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Apie naujas ir iš naujo surandamas kalbų ir kultūrų sankirtas

Violeta Meiliūnaitė

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191 su ey o su eys VioLe a MeiLiūnai ė Lie u ių kalbos ins i u as The in e sec ion o languages and cul u es in an inc easingly globalised wo ld is one o he essen ial p e equisi es o he su i al o a unique iden i y. The Lingua F anca, which is simila o he English language and he cul u al landscape, poses impo an and u gen challenges o esea che s. I is pa icula ly impo an o ocus on shaping he pe cep ion ha he wo ld is one, bu he e a e also di e en pa s o i s his o y, cul u e, language, na ional cha ac e , e c. The Eu opean Associa ion o Dialogue Resea che s on Languages and Cul u es, ounded in 2010, he e o e se ou o s udy, dissemina e and s eng hen he di e si y o languages and cul u es. I is clea ha only a comple ely isola ed cul u e can escape he in luence o o he cul u es and expe iences. In o he wo ds, he dialogue be ween languages and cul u es is an ongoing p ocess. I 's ue ha some aspec s o i , some wo ks, emain obsole e and ecei e less a en ion o a a ie y o easons. a single g oup o ac i i ies o he associa ion o be iden i ied and included in he scien i ic ci cula ion. o he esea ch on con empo a y, ecen mani es a ions o his dialogue. In o de o p esen he la es scien i ic esea ch, he Associa ion o Recen A chi al Findings has s a ed o publish a se ies o A chi es o Languages and Cul u al Con lic s. so a he se ies can be conside ed a e alogy […] published ou books. This is he esul o a p ojec co- inanced by he Eu opean Union Funds o he s eng hening and de elopmen o he Associa ion o Resea che s on Eu opean Languages and Cul u es (p ojec no. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-05-k-01-010). Unde he e ms o he p ojec , he se ies was published in a ela i ely small ci cula ion, i was no ma ke ed, bu only dis ibu ed Pi moji knyga Vilniaus gimnazijos p o okolai (1915–1940 i 1953–1955 me ai)1 – ai kul ū os pa eldo šal inio publikacija, komen uojama moksliniais s aipsniais. ji h ough lib a ies, so i is app op ia e o b ie ly e iew i and p esen i o he eade . In collabo a ion wi h he Vilnius Vy au as he G ea Gymnasium, he p o ocols o he gymnasium om 1915 o 1940 a e p epa ed and p esen ed o he eade ( he p o ocols o 1953-1955 a e p o ided in he acsimile and he compac pla e). 1 The p o ocols o he Vilnius Vy au as he G ea Gymnasium (1915-1940 and 1953-1955 yea s) (Kalbų i kul ū ų sanki ų a chy ai 1), including he b onze o Pucho ičienė, he w i ing o i ena, he w i ing o jolan a Zaba skai ė. Vilnius: Associa ion o esea che s in Eu opean language and cul u al dialogue, 2011. 192 o he VioLe a MeiLiūnai ė Li huanian Linguis ic Ac LXVII The gymnasium o Vy au as he G ea o Vilnius ope a ed du ing a di icul pe iod o Vilnius his o y and e lec s he speci ics o Vilnius cul u e a ha ime. Al hough hese documen s ha e so a been poo ly accessible o esea che s, he Vy au as G ea Gymnasium communi y i sel is e y keen o hem o be "known by all pupils, eache s, o he membe s o he communi y, o linguis s and educa o s, educa ion specialis s and poli icians o be able o del e in o i , o i o be accessible o he whole socie y" (p. i a Miliūnai ė poin s ou ha by looking a he language o he p o ocols o he mee ings o he i s gymnasiums [...] in he eyes o hese days [...] we can see he e y you h o he Li huanian language in he new millennium communi y [...] (p. 59). i ollows, as du ing he whole pe iod co e ed by he p o ocols, he o ma ion o he common Li huanian language. he language speaks o a ce ain socie y. In he opinion o Da ius, he p o ocols pain a pic u e o a na ional communi y ha eels alued, ha is uni ed and o ganized, ha c ea es i s own li e olun a ily (p. 10). Ne e heless, his socie y exis ed unde he in luence o speci ic his o ical ci cums ances. Libe as Klimka akes a close look a hese ci cums ances and he mul ie hnic na u e o Vilnius cul u e. The au ho o he long- e m Li huanian language ex books, b onius dob o olskis, discusses he pedagogical p o isions o 1915-1939. He no es ha he p o ocols show "a g ea deal o a en ion and de o ion o he pe sonali y o he pupil, o he science and cul u e o beha iou , o he de elopmen o ac i i y and sel - eliance, o he de elopmen o cul u al awa eness and social ma u i y, o psychological aspec s o lea ning and lea ning in gene al" (p. In o he wo ds, he seeks o o m a di e se, independen ly minded pe sonali y. I he yea we e no indica ed nex o he quo e, we could easily imagine i in he con ex o 21s -cen u y educa ion. The scien i ic publica ions p esen ed in his olume p o ide new da a o cu en