Regionalism as a multi-dimensional form of maintaining a local culture and language: remarks on the “New Kashubian Guide” by Tadeusz Bolduan Cover Image

Regionalizm jako wielopłaszczyznowa forma podtrzymywania kultury lokalnej i języka: uwagi do lektury „Nowego bedekera kaszubskiego” Tadeusza Bolduana
Regionalism as a multi-dimensional form of maintaining a local culture and language: remarks on the “New Kashubian Guide” by Tadeusz Bolduan

Author(s): Stanisław Puppel
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: regionalism; local culture; local language (dialect); culture-language resources; technological complex; culture-language complex

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the view is proposed that human culture appears fundamental in resolving the problem of ‘the human condition'. Its holistic nature comprises all tangible and intangible aspects, including artefacts, language and communication. It is the culture-language complex which is responsible for the generation of both collective and individual human identity via its locality expressed in a plethora of tangible¬intangible manifestations. The regionalism of this complex ought to result in special care of both institutions and individuals who, by demonstrating active involvement on a local scale, are co-responsible for the maintenance of local cultural-linguistic identity. Its vitality is, in turn, more than significant for the maintenance of identity on a larger (e.g. national, global) scale. The aforementioned aspects of regionalism are discussed here on the basis of a review of the content of an encyclopedic outline of Kashubian culture (Bedeker) authored by Tadeusz Bolduan.

  • Issue Year: 43/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 257-268
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish