W poszukiwaniu nowego wizerunku województwa.Przeszłość – ożywcza czy przeklęta?
Insearch of a new image of the Province. The past– a revivifying or cursed land?

Summary/Abstract: The last two decades have opened to the inhabitants of Opole Silesia the possibility of shaping their own subjectivity and creating a new image of their region. Taking as the starting point the concept entitled „Opolskie kwitnące” („Opole Region in Bloom”) which was put forward by the local government and which is a proposal of new forms of promoting the Region in separation from its past, the author undertakes to analyze the role of the regional tradition in the last twenty year period. She underlines that the heritage to date which has made references to the ethos of the Silesian uprisings has been marginalized. Its place has been taken over by new forms of references to the past, although various groups prefer their own sets of symbols and signs. The paper presents the main forms of commemoration as well as citizens’ forms of making reference to traditions in the shape of knights’ confraternities and activities dedicated to reconstructions of historical events.

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