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DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/

  • Received: 01.04.2026
  • Accepted: 04.04.2026
  • Published: ??.??.2026

BILATERIANS CIENTIFIC COOPERATION ON THE STUDY OF LITHUANIAN AND UKRAINIAN ETHNOGRAPHIC TEXTILE

KUMPIKAITĖ Eglė

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4786-8144
  • Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, associate professor,
  • Kaunas University of Technology,
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • and Design Department of Production Engineering,
  • 56, Studentu str., LT-51424, Kaunas, Lithuania,
  • Contacts: e-mail: egle.kumpikaite@ktu.lt

MILAŠIENĖ Daiva

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-1217
  • Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, senior researcher,
  • Kaunas University of Technology,
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • and Design Department of Production Engineering,
  • 56, Studentu str., LT-51424, Kaunas, Lithuania,
  • Contacts: e-mail: daiva.milasiene@ktu.l

KUTSYR Tetiana

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-0640
  • Candidate of Art Studies (Ph.D.), senior researcher,
  • Ethnology Institute of the National
  • Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
  • Folk Art Department,
  • 15, Svoboda Avenue, 79000, Lviv, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: sonechko_29@ukr.net

Abstract. The article is devoted to the analysis the investigation of Lithuanian and Ukrainian ethnographic textiles within the framework of the bilaterian interdisciplinary R&D projects «Ornamentation of West Ukrainian and Lithuanian Folk Textile: Universal and Unique Parameters» (2018—2019) and «Unique Technologies of Ethnographic Textile: Experience of Preservation in Western Ukraine and Lithuania» (2022—2023), implemented by scientists of Kaunas University of Technology and the Ethnology Institute of the NAS of Ukraine. The main attention is paid to the tasks that scientists solved within the framework of the projects, the study stages and the prospects for using the results obtained in accordance with public demands formed as a result of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ethnographic textiles were considered at several levels: as a source of information about the common historical past of Lithuania and Ukraine; as an origin of ancient textile techniques preservation; as a carrier of universal and unique ornamental schemes; and as evidence of practical experience that can be used in modern creative practice.

Lithuanian and Ukrainian scholars in 2017—2025 formed a joint archive of ethnographic textile based on the processed collections of 5 Lithuanian and 10 Ukrainian museums, wrote and published more than 20 scientific articles, 2 of which were in a publication indexed in the international database Web of Science, participated in 14 bilateral seminars, and presented research results at 25 conferences in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Croatia, and Ukraine.

In addition to scientific results, the scientists actively popularized the results of their investigation in popular science articles, in particular, on the websites of Kaunas University of Technology, the Ethnology Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; held meetings with scientists who were not involved in the projects, artisans, museum staff, and other interested persons; prepared and opened the final exhibition «Weave, sister, towels» in the Open Air Museum of Lithuania, which presented Lithuanian and Ukrainian folk towels from different ethnographic regions of both countries; participated in the documentary film creation about towels of Lithuanians and Ukrainians and activities within the framework of bilateral projects.

The cooperation of Lithuanian and Ukrainian scientists in the study of ethnographic textiles during 2017—2025 proved the effectiveness of international interdisciplinary projects in the field of studying traditional art, which contribute to expanding the geographical boundaries of research and popularizing the scientific achievements of scientists at home and abroad.

Keywords: Lithuania, Ukraine, research, ethnographic textiles, ornament, weaving, braiding.

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