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Urban Area Revitalisation Programme Implementation Conditions in the Province of Warmia and Mazury

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Farelnik E.

Olsztyn Economic Journal

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2012

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vol. 7

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issue 2

289-299

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This paper identifies the major factors that are the conditions for implementation of local urban area revitalisation programmes. Studies conducted in selected towns of the province of Warmia and Mazury showed that the availability of own and external funding for project implementation, accumulation of social problems in the areas subject to revitalisation, the size and diversity of entities involved in the revitalisation process and the lack of comprehensive legal regulations concerning revitalisation process organisation (absence of the Act on Revitalisation) were the most important factors influencing the revitalisation processes among those implementing and coordinating the programmes.

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Prefabricated Housing Estates as an Item of Ethnology’s Interest (an example of the Lesná housing estate in Brno)

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Semrád J.

Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)

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2017

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vol. 27

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issue 2

128 - 137

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The study deals with the theme of ethnological research into prefabricated housing estates in the Czech Republic and the possibilities of ethnological research into this specific type of housing. The text shows different points of view of housing estates and contemporary life of their inhabitants. First, the study brings up the theme generally and accentuates its importance within the contemporary urban-ethnological research. Then the theme is specified through the research into the Lesná housing estate in Brno. In the last ten years, several clubs have been founded there whose aim is to enhance the life space of the housing estate, to safeguard its contemporary appearance and to create or improve neighbourly relations. Through activities developed by these clubs and their members, it is possible to illustrate in which way inhabitants can develop a close relationship with the place or space where they live. The research has shown that the people are aware of the value of their place of living as well as of their affiliation to the given locality, especially when the existing state is endangered. Another finding includes the fact that where strong leaders are available, a wider interconnected group of inhabitants within the neighbourhood emerges more easily. For this reason, a housing estates is not always a space of anonymity.

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Trade as a Socio-Economic Factor of Town Development. A Dynamic Perspective on the Example of Leszno

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Brudner W. W., Palicki S.

Studia Historiae Oeconomicae

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2013

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vol. 31

69-86

EN

The aim of this study is to determine the current role of trade as a town developing factor. The analysis was made on the example of a middle-size town - Leszno. During only the last few years a lot of have taken place in Leszno concerning the quality and quantity of trade as well as location of it in the town space. This study contains the analysis and assessment of changes in Leszno retail trade in the years 2010-2012. The survey was the basis for the assessment of the town prestige as a subregional trade centre, appraisal of the trade system, the arrangement of trade points in the town, the appeal of the town and its centre as a result of building new shopping malls.

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Mobilność i migracje chłopów do miast polskich doby preindustrialnej. Z badań nad mikroregionem krakowskim

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Wyżga M.

Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski

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2015

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vol. 37

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issue 2

95-128

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The migrations of peasants to Polish towns, which are considered inside migrations, in the pre-industrial era were intensive and similar to the ones in the countries of Western Europe. The sources prove the existence of permanent multi-generational migration networks that ensured a better start of a new life in towns for peasants, and an input of reliable workforce for towns. The migration processes slowed down in the 18th century, which was the result of the intensification of secondary serfdom, closing of villages, an economic decline of Polish towns at the expense of the gentry and an overall economic depression. All that is clearly visible in Cracow, where all the municipal registers and a significant part of birth and death certificates have survived. It turns out that towns influenced the increase of peasant territorial and spatial mobility, generated an increase of peasants’ enterprise, helped them to differentiate towards activities not related to agriculture, and weakened the feudal relations.

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Polish Towns and the Changes in Their Areas and Population Densities

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Szymańska D., Grzelak-Kostulska E., Hołowiecka B.

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

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2009

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vol. 11

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issue 11

15-29

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This article presents the spatial and population density changes in Polish towns in the years 1960-2003. The assumed time frame allowed identifying area changes for a complete set of towns in different socio-economic conditions: the period of intense industrialisation, the economic crisis of the 1980s, the period of economic transition and finally in the years of a market economy. The investigation revealed that the trend shown by changes and the size of a town as measured by the number of its population are distinctly interrelated. It also demonstrated a much stronger dynamics of changes in the first subperiod, i.e. years 1960--1985, followed by a phase of relative stabilization (compared with the previous period) after the year 1980 (mainly of the spatial changes). Moreover, change intensity and change trends observed for the urban areas and population densities vary considerably in terms of space.

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Differences in the Standard of Living among the Populations of the Cittaslow Network Towns in Poland

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Janusz M.

