Open AccessKultūriniai lietuviškumo vaizdiniai Aušroje ir moksliniai kontekstai
Author(s) -
Auksuolė Čepaitienė
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
lietuvos etnologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-6522
pISSN - 1392-4028
DOI - 10.33918/25386522-1928006
Subject(s) - ethnolinguistics , lithuanian , anthropology , newspaper , discipline , relation (database) , linguistics , sociology , narrative , epistemology , philosophy , social science , media studies , computer science , database
The article analyses cultural meanings of images of Lithuanianness, asrepresented in the publications of the first illegal Lithuanian newspaperAušra (published 1883 to 1886), and their relation to scientific contexts.The past and language and daba (culture) are considered as thematic fieldsand sources of images that participate in creating the Lithuanians’ story of‘themselves’. Their instrumental capacities are different, although the 19thcenturyproto-disciplinary integrity of linguistics, history, ethnology andanthropology justifies their implicit interconnectedness. The article alsosuggests that images of forest and hill-fort encompass the idea of social andcultural evolution, and the understanding of culture as being dynamic.Key words: image of Lithuanianness, symbolic structure, scientific knowledge,theory of evolution, the Lithuanians’ story of themselves.