esea ch on common language, cul u al iden i y, he de elopmen o pedagogical hough , and he o ma ion o na ion-s a es, and upda e some aspec s ha ha e been less s udied un il now. The acsimiles o he p o ocols hemsel es a e equally impo an , as hey a e ha dly aluable ma e ial o esea che s who ha e decided o del e in o he de ails o he Vilnius colo i e o he i s hal o he 20 h cen u y. apie naujas i iš naujo su andamas kalbų i kul ū ų sanki as The second olume o he su ey […] Knygnešys, publishe , publicis Pe as Mikolainis (1868-1934) in le e s and memoi s […] o he his o y o Li huanian book publishing (1932) […]. Fo he i s ime, his book p o ides a b oade o e iew and commen a y on he li e and wo k o he bookmake and in luen ial cul u al igu e. In addi ion, he e a e many le e s om him and his acquain ances o ha ime, as well as a lis o he memo ies o Pe o Nikolae (1868-1934) himsel . In o he wo ds, he book publishes a chi al documen s ha we e a ely a ailable o scien i ic esea ch. The danguolės Mikulėnienės and Valdo Selenio s udio displays all he wo ks o Mikolainas: "book publishe , publishe , publicis , au ho o manuals, edi o o Li huanian newspape s". Howe e , i should be no ed ha un il now he e has been no scien i ic wo k (monog aph, s udy, e c.) desc ibing his pe sonali y. His le e s and memoi s we e no longe a ailable o him. as in he co espondence o many Li huanian cul u al igu es o ha ime, hei wo ks, p o isions, goals, pe sonali ies a e e ealed anew. This book al eady has encoded con inui y. desc ibing he cul u al con ex , p esen ing Mikola's wo k and i s me i s, opens up a pe spec i e o look mo e closely a he in e es s o he people's cul u e a ha ime, he opics o co espondence, he o ma ion o he Li huanian language and Li huanian w i ing, e c. In he wo ds o Selenius, co espondence e eals no only he social ne wo k o a ious publica ions, newspape s and magazines o ha pe iod, "Va po", "Viukininko", "Li huanian ideologis s" and publishing, he p oblems o publishing a icles, bu also he peculia i ies o Li huanian o ganiza ions. So he second olume o he e alogy will be a g ea s epping s one o he cu ious mind o del e in o he con ex o he ea ly 20 h cen u y, he slow p og ession and he o ma ion o mode n socie y. 2 The book, he publishe , he publicis Pe as Mikolainis (1868-1934) in le e s and memoi s (Kalbų i kul ū ų sanki ų a chy ai 2), is published by Mikulė Mikulėnienė. Vilnius: Associa ion o esea che s in Eu opean language and cul u al dialogue, 2012. This Regula ion VioLe a MeiLiūnai ė shall en e in o o ce on he day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union. The a e o Lesse Li huania and he con ibu ion o i s cul u al wo ke s o he o ma ion o G ea e Li huania is no a opic o discussion. Li le Li huania: The hi d edi ion o he se ies Pa ibio kul u y i mai3 […]. This is a collec ion o a icles on he his o y and cu en cul u al p oblems o P ussian Li huania. no by chance, he au ho o he speech Nijolė s akauskai ė asks: "Why is P ussian Li huania impo an o he cu en cul u al iden i y?" (p. 9). Ob iously, he answe can' be sho and o he poin . pa ial eplies could be any o he a icles published. new ac s abou wha seem o be well-known cul u al igu es […] joną b e kūną, yd ichą ku šai į, adalbe ą bezzenbe ge į; The esea ch o he ocabula y o Li huanian-Ge man languages, he analysis o he p oblems o P ussian Li huanian iden i y, he p esen a ion o he a i ac s o P ussian Li huanian cul u e a e e o s o show ha his was no an isola ed and simple egion. I 's cul u ally, economically, poli ically and o he wise e y complex, and ha 's why i 's so in e es ing. g asilda blažienė analyzes and publishes a documen om 1633 s o ed in he sec e s a e a chi e "P ussian cul u al he i age", e ealing new da a abou he B e kūna amily. This could be he i s s ep in in oducing mo e documen a y ma e ial abou he pe sonali y o he b a kun o he public. Ilya Lemechkin p esen s o he i s ime he 15 h-cen u y manusc ip o he Eas P ussian lexicog aphical monumen he dic iona y o Li huanian-Ge manic languages, which is also e y impo an because i pe ec ly e eals he communica ion and coope a ion o he 16 h-cen u y linguis s. A de ailed a icle by Vincen D o ino is in ended o he analysis o he lexicog aphic me hod o he Ku isaic wo d. S akauskai ė, a ūno baublio and ilja demen je o a icles discuss he cul u al sel -image o he egion and i s o ma ion in di e en pe iods. special a en ion o he p ese a ion o he e hno-cul u al he i age o he P ussian Li huanians in Eas P ussia 3 Small Li huania: cul u al esea ches in he pas (Kalbų i kul ū ų sanki ų a chy ai 3), including g asilda blažienė, nadežda Mo ozo a, and jolan a Zaba skai ė. Vilnius: Associa ion o esea che s in Eu opean language and cul u al dialogue, 2012. apie naujas i iš naujo su andamas kalbų i kul ū ų sanki as The su ey o su eys in he i s qua e o he wen ie h cen u y is linked o he con ex o Ge man na ionalism and he endencies o s eng hen local iden i y, concludes S akauskai ė (p. 195). he egion loca ed on bo h sides o he Li huanian s a e bo de s has always been in luenced by se e al cul u es […] okiška and so ie ska, okiška and bal iška e c. Demen ye desc ibes he changes in cul u e and iden i y caused by he peculia i y o his egion. Wha in luence did he in e ac ion o Ge man, So ie and Bal ic cul u al clus e s ha e on iden i y? baublys poin s ou ha he "his o y o he land o Klaipėda and Klaipėda, which began in he e hnic Bal ic lands, was o med ou side he bo de s o he o me Li huanian s a e, so he s udy o he his o ical and cul u al de elopmen o he Bal ic e hnos, i s sea ch o linguis ic and cul u al iden i y, su i al and adap a ion" could be an excellen pa allel o oday's globalisa ion (p. Li le Li huania has always been ull o Li huanian cul u al igu es. The a icles o Mikulė Mikulėnienė and Jolan as Zaba skai ė allow a be e unde s anding o he pe sonali y and ac i i ies o Bezenbe ge (1851-1922). In a sense, he en i e his o y o Li le Li huania is based on he a icles o Romano Shi oucho and Ju ijus Kos iašo as, which mo e om a chaeological inds o he analysis o he egion's So ie iza ion. The heme o he ou h edi ion o he […] Collec ion o A icles: New S udies in Languages and Cul u es[…] canno be co e ed in one pa ag aph. I didn' mean i like ha . The aim o his book is o p o ide an o e iew o he main ac i i ies o he associa ion in 2010-2012 and o p esen he mos impo an wo k done. I 's like he end o he h ee-yea epo o he associa ion, wha else has been ound in o eign a chi es, wha ideas ha e been plan ed, and so on. I wan ed o show he whole spec um om he Ldk sc ip o he beginning o he 20 h cen u y. Li huania has ne e been isola ed a whole g oup o peoples and cul u es ha e coexis ed and in e ac ed in i since ancien imes. Each o hese b ings wi h i a dis inc cul u al unde s anding ha ine i ably in luences each o he . Fo example, Miškinienė can in oduce he eade o he collec ion o Li huanian Ta a manusc ip s s o ed in Uk aine, and do ilė osko ai ė sha es insigh s abou he Li huanian olk na a i e. 4 Recen language and cul u al s udies (Kalbų i kul ū ų sanki ų a chy ai 4), sud. Viole a Meiliūnai ė, also known as Nadezhda Mo ozo a. Vilnius: Associa ion o esea che s in Eu opean language and cul u al dialogue, 2012. 196 ac a VioLe a MeiLiūnai ė Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII Ma inos Čis iako os s aipsniuose a siskleidžia Ldk s ačia ikių pa ali u ginės li e- he cha ac e is ics o he wheel. One o he mos in e es ing ecen disco e ies o he LDK Cy illic sc ip , indica ing cul u al con ac s be ween he LDK Ch is ians and he Jews, […] a ex book and dic iona y o Old Heb ew o Ch is ians w i en in Cy illic, […] is published and analyzed in an a icle by Se gei Temchin. The a icles o Viole Meiliūnai ė, As os Leskauskai ė, Ma i Me s and Gied iaus Tamaše ičius a e in ended o analyze he social, s ylis ic and geog aphical a ian s o languages. hey discuss he me hodology o he s udy and compa e he expe ience o Li huania wi h ha o o he coun ies. Fo example, Tamaše ičius poin s ou ha " iewe s and lis ene s a e mo e in e es ed in lis ening o he spon aneous, imp o ised speech o he p esen e s and pa icipan s han in he p e-a anged one" (p. 248). Me s explains how language inno a ions sp ead depending on he s eng h o people's social connec ions […] who ca ies inno a ions om one language o ano he , om one sociolec o ano he ? Vaida Bui ydienė and Lau a Lau ušai ė, who a e engaged in he analysis o ex s, e eal how he ex e lec s he as e o he language and he iden i y o he speake and he w i e . When i comes o all ou publica ions as a whole, i mus be said ha he spec um o ac i i ies o he associa ion is indeed e y wide and di icul o co e . The e o e, he se ies s a ed as one o he ac i i ies o he p ojec should be con inued. One o he closes p ospec s is he book by jou nalis Pe o Mangache abou he li e and wo k o Jono Basana ich in Bulga ia. I would open ano he page in ou own cul u e. I is expec ed ha mo e wo ks ep esen ing cul u al in e ac ion will be allowed […] because bo h in Li huania and ab oad he Li huanian Bal ic cul u e is ac i e and cons an ly in luenced by o he cul u es. I was deli e ed on Janua y 21, 1913. VioLe a MeiLiūnai ė Lie u ių kalbos ins i u as Pe o Vileišio g. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius, Li huania This Decision is add essed o he Membe S a es. [Email p o ec ed]