BDB Bertsolaritzaren datu-basea

CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................4
1.1 The research question ________________________________________________________ 4
1.2 Methodology and struct ure of this research ______________________________________ 5
1.3 Research region _____________________________________________________________ 7
2 THE CONCEPTS OF IDENTITY AND THE BASQUES ............................................. 11
2.1 About the concepts _________________________________________________________ 11
2.2 Identity and the Basques ____________________________________________________ 11
2.3 Ethnicity, ethnic group and identity ___________________________________________ 15
2.3.1 Ethnicity ______________________________________________________________________15 2.3.2 Ethnic group and community ______________________________________________________16 2.3.3 Ethnic identity __________________________________________________________________18 2.4 Nation and National identity _________________________________________________ 19
2.5 Ethnic group or nation? _____________________________________________________ 20
3 BASQUE IDENTITIES: territory, nationalism and language ....................................... 24
3.1 Basque identities and territory; 4+7=1? ________________________________________ 24

3.2 Nationalism and Basque Identities ____________________________________________ 25
3.3 Language and Basque identities: the most important ethnic marker? _______________ 30
4 METHODS AND RESEARCH MATERIAL .................................................................. 35
4.1 Fieldwork in Vitoria ________________________________________________________ 36
4.1.1 Thematic interviews _____________________________________________________________37 4.1.2 Participant Observation___________________________________________________________ 41 4.3 Analysis of the material _____________________________________________________ 41
5 ANALYSIS AND RESULTS.............................................................................................. 45
5.1 Competing and conflicting identities ___________________________________________ 45
5.2 Territory and the Basques ___________________________________________________ 50
5.3 Nationalism _______________________________________________________________ 55
5.4 Language _________________________________________________________________ 61
6 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................. 67
REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 70
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 The Interviewees
APPENDIX 2 The original framework of the interviews (in Spanish)
APPENDIX 3 The framework of the interviews (translated into English)
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. The historical Basque regions in Euskera.
Figure 2. Spain and its autonomies.
Figure 3. Traditional Basque sports, Herri Kirolak.
Figure 4. Basque flags hanging in the street.
Figure 5. Graffiti demanding an independent Basque Country.
Figure 6. Nationalist bar in Cuchilleria.
Figure 7. Protest against the Spanish state.
Figure 8. Nationalist sign on a balcony