Indigenous and non-indigenous inhabitants in Opole Silesia (situational values and preferences and current developmental problems of village areas of  Cover Image
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Autochtoni i alochtoni na Śląsku Opolskim. Sytuacyjne wartości i preferencje a współczesne ograniczenia rozwojowe wiejskich obszarów regionu
Indigenous and non-indigenous inhabitants in Opole Silesia (situational values and preferences and current developmental problems of village areas of

Author(s): Franciszek Jonderko
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Śląski
Keywords: old and new inhabitants; stigmatization; rural settlement orientation; city settlement orientation;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the problem of results of clash of the old and new inhabitants in Opole Silesia after 1945. It is the basis for local specification still present in rural areas of the region. Circumstanc- es that concerned indigenous and non-indigenous inhabitants determined their life experience. The facts directed the preferred values, made choices and accomplished purposes. It was reflected in the social processes of this region. On one hand, they were stigmatized by the lack of relationship with the place of living in settlements’ society and strong city orientation observed among young people. The abovementioned acts result in depopulation of settled rural areas. At the same time, the attention was directed on education, so useful in city. On the other hand, in socially and culturally dominated com- munity of indigenous inhabitants we can observe strong valorization of village and social consolida- tion around common background and resulting from it experiences of repressions. It all provokes the intensive housing in local people’s society. Because of lack of such activities in the settlement environ- ment, the fact strongly differs the region in terms of housing resources in the country. Disproportion that is determined in that way fullfils educational and property’s diversity.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 74
  • Page Range: 73-86
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish