Hot and cold ethnicities in the Baltic states
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Martin Ehala [1] ; Anastassia Zabrodskaja [1]
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[1] University of Tartu
University of Tartu
Tartu linn, Estonia
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- Localización: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, ISSN 0143-4632, Vol. 35, Nº. 1, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: HOT AND COLD ETHNICITIES IN POST-SOVIET SPACE), págs. 76-95
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The article discusses the temperatures of the main ethnic groups in the Baltic states: Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and their three Russian-speaking communities, and the Latgalian and Polish minority groups in Latvia and Lithuania, respectively. The study uses a triangulated methodology that includes a survey questionnaire for quantitative study and an associated protocol for a semi-structured focus group interview. The aim of the methodology is to make the notion of ethnic temperature quantitatively assessable, while retaining the opportunity for a rich qualitative description to understand its nature. The quantitative analysis confirms the wide divergence of subgroups within each ethnic group, each of which has a different ethnic temperature. The (intergroup) interaction of the members of these subgroups influences both the average temperature of the in-group and the temperatures of significant out-groups. The findings are interpreted to forecast the nature of ethnic processes in the Baltic states.
