Between Components of „Our Heritage” and a Tourist Attraction. Private Collections and Folk Exhibitions in Cieszyn Silesia
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Między tym, co „nasze” a atrakcją turystyczną. Prywatne kolekcje i izby regionalne na Śląsku Cieszyńskim w perspektywie antropologicznej
Between Components of „Our Heritage” and a Tourist Attraction. Private Collections and Folk Exhibitions in Cieszyn Silesia in an Anthropological Perspective

Author(s): Grzegorz Studnicki
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Muzeum „Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny w Chorzowie”
Keywords: Cieszyn

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses private folk exhibition rooms, collections and museums founded by non-governmental organizations or enthusiasts of local communities’ past, history, culture and heritage. On the one hand, those places are a kind of sites of memory (lieux de mémoire), on the other, they are tourist attractions. Their appearance can be described as manifestation of cultural identity and response to changes introduced, by modernity and globalization.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 23-69
  • Page Count: 47
  • Language: Polish