SOVIJUS. interdisciplinary studies of culture is a peer-reviewed semi-annual journal of Lithuanian Culture Research Institute for discussing important problems of cultural development, spread and interaction of different cultures, as well as for developing the new research fields of cultural studies. The journal contains scientific articles and studies, covering the culture develop- ment and spread, cultural theory, civilisational comparativistics, social and cultural anthropol- ogy, cultural memory, cultural psychology, cultural sociology, new media culture findings as well as translations of topical texts, historical sources, reviews and conference reviews. The editorial board focuses on theoretical and methodological problems of exploring culture as well as various issues of relative fields. Articles are published in Lithuanian, English and other languages com- monly used by the academic community.

The journal is supplemented with a series of studies and monographs.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Antanas Andrijauskas (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute)

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Tadas Snuviškis (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute)

Editor of the Issue

Assoc. Prof. Odeta Žukauskienė

(Lithuanian Culture Research Institute)

English Language Editor

Markas Aurelijus Piesinas

English and French Language Editor

Isabelle Urbaitis, Dalia Aleksandravičiūtė

Layout Designer

Skaistė Ašmenavičiūtė

Front Cover

Details from Baltrušaitis’s sketch drawings

Address:

Lithuanian Culture Research Institute Saltoniškių St. 58, LT-08105, Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: editor@sovijus.lt

Tel. / fax (+370) 5 2751898

www.sovijus.lt

ISSN 2351-4728 (online version)

ISSN 2351-471X (printed version)

© Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, 2025

Editorial Board

Prof. Sekhar Basu (Delhi University, India)

Prof. Dr. Audrius Beinorius (Vilnius University)

Prof. habil. dr. Pawel Bytniewski (Maria Curie- Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland)

Prof. Annamaria Ducci (Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara, Italy)

Prof. Naglis Kardelis (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute)

Prof. Janina Kursytė-Pakulė (Latvian Academy of Sciences, University of Latvia)

Dr. Dainius Razauskas (Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore)

Dr. Romualdas Juzefovičius (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute)

Prof. habil. dr. Charles Ridoux (Université de Valenciennes – The Polytechnic University of Hauts de France)

Dr. Vytautas Rubavičius (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute)

Prof. Carles Salazar (University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)

Prof. Hidemichi Tanaka (Tohoku University, Japan)

Every article is reviewed by two reviewers

Edition 50

It is published by the

Lithuanian Culture Research Institute Saltoniškių str. 58, LT-08105, Vilnius, Lithuania

Printed by Baltijos kopija

Kareivių str. 13B, LT-09109, Vilnius, Lithuania