Recenzja książki: Obraz wsi w wyobrażeniach mieszkańców. Miejsca i ludzie
Book Review: The Picture of a Village in the Imagination of its Residents. Places and People

Summary/Abstract: The reviewed book of Dr. Elżbieta Szot-Radziszewska, Ph.D. entitled The Picture of a Village in the Imagination of its Residents. Places and People published by the Kielce University of Technology in 2013 is a summary of long-term researches conducted in 2008–2013 on residents of Kielce province. During the interviews the discussion was focused on places that were and still are important for the interviewed as well as events, stories and rituals connected with these places. The respondents talked about their village they knew from the times of their childhood and stories transferred from elderly residents, their religious, socio-economical and cultural life as well as transformations that happened in the 20th century. The subject of the study were imaginations – mental images – understood as a social fact, an important component of the cognitive process and the sensual contact with an object or place that occurs as a result of perception and valoralization of the environment. During the ethnographic field researches as well as during the analysis of the gathered material the author of the research used the method of a cognitive map. Furthermore, the study aimed at analysis of anthropological mental maps that were created on the basis of the part of the collected materials, description of places and objects, significant attitudes and behaviors of people in these areas, local rituals and magical and religious practices connected with them as well as stories treating about them.

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