Co się działo we wsi Chorzów przed plebiscytem? Kościół – przemysł – rolnictwo w perspektywie socjologii wizualnej
What was happening in the Chorzów village before the plebiscite? Church – industry – agriculture in the perspective of visual sociology

Summary/Abstract: Authors of the article attempt to answer the question on what was hap¬pening in the Chorzów village before held on 21st March 1920 the Upper Silesia plebiscite that, according to ending the World War I the Versailles Treaty, was to decide about this region’s affiliation to Germany or Poland. Voting was conducted in the Province of Upper Silesia as well as in a small part of the Province of Lower Silesia (Namysłów County). Jacek Nowak and Piotr Wróblewski describe everyday and ceremonial life of the village’s inhabitants, analyzing visual data – photographs, postcards and occasional prints. Furthermore, they also re-study historic works by Tomasz Klenczar, Rev. Jan Macha and Ludwik Musioł. Authors conclude that life in the Chorzów village (that is now a district of the city of Chorzów called Stary Chorzów [Old Chorzów]) has been still going on according to the traditional Silesian cultural patterns.

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