The article discusses the peculiarities of daily time management of people living in medium-sized Lithuanian towns. The prevailing concepts of everyday life are examined, focusing on the meanings of everyday life and time that emerge from the emic perspective of the respondents. Aspects of respondents’ daily routine rhythm, coordination of social time and planning of agendas are revealed. It shows how a resident of an average Lithuanian town organises their time in everyday life. The article analyses the data of the field survey conducted in the towns of Josvainiai and Ramygala from January 2020 to October 2020.
In Lithuania, research on folktales from an anthropological perspective is a new topic. This article aims broaden the research on traditional folktales. It highlights the methodological issues of ethnographic research of folktales as cultural heritage, and seeks to answer how ethnographic research of folktales could reveal the human phenomenon and the contexts that surround folktales. It examines the primary outcomes of ethnographic fieldwork: attitudes towards tales and perceptions of the tradition of storytelling, the role of context in defining the meaning of a tale, and the individual’s relationship to the tale, reflecting issues of interrelationship, community and identity.