Dom śląski. Kanony piękna, przestrzenie kontaktu, przemijanie
The Silesian Home. Canons of Beauty, Spaces of Contact, the Passage of Time

Summary/Abstract: The Silesian landscape is often identified with steel mill chimneys, mine shafts and red brick housing esta- tes. All these elements are branded with specific dec- line – they bring to mind the past, the history of the development of Silesian industry, capitalist industriali- sation from the turn of the nineteenth century as well as its socialist counterpart from the time of the six-year plan and the subsequent period. The discussed exam- ples of three workers’ housing estates (Giszowiec, Ni- kiszowiec and Murcki) make it possible to understand the phenomenon of moulding socio-cultural commu- nities – strongly integrated, living according to identi- cal models, observing the same rhythm of daily life and celebrating the same cycle of festivities. First and fore- most, these were communities associated with asingle employer-patron. Contemporary redesigning as arule obliterates the character of the described houses and estates, as exemplified by the loss of the lauba and, as aconsequence, asocially important space of contact. The spirit of the Silesian home is retained more in the people, their stories, family histories, manner of perce- iving the world and the cherished system of values.

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