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"A co tam kogo obchodziło, gdzie on szedł i co z niego robili". Kamienie Suwalszczyzny
Rocks of the Suwalki region

Author(s): Marta Cobel-Tokarska
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: Suwalki region; Przerosl; rock; landscape; craft; masonry; borderland

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this article is to present the way in which people from the Suwalki region perceive their coexistence with rocks, which are ubiquitous in the region and constitute a kind of its trademark. The first question is: how do local people perceive rocks, and how do they assess their presence? The second important question is how the rocks ft into the image of the region, created and distributed as a tourism product? Does their history contribute to the mysteriousness of the region which permeates touristic narratives?

  • Issue Year: 14/2013
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 107-124
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish