Litewska szkoła etniczna w Polsce – izolacja w obronie tożsamości

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Gynyba; Izoliacija; Kalba; Lenkija (Lenkijos karalystė. Kingdom of Poland. Poland); Lietuvių mokykla; Lietuviai Lenkijoje; Mokykla; Pasienio regionas; Tautinis tapatumas; Tautinė mažuma; Tautinė tapatybė; Tautinės mažumos; Borderland; Defense; Isolation; Language; Lithuania; Lithuanian national minority in Poland; Lithuanian school; National identity; National minorities; National minority; School.

ENMy text concerns minority schools operating on borderland – area of multinational relations. I am interested in Lithuanian minority schools in Punsk gmina (Podlaskie voivodeship). I write the way teachers and minority leaders describe their own ethnic group situation. Diagnosis included in their utterances is defnitely pessimistic, expressing anxiety about Lithuanian community, there- fore I ask questions on social functions of said schools. Is not defending minority against assimilation and polonisation their main purpose?. [From the publication]