Współcześni polscy marynarze – kręgi izolacji.
Contemporary Polish seafarers – circles of isolation

Summary/Abstract: Since the 1960s Polish sociologists have been carrying out research on seaside communities, maritime professions and maritime industry companies. Fishermen and seamen constituted a particularly interesting subject of study. The author refers to the issues of isolation which is the result of several months’ long stay on an oceangoing vessel. In the article after describing the ‘therapeutic’ (for respondents) function of research discovered during in-depth interviews with seamen, the author analyses various kinds and degrees of isolation they experience

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