Anthropologist in the face of cultural and natural diversity. Reflections of Maria Czaplicka from the Siberian expedition Cover Image

Antropolog wobec odmienności kulturowej i przyrodniczej. Refleksje Marii Czaplickiej z ekspedycji syberyjskiej
Anthropologist in the face of cultural and natural diversity. Reflections of Maria Czaplicka from the Siberian expedition

Author(s): Magdalena Banaszkiewicz
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: anthropologists; fieldwork; autoethnography; otherness; culture; environment

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the narrative of the diary „My Siberian Year” written by one of the first women-anthropologists—Maria Czaplicka. There is a notable absence of discussion about her achievements, despite the fact that her book significantly exceeds the frames of the anthropological narrative of her times. In this paper the perspective refers to the experience of strangeness/otherness as a constitutive part of any fieldwork. This category may be analyzed within different dimensions, which concurrently shed light on the nature of the relationships between people, culture and environment.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 32-46
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish