LTJūsų dėmesiui pateikiame antrąjį sociokultūrinės antropologijos serijos (Studia Anthropologica II) tomą. Jame skelbiama antroji dalis mokslinių straipsnių, inspiruotų 2005 m. gegužės 19–22 KU BRIAI (bendradarbiaujant su VDU Socialinės antropologijos centru) surengtos tarptautinės mokslinės konferencijos „Baltijos regionas sociokultūrinės antropologijos bei tarpdalykinių studijų perspektyvoje“ (‘Defining Region: Baltic Area Studies from Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Perspectives’) pranešimų bei ten vykusių aktyvių diskusijų. Orientuojantis į tarptautinę leidinio skaitytojų auditoriją, visi straipsniai bei kita medžiaga skelbiami anglų kalba su lietuviškomis santraukomis [p. 7].
ENThe second volume of Studia Anthropologica, as the first one, discusses issues raised at the international conference ‘Defining Region: Baltic Area Studies from Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ held at the Klaipėda University (KU), on May 19-22, 2005. The conference was organized by Institute of Baltic Sea Region History and Archaeology (IBSRHA) in collaboration with the Center of Social Anthropology of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. More then three dozen participants from twelve different countries shared a strong commitment to promote an anthropological perspective for a better understanding of the social and cultural diversity of a rapidly changing Baltic Region, which is increasingly shaped by the global flow of people, ideas and things. The conference presented research results that are mostly based on ethnography, reflecting the current status of Baltic Area Studies. As the previous volume, Studia Anthropologica II focuses on the category of region that was essential to the conference. The articles have been prepared on the basis of papers delivered at the conference. In this volume, particular attention is paid to various aspects of the politics and practices of the disciplines of anthropology and European ethnology, especially on the ‘regional’ forms they have taken in the New Europe, in the Baltic Region and in Lithuania in particular [p. 5].