TY - JOUR TI - What Will be Left of Those Years? The Ethnographic Archives in Poland in the Context of Contemporary Anthropological Criticism AU - Golonka-Czajkowska, Monika TI - What Will be Left of Those Years? The Ethnographic Archives in Poland in the Context of Contemporary Anthropological Criticism AB - The subject of the present article is a reflection on the epistemological value of ethnographic materials collected by ethnologists in academic archives, especially during the period of the People’s Republic of Poland. The author disagrees with Filip Wróblewski, who, in one of his articles, radically criticises not only the scientific value of the aforementioned archives, but more broadly the activities of the researchers themselves at that time. Therefore, from the large catalogue of problems that emerge from reflection on these archives, the author first focuses on the possibilities of using these materials in current research, including attempts at re-contextualisation, as well as the ethical issues related to today’s archival methods and access rules. VL - Early View 2023 IS - Vol. 51 PY - 2023 SN - 0083-4327 C1 - 2299-9558 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-etnograficzne/article/what-will-be-left-of-those-years-the-ethnographic-archives-in-poland-in-the-context-of-contemporary-anthropological-criticism KW - anthropology KW - archive KW - ethic KW - fieldwork KW - People’s Republic of Poland