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Kuchnia w Biszkeku
Kitchen in Bishkek

Author(s): Anna Gomóła, Ewa Kosowska
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: grupakulturalna.pl
Keywords: Laboratorium Kultury; Bronislaw Malinowski; Bronisław Malinowski; theory of needs; theory of culture; institutional method of cultural analysis;

Summary/Abstract: Kitchen in Bishkek is an authorised transcription of a conversation which took place in autumn 2012, in the capital of Kirgizstan. The discussion, inspired by a visit to the local museum, was concerning the problems of a cultural reception of the human reaction to biological and non-biological needs. Using Bronisław Malinowski’s conception, the authors have pondered upon a possibility of creating a theory of culture, which would make a use of local differences of reactions to universal human needs.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 12–26
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish