"Searching for Identity"

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Foreword 9

A Few Words in Way of Introduction 15

Jan KieniewiczExperiences in Searching for the Identity of a Nation 23

I. INSIDER AND OUTSIDER EXPERIENCESDaria BurnashevaUncovering Arcticness: Experiences of Arctic Identity at Home and Abroad 59

Galina DondukovaInsider, Outsider, or In-Between? The Experience of Studying the Buryat Ethnic Identity in Poland 83

The Falling Rain Will Stop, The Guest Who Arrived Will Leave: Once Again on “Insider” and “Outsider” Positions in the Buryat Field 99

II. IDENTITY IN THE TEXT AND IN DISCOURSEOlha TkachenkoPerceived Identity: Real Objectivity or Deconstruction of Discourse? 119

Irina KoluzaevaLife Strategies in a Wartime Borderland: Problems of Identity of People “In Between” on the Eastern Border of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the Livonian War 137

Virtual Reality as Fieldwork: A Study of Buddhist Communities of Russia on the Internet 155

III. FROM PERSONAL IDENTITY TO IDENTITY OF A SCHOLARKyunney Takasaeva (Künnej Takaahaj)Refl ections on Name and Identity: “What Do You See in My Name?” 179

A Blue Collar as an Ethnographer: A Few Reflectionsabout Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Context of the Polish University 205

Marzena MaciulewiczIn Search of Scientific Identity: Reflections on Intercultural Partnership, Fieldwork, and Researcher’s Engagement 229

International and Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programs in the Polish Academic Culture – Obstacles and Opportunities: Observations of a Graduate and Coordinator 267

IV. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AS A COMPONENT OF ACADEMIC CHANGEValeria KorablyovaImagining a Modern Poland: Lessons for Ukraine 287

Oleksiy PoluninTime Flow in the Human Mind 307

Inna SukhenkoLiterary Chernobyl as a Factor of Ecological Identity Formation: The Case of Ukraine 341

Natalia AndriichukTerminology in Inclusive Education: Its Evaluation in Ukraine 361

About the Authors 375