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An Essay on Memory, Identity and Aesthetics Embodied in Traditional Material Culture of Polish Spisz

Data publikacji: 2017

Prace Etnograficzne, 2017, Tom 45, Numer 2, s. 229 - 253

https://doi.org/10.4467/22999558.PE.17.012.8410

Autorzy

Janusz Barański
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-4557 Orcid
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Tytuły

An Essay on Memory, Identity and Aesthetics Embodied in Traditional Material Culture of Polish Spisz

Abstrakt

The presented article concerns a change in the function and importance of the material elements of traditional folk culture in Polish Spisz (southern Poland). Older, usually wooden handicrafts related to farming (carts, cart wheels, ploughs, harrows, troughs, benches, etc.) have already lost their original functions in the highly modernised environment and are now used as aesthetic historical objects, hung on the walls of new buildings or placed in one’s garden by the house. At the same time, they become part of a wider project of garden aesthetics by being placed alongside popular elements such as flower beds, water features, plastic or plaster garden gnomes and farm animals, which serve as mementos of a bygone culture. The museum-like expositions of these remainders also suggest that the nature of cultural memory has changed from “true memory” (unreflective, authoritative) into “historical memory” (reflective, discoursive). They become part of displays of memory and cultural heritage that expresses the transvaluation of the obsolete. As unique material mythemes, they form a tale connecting the cultural past with the present, a narration that is understandable for its inheritors, and quality objects that are included in cultural change and thus uphold a feeling of homefulness. This makes the entire process of cultural modernisation, from which the discussed material elements of traditional folk culture have not been totally removed, relatively gentle and gradual. 

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Informacje

Informacje: Prace Etnograficzne, 2017, Tom 45, Numer 2, s. 229 - 253

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

Tytuły:

Polski:
An Essay on Memory, Identity and Aesthetics Embodied in Traditional Material Culture of Polish Spisz
Angielski:
An Essay on Memory, Identity and Aesthetics Embodied in Traditional Material Culture of Polish Spisz

Autorzy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-4557

Janusz Barański
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-4557 Orcid
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Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków

Publikacja: 2017

Status artykułu: Otwarte __T_UNLOCK

Licencja: CC BY-NC-ND  ikona licencji

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