THE PROVINCE - BETWEEN THE BACKWATER AND THE STICKS. THE CONFESSIONS OF A PROVINCE DWELLER (Prowincja - miedzy zasciankiem a zadupiem. Zeznania prowincjusza)

• Authors: Bialek Bogdan
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

'It is worth knowing where the boundary between the metropolis and the province, the backwater and the sticks actually runs' - wrote the author while analysing the problem of the centre and the periphery during the 'In Praise of the Province' session. In doing so, he proposed abandoning a division into that which is central, i. e. connected with the great agglomeration, and that which is provincial, i. e. located outside the city. The era of globalisation coincides with a decline of the institution of the traditional province, which is actually situated within ourselves, similarly to an awareness of the centre of the world in which we reside. It is strictly up to us whether we live in the 'sticks', which the author considers to be dull and encumbered with complexes, or whether we live in the very centre, emphasising that which is essential for our daily life and enhancing its value.

Keywords

EN

PROVINCE

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 2(281)
• Pages: 36-39
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bialek Bogdan

• Bogdan Bialek, address not given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06365