Etninio ir nacionalinio identiteto raiška ribinėse zonose: antropologinė perspektyva
Ethnic and national identity in border areas: anthropological approach

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the recent developments within the nation-state – the increasing processes of globalization have influenced the redefinition of state’s territoriality and the understanding of who belong to the state. It discusses the role of the territory in constructing imagined national community and recent developments, especially in the border areas where the connection between the territory and the community is not clear. The notion of border areas refers to the intimate relation between a state and a nation even after the borders of the state have changed. It is also suggested that the notion of border areas and transnationalism refer to the kin-state strategy. On the one hand, this strategy points to the imagined community as a construct based on ideas about the descent, and people living on the other side of the state’s border are perceived as ethnically the same, and only the changes in geographical borders draw the line between the nations “here” and “there”. On the other hand, some states, especially those in the Eastern and Central Europe, take an active position of linking these nations by ensuring co-nationals living in the other countries the rights that are similar to those of citizens. In this regard the kin-state strategy might be described as transnational as it crosses borders of more than one nation-state.

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