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Olha Tkachenko, Ayur Zhanaev
Foreword . . . 9 Robert Sucharski
A Few Words in Way of Introduction . . . 15 Jan Kieniewicz
Experiences in Searching for the Identity of a Nation . . . 23
IINSIDER AND OUTSIDER EXPERIENCES Daria Burnasheva
Uncovering Arcticness: Experiences of Arctic Identity at Home and Abroad . . . 59 Galina Dondukova
Insider, Outsider, or In-Between? The Experience of Studying the Buryat Ethnic Identity in Poland . . . 83 Ayur Zhanaev
The Falling Rain Will Stop, The Guest Who Arrived Will Leave:
Once Again on “Insider” and “Outsider” Positions in the Buryat
Field . . . 99
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IDENTITY IN THE TEXT AND IN DISCOURSE Olha Tkachenko
Perceived Identity: Real Objectivity or Deconstruction of Dis- course? . . . 119 Irina Koluzaeva
Life 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 Bato Dondukov
Virtual Reality as Fieldwork: A Study of Buddhist Communities of Russia on the Internet . . . 155
I I IFROM PERSONAL IDENTITY TO IDENTITY OF A SCHOLAR
Kyunney Takasaeva (Künnej Takaahaj)
Refl ections on Name and Identity: “What Do You See in My Name?” . . . 179 Wojciech Cendrowski
A Blue Collar as an Ethnographer: A Few Reflections about Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Context of the Polish University . . . 205 Marzena Maciulewicz
In Search of Scientifi c Identity: Refl ections on Intercultural Partnership, Fieldwork, and Researcher’s Engagement . . . 229 Kamil Maria Wielecki
International and Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programs in the
Polish Academic Culture – Obstacles and Opportunities: Obser-
vations of a Graduate and Coordinator . . . 267
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