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Polish Immigrants in the Social and Cultural Landscape of Reykjavik

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Budyta-Budzyńska M.
Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
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2021
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vol. 47 (XLVII)
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issue 3 (181)
141-166
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The presence of immigrants has the potential to produce significant changes in the social and cultural fabric of a city, although they may equally well remain essentially invisible. In the present article I discuss the presence of Polish immigrants in the urban space of Reykjavik. Since the first decade of the 21st century, Poles have been the largest non-native nationality in the island, this being the fourth such case in the world – aside from Norway, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The numerical dominance of Poles among immigrants to Iceland is such that immigrant, or foreigner, is frequently considered as synonymous to Pole. Does this predominance of Poles among immigrants translate to their visibility in the urban space? In what ways do they mark their presence? In the article I analyze the presence and activity of Poles in the spheres of culture, local politics, business and sports. I describe Polish organisations and associations, and events held by the Polish diaspora. Some of those are focused on cultivating the culture of the country of origin and on integration within the group, thus being typical Oddiseyan associations; the purpose of others is to facilitate the adaptation of Poles to the host society, and to promote Polish culture within the host society– thus they are reminiscent of Rubiconic associations, to refer to Daniel Joly’s wellknown classification. In the article I consider the question: which among the Polish initiatives have gained visibility among the hosts and have the potential to become relatively permanent fixtures of the cultural map of Reykjavik. Is the potential of the Polish diaspora in terms of organisation and culture sufficient to reach a wide audience of Icelanders and foreigners of other nationalities, and to gain their interest?
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Nowa polska diaspora w Europie. Polacy na Islandii w XXI wieku

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Budyta-Budzyńska M.
Studia BAS
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2019
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issue 4(60)
51-73
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The paper looks at the selected issues related to the Polish migrants in Iceland. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the number of the Polish migrants there grew nearly tenfold and exceeded 17,000 in 2018. As a result, Poles are the most numerous national minority in Iceland. The author discusses demographics, including size of the community and its distribution, migration patterns, occupational careers and position in the labour market, integration and activities of Polish associations, both formal and informal ones.
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Postrzeganie kraju i społeczeństwa przyjmującego przez imigrantów – polscy imigranci na Islandii

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Budyta-Budzyńska M.
Studia Socjologiczne
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2016
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issue 1(220)
223-248
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Subiektywne odczucie dystansu kulturowego, przejawiające się między innymi w sposobie percepcji społeczeństwa przyjmującego przez imigrantów, wpływa na dystans społeczny, który decyduje o skuteczności i szybkości „wchodzenia” nowo przybyłych w społeczeństwo przyjmujące, dlatego warto badać wizerunek kraju przyjmującego i gospodarzy wśród imigrantów. Artykuł opisuje postrzeganie Islandii i Islandczyków przez polskich imigrantów na Islandii pod koniec pierwszej dekady XXI wieku. Na podstawie zrealizowanych w 2010 roku w Reykjaviku wywiadów zrekonstruowano opinie Polaków na temat islandzkiego klimat, krajobrazu oraz cech gospodarzy i ich typowych zachowań. Otrzymane wyniki porównano z historycznymi relacjami polskich podróżników oraz z wynikami badań na podobny temat zrealizowanymi dekadę wcześniej. Do analizy narracji imigrantów zastosowano kategorie Alfreda Schütza, dotyczące opisu świata społecznego przez obcego oraz pojęcie stereotypu.
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A subjective feeling of cultural distance, as evidenced e.g. in how the receiving society is perceived by immigrants, affects the social distance that determines the effectiveness and rate of “entry” of new arrivals into the receiving society. This makes it worthwhile to study the image of the receiving country and the host people as viewed by immigrants. This article describes the perception of Iceland and the Icelanders by Polish immigrants in Iceland at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Based on interviews carried out in Reykjavik in 2010, we have reconstructed the opinions held by Poles on Iceland’s climate, landscape, and the features and typical behaviours of the host people. The results obtained were compared to historical accounts from Polish travellers and the results of studies on a similar topic carried out a decade earlier. To analyze the immigrants’ accounts we employed categories used by Alfred Schütz in his essay on “The Alien”, applicable to the description of a social environment by an outsider.
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