Magdalena Rostworowska: “It was just a normal job – we did field research, studies, trips; we prepared exhibitions and museum collections.” The beginning and development of ethnology and ethnographical museology in postwar Wrocław
Magdalena Rostworowska: “It was just a normal job – we did field research, studies, trips; we prepared exhibitions and museum collections.” The beginning and development of ethnology and ethnographical museology in postwar Wrocław
Author(s): Anna KurpielSubject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Customs / Folklore, Oral history, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: Polish ethnography; Polish Ethnographical Society; Polish Ethnographic Atlas; Ethnological Museum in Wrocław; herstory of knowledge; oral history;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a biographical interview with Dr. Magdalena Rostworowska, an ethnographer and museologist, focusing on her professional experience. Her narrative gives us a valuable insight into the development of the ethnological community in Wrocław with its main institutions: the Polish Ethnographic Atlas, the Polish Ethnological Society and the Ethnographical Museum, as well as the substantive dilemmas and choices of Polish ethnographers who began their research in post-war Lower Silesia.
Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 224-253
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English