Barometr Regionalny. Analizy i prognozy

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2018

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issue 3(53)

71-82

EN

The purpose of this study has been to analyze differences in standard of living among residents of the towns which implement the Cittaslow concept in Poland. The research covered two years: 2006 (the year when first Polish towns joined the Cittaslow network) and 2016 and comprised 28 Polish towns involved in this initiative. Hellwig’s development pattern method (a multi-dimensional analytical approach) was employed in these investigations. In addition, similarities in standard of living in the above towns were assessed using Ward’s method. The research showed relatively large changes between the two years in the rankings of the towns based on a synthetic standard of living level measure, although the top-ranking towns remained in quite stable positions. The highest standard of living among the analyzed towns was detected in Rzgów, Murowana Goślina, Pasym and Olsztynek. The results may inspire further studies into the living conditions of inhabitants living in Cittaslow towns, with a focus on quality parameters.

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Celem badań była analiza zróżnicowania poziomu życia mieszkańców miast realizujących ideę Cittaslow w Polsce. Badanie przeprowadzono dla 2006 (rok włączenia pierwszych polskich miast w sieć Cittaslow) oraz 2016 roku w 28 polskich miastach skupionych wokół tej inicjatywy. W badaniach wykorzystano metodę wzorca rozwoju Hellwiga. Dokonano także oceny podobieństwa poziomu życia w poszczególnych miastach wykorzystując do tego metodę Warda. Badanie wykazało relatywnie duże zmiany w rankingu miast z uwzględnieniem syntetycznej miary poziomu życia w badanych latach przy jednoczesnej stabilizacji liderów tego rankingu. Najwyższy poziom życia w przedmiotowych latach zanotowano w Rzgowie, Murowanej Goślinie, Pasymiu i Olsztynku. Badania stanowią przyczynek do dalszych badań nad warunkami życia mieszkańców tych miast z silnym zaakcentowaniem elementów jakościowych.

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Effects of urban space privatisation – sase studies

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Jania A.

Studia Miejskie

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2016

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vol. 24

43-58

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The problems presented in the article are related to evaluation of the effects of urban space privatisation from the town’s viewpoint. The aim of the article is to identify basic categories of effects resulting from urban space privatisation, exemplified by case studies, and evaluate them in relation to the examined empirical examples. Methodologically, the examination includes reference search and case studies concerning both transactions of undeveloped land property effected by the public sector and investment projects completed in specified locations of Katowice. at the same time, identification of the analysed examples effects, as well as their evaluation, are based on data obtained from the Municipal offce of Katowice and developer companies. Moreover, the identified effects of urban space privatisation have been assessed by implementing the multi-criteria evaluation model.

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Problemy prezentowane w artykule wiążą się z ewaluacją efektów prywatyzacji przestrzeni miejskiej rozpatrywaną z punktu widzenia miasta. Celem artykułu jest identyfikacja podstawowych kategorii efektów wynikających z prywatyzacji przestrzeni publicznej, poparta przykładami studiów przypadków, oraz oceną efektów w kontekście analizowanych przykładów empirycznych. Metodologicznie, badania wykorzystują analizę dokumentów oraz studia przypadków obejmujące zarówno transakcje nieruchomości gruntowych niezabudowanych sektora publicznego, jak i projektów inwestycyjnych realizowanych w wybranych lokalizacjach Katowic. Jednocześnie, określono skutki analizowanych przykładów, jak również dokonano ich oceny bazującej na danych uzyskanych z Urzędu Miasta Katowice oraz firm deweloperskich. Ponadto, zidentyfikowane efekty prywatyzacji przestrzenia miejskiej zostały poddane ocenie w ramach modelu wielokryteriowej ewaluacji.

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Współczesne problemy krajowej i regionalnej polityki miejskiej

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Obrębalski M.

Biblioteka Regionalisty

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2013

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issue 13

145-154

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Urban policy becomes a more important domain of public life on several territorial levels. National urban policy is still formed in Poland, but different aspects of its regional level (especially revitalization of degraded areas) have their place in development strategies and among priorities (pre-emptive pivots) or operations of regional operative programmes (RPO) in all voivodeships in 2007−2013. Coping with current and future challenges requires careful preparation and consequent realization of national and regional urban policy. Self-governmental authorities of towns and connected with them functional areas still expect concrete solutions and instruments, including legal and financial ones.

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Nie-miasto Joanny Bator

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Czyżak A.

Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Poetica

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2014

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vol. 2

43-50

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The article is an interpretation of the novel Ciemno, prawie noc (It’s dark, almost night) by Joanna Bator. It focuses on the specific vision of Wałbrzych, a real city located in the South of Poland. The vision consists of many traditional and present-day patterns entitled to create spatial images. In her novel, Bator examines methods of presenting urban spaces in literature which leads her to constructing a representation of a non-town. Destruction of the emotional sphere of the human personality (the case of the narrator – main character) damages the possibility of habituating the sphere of existence (home, quarter, town, province).

