Siła wpływu – o nieznanej historii etnoarcheologii w Toruniu
The Power of Impact of the Unknown History Ethnoarcheology in Toruń

Summary/Abstract: The article intends to present the history and development of ethnoarchaeology courses introduced at the Mi- kołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) University (UMK) in Toruń at the onset of the 1990s. The behind the scenes aspects of the establishment of this specialization are associated directly with the impact exerted at the time upon young Toruń-based archaeologists by the New Polish Ethnology milieu – a generation of ethnographers connected with “Konteksty”, who in the course of the 1980s transformed this discipline into contemporary cultural anthropology. The recreation of the history of Toruń ethnoarchaeology required to reach for students’ record books, lists of graduates, and extant private notes and typescripts. The most important facts were reconstructed upon the basis of recollections of the trailblazers, animators, and participants of the examined events, i.e. present-day or former researchers at UMK and first graduates in this particular field. The recounted history shows the grass roots origin of the scientific activity of the Toruń-based milieu of culturally oriented prehistorians, spanning from intellectual friendships and social meetings, via an ethnoarchaeological specialization project to creating the first framework of the Department of Ethnology at UMK in Toruń.

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