A tentative of (re)construction of model character state of contemporary Polish rural societies is attempted on the basis of a large empirical material, especially the “Social Diagnosis 2009”. These characters are compared ...

The Jubilarian firmly believes that her hometown is Łódź, her home university is the University of Łódź, and her home research unit is the Chair of Etnography at the Łódź University. Professor Wieruszewska-Adamczyk was ...

I would like to introduce you to a Polish dance, oberek, which is representative of Polish dance culture. The name oberek is used interchangeably with mazurek Polish mazurka rhythms have been popular around the world from ...

This article is an attempt at an analysis of the meaning of the category of rurality presented from the perspective of “otherness”. The author begins from a sociological formulation of the notional opposition “we”-“others”. ...

This chapter draws upon Beniamin Barber’s concept of McWorld, understood as an omnipotent Market organized mainly by and for the transnational global corporations, with crucial support of globilizing institutions such as ...

The article of Robert Dzięcielski “I asked about the city and the armchair at home…, or about domestication of Lodz” is an attempt of anthropological re-reading the contemporary meaning of the center of Lodz which is ...

THE PRINCE, “WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE FOR THE HOMELAND”. PORTRAITS OF COLONEL DOMINIK HIERONIM RADZIWIŁŁ (1786–1813) – THE IX ORDYNAT OF OLYKA. Dominik Hieronim Radziwiłł (1786–1813) was the last Ordynat of Olyka from the ...