Fallows archipelago. Excerpt to the future geopoetics of Cieszyn Silesia region Cover Image

Archipelag odłogi. Fragment do przyszłej geopoetyki Śląska Cieszyńskiego
Fallows archipelago. Excerpt to the future geopoetics of Cieszyn Silesia region

Author(s): Paweł Paszek
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Instytut Nauk o Kulturze i Studiów Interdyscyplinarnych - Wydział Filologiczny - Uniwersytet Śląski
Keywords: Cieszyn Silesia; literature; poetic of experience;

Summary/Abstract: This article represents preliminary insights into the issue of Cieszyn Silesia from two complementary perspectives – recently popular category called “geopoetics” and the notion of “oicology”,understood as a peculiar practice of anthropological thinking of (and rethinking) home (oikos). Cieszyn Silesia is not only described in this article as anestablished territory in terms of geography and history,butit is also discussedas a “little homeland” and as a space which has its individual identityand narration predetermined in some way by the semiotics of a borderland space. However, narration on the problem of Cieszyn Silesia, just like any other, still demands some revisions, corrections, re-readings and further continuations. The article indicates the importance of metaphor being a component ofevery story and constituting a medium for meanings (also the individual ones) which contribute to the ongoing happening of community.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 9-23
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish