of Josvainiai, and relations with the nearest cities and relatives living abroad. In analysing mobility, the main focus is on areas of everyday life such as work, consumption, communication and leisure. The article analyses data from a field study carried out in Josvainiai from July 2019 to January 2020.
The article analyses proverbs that mention bread. The aim is to reveal how bread is treated in Lithuanian proverbs, and to provide an analysis of the image of bread. It analyses Lithuanian proverbs in which bread is treated as a meal, as well as symbolic meanings and the personification of bread. Stylistic analysis, interpretation and description methods are used in the preparation of the article. Material published in the compendium ‘Lithuanian Proverbs and Sayings’ was mostly used.