Etno-grafie, kulturo-grafie
Ethno-graphies, culture-graphies
Contributor(s): Kamila Gęsikowska (Editor), Kamil Kozakowski (Editor)
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: culture-graphies; anthropology of culture; ethnography; literary studies; linguistics;
Summary/Abstract: Ethno-graphies, culture-graphies is a publication associated with a project realised by the Department of the Theory and the History of Culture of the University of Silesia in Katowice in collaboration with the Faculty of International Polish Studies of the University of Silesia, the School of the Polish Language and Culture of the University of Silesia, the Polish Cultural Studies Association – the Katowice department, the Museum of the History of Katowice, and the Polish Academy of Learning – the Katowice station. The project, which is interdisciplinary in nature, combines anthropological, ethnographic, cultural science, historical and literature-science reflection of young researchers who represent various centres of scholarship. In 2016 and in 2017 two international scholarly conferences were organised in which speakers from countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Croatia, Russia, China and Poland participated. The publication accompanies the conferences which were organised, although it is not a conference volume.The book entitled Ethno-graphies, culture-graphies contains the works of experts in the field of culture, Indologists, linguists and the experts in the field of literature. The eponymous “ethno-graphies” do not refer to various alternative models of a discipline (ethnography). For us, both “ethno-graphies” and “culture-graphies” indicate manners of writing about culture. The word “culture-graphy” was coined as a neologism to bring out the peculiar nature of writing about phenomena which are difficult to associate with ethne in the traditional acceptation of the term but which may be considered to constitute cultural phenomena. The purpose of the texts presented in the volume is to take the reader “on a journey” – a journey from the most remote places, such as ancient India, directly to Upper Silesia.
Series: Nauki społeczne
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-226-3430-1
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-226-3429-5
- Page Count: 178
- Publication Year: 2018
- Language: Polish
Indeks osobowy, Noty o autorach
Indeks osobowy, Noty o autorach
(Person index, Notes about authors)
- Author(s):Not Specified Author
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Social Sciences
- Page Range:169-176
- No. of Pages:8
Problem emocji w piśmiennictwie sanskryckim
Problem emocji w piśmiennictwie sanskryckim
(The problem of emotions in Sanskrit literature)
- Author(s):Dagmara Wasilewska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:15-35
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:Sanskrit; Sanskrit literature; Indian poetics; emotions;
- Summary/Abstract:The subject of the article is emotionality in the literature of ancient India, including the status of emotions and their cultural conditions, and ways of expressing emotions in the most important Indian literary language – Sanskrit – in relation to its specificity. Terms referring to emotional states are unique for a given culture, because culture shapes the evaluation of emotions, which in turn affects the image of emotionality present in the language. When studying the issue of expressing feelings in Sanskrit, we examine written texts – old, strongly canonized and stylized, rich in symbolic content and references to mythology. Sanskrit literature is therefore characterised by a certain stiffness in terms of emotionality – emotions are more often described than expressed. Philosophical-religious literature usually completely refrains from the subject of feelings, while classical poetry is dominated by fiction of a very artistic form, in which formal stylistic devices are the most important. On the other hand, the lexis describing feelings is highly developed and it astonishes with its abundance and richness of descriptions as well as long, elaborate compositions. In the article I attempt to sketch a picture of emotions in Sanskrit literature and identify the elements that condition it.
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Przekuć słowo w czyn. Zachowanie jako wyznacznik gruzińskiej tożsamości narodowej w XIX wieku
Przekuć słowo w czyn. Zachowanie jako wyznacznik gruzińskiej tożsamości narodowej w XIX wieku
(Turn a word into action. Behaviour as a determinant of Georgian national identity in the 19th century)
- Author(s):Kamil Kozakowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:37-59
- No. of Pages:39
- Keywords:Georgia; Caucasus; semiotics; decembrists; cultural behaviour; national identity;
- Summary/Abstract:The article deals with the problem of analysis of Georgian social movements of an independent character formed in the 19th century through the prism of semiotics of behaviour. As Yuri Lotman and Boris Uspensky wrote; cultural changes are accompanied by an increase in the semioticness of the behavior of members of a given culture. In my article I try to determine how the loss of independence by Georgia in 1812 changed the behaviour of Georgians; who; through specific models of conduct; manifested their separateness from Russian culture. It should also be taken into account that Georgia was the destination of many Polish independence activists and Russian Decembrists sent to the Caucasus to serve their sentences. For this reason; the influence of Polish exiles and Russian decembrists on the formation of Georgian national movements of an independent character is also important in my deliberations.
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Językowe rytuały grzecznościowe w Polsce i w Gruzji na przykładzie aktów życzeń oraz toastów
Językowe rytuały grzecznościowe w Polsce i w Gruzji na przykładzie aktów życzeń oraz toastów
(Language politeness rituals in Poland and Georgia on the basis of acts of greetings and toasts)
- Author(s):Nana Shengelia
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:61-75
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:Polish and Georgian etiquette; greetings; toasts; linguistic politeness;
- Summary/Abstract:This article is an attempt to compare Polish and Georgian language politeness on the basis of acts of greetings and toasts. These formulas are an excellent material for this type of analysis because of their common use. The paper focuses mainly on the interpretation of the most commonly used phrases; stressing the problems that their users may encounter in their mutual relations; especially as the languages studied vary considerably; both historically and culturally; which has been demonstrated in this study.
