This text presents the phenomenon of the so-called highland cuisine in the perspective of changes experienced by the traditional culture of Podhale from the second half of the 19th century to modern times. In the first ...

The text is an analysis of the phenomenon of fascination with folklore and folk art in the interwar period in Poland. The examples cited relate to the context of inspiration of visual artists, in particular those associated ...

The subject of the considerations presented in the article is the table understood as an important element that co-creates the space of dwelling in different cultural environments. In Polish tradition, it has different ...

The title of Adam Sikora’s film refers to one of the most important Catholic holidays. Lipiny (Silesia, near Katowice), where it was filmed, is famous for the colorful and spectacular procession that takes place on Corpus ...

In the article I discuss selected examples from the history of the use of images in ethnographic practice and anthropological discourse. I focus on the non-obvious, ambiguous nature of the image, the production of which ...

The article discusses the concept of liminality, which the author understands to have migrated over the last hundred years from the science of folklore, which was originally folkloristics, to ethnology, cultural anthropology, ...

The article concerns the issues of personal experience, friendship, commitment and intimacy in ethnographic field research. Their presence raises methodological and ethical problems. The authors answer two basic questions: ...