Miasto, którego nie ma? Konstruowanie historii i dziedzictwa kulturalnego Bańskiej Szczawnicy w perspektywie antropologicznej

• Authors: Wierciński Hubert

Title variants

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A city which does not exist? Constructing the history and cultural heritage of Banska Štiavnica from the anthropological perspective

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

In the following article I explore how a body of selected historical events and processes are constructed and utilized by local authorities and cultural institutions in former mining city of Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. I focus on local narratives and practices which I perceive as a local historical discourse. I argue that this discourse is a main source of metaphors constructing local identity and depicting local material and nonmaterial cultural heritage. I recognize the following metaphors: “the myth of pioneers and longue durée” and „the rhetoric of fight: fight against nature and history”. These key-metaphors serve as a guide for explorations of local identity and city` cultural roots.

Keywords

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Slovakia; Banská Štiavnica; mining; cultural heritage

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Polskiego Towarzystwa Historycznego
• Journal: Rocznik Antropologii Historii
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 8, Antropologia i historia
• Pages: 189–213

Contributors

author

Wierciński Hubert

• Uniwersytet Warszawski