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Ludyczne aspekty europejskiego spirytyzmu w latach 1853–1854
Ludyczne aspekty europejskiego spirytyzmu w latach 1853–1854
(Ludic aspects of European spiritism in 1853–1854)
- Author(s):Kamila Gęsikowska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:77-99
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:play; spiritism; Johan Huizinga; Julian Florian Horain;
- Summary/Abstract:The article is devoted to the phenomenon of the so-called “turning tables”; which; having initially taken on a form of play in Europe; has become culturally important. I have analyzed the sources from 1853–1854 due to the extremely dynamic development of this type of experiments. In my considerations I have referred mainly to the work of Julian Florian Horain Stoły wędrujące: szkic poł-naukowy i poł-humorystyczny [Wandering tables: a semi-scientific and semi-humorous sketch]; published in the same year as the “fashion” for “wandering tables” appeared. This fashion for “turning tables”; which spread across Europe; formed quite clear and uniform rules according to which the play was organized. That is why I based my deliberations on Johan Huizinga’s concept of play as a source of culture; contained in the fundamental work of the researcher Homo Ludens. Through my analysis; I indicated how experiments carried out in the form of play at “turning tables” influenced the development of permanent structures; important for the future European culture. Among other things; one can mention the spiritualism movement or the interest in researching the spiritualistic phenomena of academic circles; but also the preservation of spiritualistic séances in the form of play.
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Bari jako obraz włoskiej prowincji w wybranych tekstach literackich – z dala od narracji o miejscach centrycznych
Bari jako obraz włoskiej prowincji w wybranych tekstach literackich – z dala od narracji o miejscach centrycznych
(Bari as an image of the Italian province in selected literary texts – far from the narrative of centric places)
- Author(s):Rosalba Satalino
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:101-116
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Apulia; Bari; Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz; Dariusz Czaja; province;
- Summary/Abstract:For years; the space of Italy has been an inspiration for the literary imagination of Polish travelling artists. In this article I would like to choose the spaces that Poles treat as Italian provinces and analyze how they are created in literature and how these descriptions reflect the cultural truth about these areas. First of all; one can notice differences in the way Apulian and Bari spaces are described as the capital of the province and Apulia region in the works of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and Dariusz Czaja.
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Strategie buntu: czeska „nieoficjalna” literatura lat pięćdziesiątych a ukraiński soc-art i konceptualizm
Strategie buntu: czeska „nieoficjalna” literatura lat pięćdziesiątych a ukraiński soc-art i konceptualizm
(Strategies for rebellion: Czech “unofficial” literature of the 1950s and Ukrainian Sots Art and conceptualism)
- Author(s):Tetiana Kovalenko
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:117-129
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:“unofficial” literature; “official” culture; Sots Art; conceptualism;
- Summary/Abstract:The article is devoted to the comparison of Czech “unofficial” literature with Ukrainian Sots Art and conceptualism as phenomena that are opposed to “official” culture. On the basics of a juxtaposition of poems by Egon Bondy; Ivo Vodsed’álek; Jana Krejcarová; Volodymyr Cybulko; Ihor Bondar-Tereshchenko and dramas by Les Podervianskyi; measures aimed at refuting the “official” discourse have been identified.
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Nie taki diabeł straszny jak go malują. Krótki szkic na temat „diobła” w Przedziwnych śląskich powiarkach Gustawa Morcinka
Nie taki diabeł straszny jak go malują. Krótki szkic na temat „diobła” w Przedziwnych śląskich powiarkach Gustawa Morcinka
(The devil’s not so black as he is painted. A short sketch on the subject of the devil in Przedziwne śląskie powiarki by Gustaw Morcinek)
- Author(s):Anna Król
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:131-143
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Gustaw Morcinek; superstition; devil; miner;
- Summary/Abstract:In the article I discuss the issues of characterology of one of the most popular demonic figures in literature – the devil; against the background of the mining landscape of Silesia. In my analysis; I draw attention to the cultural context of the Silesian land.
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Strój ludowy kobiet z Radzionkowa i jego aktualne formy – rekonesans
Strój ludowy kobiet z Radzionkowa i jego aktualne formy – rekonesans
(Folk costume of women from Radzionków and its current forms – reconnaissance)
- Author(s):Małgorzata Laburda-Lis
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:145-167
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:folk costume; outfit; clothes; Radzionków; Rozbark;
- Summary/Abstract:The article uses the material from field research conducted on a women’s folk costume appearing in Radzionków. The collected material was compared with the descriptions of the folk costume from Rozbark available in the literature. The starting point for the analysis is the assumption that the women’s folk costume worn in Radzionków years ago is similar to the costume worn in Rozbark; Bytom; although in the opinion of the users there is no such similarity. The author; focusing on the issue of the subjectivity of this outfit; pointed out to the issue that although in her opinion the two costumes are related; in the opinion of the respondents there is no such relation. By examining the costume from the perspective of its users; i.e. how they perceive their dress themselves; the author of the article undermines the terminological category developed by the researchers – Rozbark costume – as applied to the whole group of folk costumes appearing in the region. She reminds us that one of the functions of the outfit was to inform about the origin of the user. Therefore; using the term “Rozbark costume” to refer to the outfit from Radzionków is a serious mistake for the inhabitants.At the same time; the author has established that the costume worn today in Radzionków on the occasion of church holidays is different from the one described by the women under study. This change has taken place outside their consciousness and is connected with a change in the function of the clothing.
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