TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - This article concerns people of Polish descent in the former USSR countries. Terms such as the Polonia, (ethnic) Poles, the Polish minority and others are presented and explained. The majority of those terms is burdened with “martyrological” or ideological and political overtones or, alternatively, hardly fits the local realities. Hence I am of the opinion that the most appropriate is to talk of people of Polish origin, to whom it is possible to include the Poles, the Polonia, the Polish minority, as well as people of other nationalities who cherish their Polish roots. In my opinion, it is difficult to speak of a homogeneous and cohesive culture and identity of people living abroad who refer to their Polishness, even on the level of a concrete country. The internal variability of this category makes it impossible to research as a uniform group which presents a certain type of Polishness common to its entirety, contrary to the manner of researching it in many Polish emigration studies. The study of local communities of Polish origin, which are homogeneous on the local level but illustrate the variability and gradability of Polishness on the general level, may be a possible solution to this problem. The final section of the article focuses on the difficulties in defining Polishness in the East. These difficulties involve the issue of singling out the Poles from the broad category of people of Polish origin in the East, as well as the “artificial” kindling of Polishness. The difficult economic situation of the former USSR countries, which may affect the implementation of identity strategies, is also mentioned L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/54887/PDF/WA308_75362_P368_Old-issues-new-appro_I.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Ethnologia Polona 33-34 (2012-2013) PY - 2012-2013 EP - 35 KW - Polish minority KW - former USSR KW - identity KW - ethnicity KW - locality A1 - Derlicki, Jarosław PB - Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences VL - 33-34 CY - Warszwa SP - 21 T1 - Old issues – new approaches? People of Polish descent in the former USSR countries UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/54887 ER - TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - This article consists of two parts. The first one deals with various methodological problems concerning the minority studies. The author presents the relationships between terms such as ‘poly’- and ‘multi-ethnic’ as well as ethnic/national minority and diaspora. By referring to the ‘myth of ethnic election’ and ‘collective memory’ he shows how minorities survive as ethnic units. With regard to the studies of identity, he points out several mistakes social scientists make in their approach. The second part discusses the problems of minorities. The author presents state-minority relations in the means of state approach towards its minorities and minorities. response to the state policies. The construction of minority on the institutional level is being widely discussed in terms of acquiring the ‘national culture’. The last part of the article is about various local cultures/societies existing in the frames of one minority M3 - Text J2 - Ethnologia Polona 27 (2006) PY - 2006 EP - 51 KW - minority studies KW - ethnic/diasporas KW - collective memory A1 - Derlicki, Jarosław PB - Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences VL - 27 CY - Warszawa SP - 41 T1 - Problems with minorities, minorities with problems UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/61488 ER - TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - This article focuses on the people of Polish descent in the former USSR countries. It presents the basic terms such as Polonia, ethnic Poles, Polish minority, people of Polish descent and others. Most of them are loaded with martyrologic, political and ideological meanings or don’t reflect reality. People of Polish descent are the widest category including Poles, Polonia, Polish minority, but also representatives of other nationalities, who are aware of their Polish roots. N2 - Due to the internal differentiation of Polish minority it’s impossible to study it as a homogeneous entity representing the same and common type of Polishness. It should rather be studied as a set of local communities, homogeneous on the local level. Such approach shows their variety and different levels of Polishness in general. N2 - The last part of article presents difficulties in defining the Polishness in the East (former USSR). They include both, distinguishing Poles from the people of Polish descent and artificial wakening of Polishness. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/61311/PDF/WA308_80479_P327_Nowe-podejscia-do-st_I.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Etnografia Polska 59 Z. 1-2 2015 (2016) PY - 2015 (2016) IS - 1-2 EP - 44 KW - Poles KW - minority KW - local community KW - identity KW - former USSR A1 - Derlicki, Jarosław PB - Instytut Archeolgoii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk VL - 59 CY - Warszawa SP - 31 T1 - Nowe podejścia do starych tematów? Ludność polskiego pochodzenia w krajach byłego ZSRR UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/61311 ER - TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/61885/PDF/WA308_76852_P325_Ludzie-tundry-Tozsam_I.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Etnografia Polska 57 Z. 1-2 (2013) PY - 2013 IS - 1-2 EP - 244 KW - etnografia -- czasopisma A1 - Derlicki, Jarosław PB - Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk VL - 57 CY - Warszawa SP - 237 T1 - Ludzie tundry. Tożsamość i granice etniczne na północy Syberii, Studia Ethnologica oraz aneks fotograficzny, Wojciech Lipiński, Warszawa 2011 : [recenzja] UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/61885 ER - TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/61856/PDF/WA308_76834_P325_Miedzy-diaspora-a-mn_I.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Etnografia Polska 57 Z. 1-2 (2013) PY - 2013 IS - 1-2 EP - 83 KW - diaspora KW - minority KW - ethnicity KW - Poles in the East KW - identity A1 - Derlicki, Jarosław PB - Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk VL - 57 CY - Warszawa SP - 63 T1 - Między diasporą a mniejszością etniczną i narodową. Kilka uwag na marginesie badań nie tylko polonijnych UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/61856 ER - TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - Almost one hundred years ago Waldemar Jochelson, a member of North Pacific Jesup Expedition to Siberia, wrote that Yukaghirs were on the edge of extinction. It seems however that “the edge of extinction” is quite flexible phenomenon, because more than a hundred years after his expeditions, Yukaghirs are still “dying out”. In this article I present how the discourse of “extinction” is being used by Yukaghir elite to construct the politics of identity. This discourse is being used to create the group image of Yukaghirs as the last truly honest and noble people of taiga or tundra. Drawing on the concepts of Anthony D. Smith and James Clifford I want to show that ethnic survival does not have to assume the continuity of genotype, culture and language. A group can survive even if it is of mixed descent, has lost its language and culture, as long as it remembers the past and treats adopted culture and language as its own. Many authors point-out the existence of so-called “specific ethnic elements” responsible for ethnic survival. On the one hand, we could say that Jochelson’s Yukaghirs are gone, they have all died out. On the other hand, there are still local indigenous groups who call themselves Yukaghirs. Ethnic identity was a rather abstractive idea brought to “primitive” societies by white people (Russians in this case). In the past Yukaghir speaking tribes lived among Eveny speaking and Chukchee speaking tribes. In tundra, these three groups used a common name – Khangai – tundra people. Those arguments show that assimilation, acculturation and creolization took place among Yukaghirs at every stage of their history. Apparently, purity of gens, blood and culture are myths or legends human societies are addicted in referring to, but have very little to do with ethnic survival. What matters is not the physical existence of a group, but its cultural characteristics. This allows us look at the “dying out” as a relative phenomenon L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/61774/PDF/WA308_81481_P326_Wymierajacy-Jukagirz_I.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Dying Yukaghirs. DNA, ethnicity and culture in northern Yakutia J2 - Etnografia Polska 60 Z. 1-2 (2016) PY - 2016 IS - 1-2 EP - 164 KW - Siberia KW - Yukaghirs KW - ethnic survival KW - genetic research KW - identity KW - extinction A1 - Derlicki, Jarosław PB - Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk VL - 60 CY - Warszawa SP - 149 T1 - Wymierający Jukagirzy. Geny, etniczność i kultura w północnej Jakucji UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/61774 ER - TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/61762/PDF/WA308_81473_P326_Wstep_I.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Etnografia Polska 60 Z. 1-2 (2016) PY - 2016 IS - 1-2 KW - etnografia -- czasopisma A1 - Derlicki, Jarosław PB - Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk VL - 60 CY - Warszawa SP - 5 T1 - Wstęp UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/dlibra/publication/edition/61762 ER -