Metoda etnogeograficzna w ukazywaniu zróżnicowania kulturowego w mikroskali. Przykład pożywienia wigilijnego na Śląsku Cieszyńskim
The ethnogeographic method in presenting cultural diversification in a microscale. The case of Christmas Eve food in Cieszyn Silesia

Summary/Abstract: The article is the first attempt to familiarize with the possibilities of using the ethnogeographic method to present cultural diversification in a microscale (in the case of Cieszyn Silesia). Among other things in the text, the following are brought closer: the specificity of the ethnogeographic method, the current state of the Polish Ethnographic Atlas studies on traditional (also Christmas Eve) food, the specificity of the analysed source materials, and the general context of celebrating the Christmas Eve in Cieszyn Silesia. However, the research focus is on an attempt to show the cultural diversity of several villages in Cieszyn Silesia in the early 21st century on nine ethnographic maps, for the first time elaborated in a (regional) microscale. At the same time, the following questions are raised: 1) Do the Christmas Eve dishes served in the examined villages in the early 21st century preserve the cultural specificity of Cieszyn Silesia?; 2) Are the examined villages relatively culturally homogeneous or do they distinguish against the background of the others?; 3) Can the ethnogeographic method enable the presentation of cultural diversification in smaller territories?

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