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Wieś – miasto. Opozycje, antagonizmy, splątane narracje

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Wieruszewska M., Polska Akademia Nauk w Warszawie I. R. W. i. R.

Zeszyty Wiejskie

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2016

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vol. 22

EN

The subject of analysis are – various images, views, perceptions, meanings and interpretations of the countryside and towns in Europe. The terms, words and notions used in the description have a character of historical and spatial relations. The author compares the views of towns and countryside from the beginning of industrial era to nowadays. Examples quoted in the article and situations described by literature, also expressed in sociological, economical papers, as well as in popular opinions, have showed the changing statements in the matter. She draws the attention to the strong points of the village and the rural community. The statements in which towns (metropolitan areas) are considered the “natural” and the only direction for the social development are discussed in the paper.

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Finanse ratusza w średniowieczu

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Goliński M.

Roczniki Dziejów Społecznych i Gospodarczych

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2014

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vol. 74

EN

Town hall finances in the Middle Ages(Summary) The “town hall’s” expenses were an almost standard item in the late medieval accounts of towns influenced by German culture. This item could usually be associated with the general costs for maintaining the institutions, related to the council’s exercising power in the town, and included also direct expenditure on the town hall building and on the activities conducted therein. Current costs related to the maintenance of the building comprised mainly heating, repairs and the construction of heating devices, as well as various minor repairs. Less important costs were related to supplementing the equipment in the rooms, mainly with items related to official activities, archiving, and entertainment functions (vessels used for the banquets). Most of the costs incurred in respect of the work of officials were related to providing the chancellery with paper. Usually, a junior official, called a servant or porter, was responsible for the office building; however, this was only a fraction of his responsibilities. Dividing the office activities among various rooms, sometimes separate buildings, makes defining the scope of the term “town hall”, as well as determining the budget, difficult, particularly with regard to the specific purpose cash system which dominated in municipal accounting and covered the revenues and expenses of particular administrative departments and municipal tribunals. Revenues directly related to the town hall building included those generated by council monopolies for selling imported beer and heavy wines in the town hall cellars. Dividing the commercial and official functions among other rooms depended mainly on local circumstances, and it seems that this was typical of the early phase of a town hall’s operations.

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Kaci w Przemyślu w drugiej połowie XVI i w XVII wieku

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Grin-Piszczek E.

Rocznik Przemyski

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2014

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vol. 50

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issue 3: Historia

17-33

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The author analyzes the institution of a town executioner in Przemyśl in the second half of the sixteenth and in the seventeenth century. The executioner’s duties involved subjecting the accused to torture and executing death sentences as well as performing sanitary and cleansing activities, treating injured and sick prisoners and running a legal house of prostitution. The basic source of information on town executioners are municipal accounts preserved in the files on Przemyśl in the local archives. The text includes an appendix, “The earnings of a town executioner in Przemyśl in the years 1600, 1602, 1608-1609, 1645, 1684”.

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Z předměstí na venkov: nucené přesunutí královéhradeckého obyvatelstva v důsledku výstavby pevnosti ve druhé polovině 18. století

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Vojtíšková J.

Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)

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2017

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vol. 9

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issue 1

250-263

EN

The paper focuses on the case of the Hradec Králové suburban population, which was gradually forced to move after the second half of the 1760s in order to free the area for the building of a bastion fortress. While the first generation of the evacuees (“vybouranci”), as this population was called, moved to new suburban settlements on the very outskirts of the town district and remained in contact with the town community, though separated by the military zone, their descendants had converted their settlements by the mid-19th century to separate municipalities and became new neighbours of the fortress town of Hradec Králové. The present study aims to map this complex process, the consequences of which have been strongly reflected in the urban, demographic and economic development of the town and its immediate surroundings.

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Образ города в прозаическом творчестве Нины Берберовой

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Witczak P.

Acta Neophilologica

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2020

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vol. XXII/1

91-102

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Nina Berberova – a representative of the first wave of Russian emigration – is known primarily as the author of the famous autobiography Kursiv moy. Berberova’s prose of the 1920s and 30s is the main topic of this article, in which the author refers to the tradition of Russian literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The urban text created by Nina Berberova is considered in the paper as a hypertext; the author distinguishes the features of this textual formation and provides the exam-ples. This urban text is interpreted not as scattered fragments but as an integrated whole. The researcher tries to identify the interpreting code of a “Parisian text” of the first emigration wave closely associated with the myth which organizes this urban text.

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Struktura zawodowa Płocka w świetle księgi ławniczej miasta za lata 1489-1517

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Graczyk W.

Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne

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2018

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vol. XXV

164-171

EN

Liber actorum civilium of the city of Płock covering the years 1489-1517 is a valuable source of information about the social and professional structure of Płock, as well as its customs and culture at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. Fortunately it survived the destruction of archival and library collections in Warsaw during World War II, and was published in 1995 by Danuta Poppe. On the pages of this liber of the city of Płock for the years 489-1517 we find representatives of 20 professions who lived and worked in Płock. As was already mentioned it is not the complete list, although it still shows the areas of the activity of the townspeople from Płock. The testaments say a lot about their financial status where sacrum, charity, care and family protection completed each other. The records in which the Płock craftsman appear on the pages of the liber actorum civilum concerned every day matters as purchase, sale, exchange, lease or donations. The fact that they enjoyed the popularity of the residents of the city shows that they were asked for arbitration of arguable matters. At the turn of 15th and 16th century the craftsmen were involved in the guilds, of which the liber mentions four: butchers, weavers, shoemakers, saddlers. The traits were concerned with the development of the craft among other trade contracts. Moreover they defended the interests of their community, they provided aid to the needy, gave opportunities for social contacts and also cared for the morality of the guild members.

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Miasta w polityce władz Królestwa Polskiego w latach 1815–1830

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Kania R.

Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne

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2018

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vol. 16

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issue 4 (1)

123-141

PL

Cities and towns are of greater significance than a mere form of urbanization. They are centres of development and progress, accumulating the potential of industry and culture. The 19th century was the period of a dynamic development of cities and towns in Europe. It also saw flourishing of the middle-class and maturing of their views and system of values. Those processes involved towns on the territory of the Commonwealth of Poland, although on a very limited scale. This was a consequence of the exceptional situation after the Third Partition in 1795. The article analyses the position of towns in the policy of the government of the Kingdom of Poland (1815–1830).

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On the Usefulness of Aleida and Jan Assmann’s Concept of Cultural Memory for Studying Local Communities in Contemporary Poland- the Case of Olsztyn

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Karkowska M.

Polish Sociological Review

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2013

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vol. 183

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issue 3

369-388

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The goal of this article is to review the possibilities and limitations of applying Aleida and Jan Assmann’s concept to the study of local memory, using as an example the memory of inhabitants of the Polish town of Olsztyn. The author first briefly presents selected key premises of Aleida and Jan Assmann’s concept of culturalmemory. She then addresses the question of how the Assmanns’ concept is received and interpreted in Poland. Discussion of these issues leads to an analysis of the advantages and difficulties of applying the two German scholars’ theoretical proposals to the study of memory in local communities. The author refers to the case of a moderately aggregated, urban society with a complicated multiethnic past. Her conclusions concern the challenges scholars face in adopting Aleida and Jan Assmann’s theoretical perspective for studying memory and local communities in this part of Europe

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Tourist attractiveness of selected small towns in Lower Silesia

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Zakrzewska-Półtorak A., Chwastyk D., Pluta A.

Biblioteka Regionalisty

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2018

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issue 18

79-92

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The aim of the article is to present the results of the research involving identifying tourist attractiveness of selected small towns in Lower Silesia as well as comparing its level to the level of tourist function’s development in these towns. The study covered 10 out of 72 small towns in Lower Silesia. The study was based on data from 2014 to 2017. The authors use a two-dimensional indicator of the tourist function, they construct a synthetic indicator of tourist attractiveness, and then they compare obtained results for the analyzed small towns. The study demonstrates that tourist attractiveness of a small town depends on tourist values which were studied, but not just. According to the authors, the level of tourist flows is influenced additionally by: the attractiveness of the environment, tourists’ habits, information and marketing activities of specific towns and enterprises offering tourist-recreation accommodation and other tourist attractions, the state of the transport infrastructure and the quality of public transport links. The research procedure was conducted with use of descriptive methods, quantitative methods and graphics methods.

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Wizualne konstruowanie przestrzeni lokalnych jako uczestnictwo w kulturze

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Awanesow S., Topp I.

Prace Kulturoznawcze

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2016

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vol. 20

133-141

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The article presents a conceptual basis of the research project: “Visual organization of the space of the town: continuity, interpretation, historic and cultural dimensions”. S. Avanesov, who is the author of this project, starts from rethinking the metaphysic idea of human existence. It is needed for taking into account 1. existential status of the visual and 2. the task of the project: describing forms of visual activity and organization of the space of the city. Variability of such space is showed using the example of a Siberian town Tomsk and provides a typological proposal. The authors stress that visual activity in creating and transforming space can be treated as inhabitants’ participation in culture. Photographing city is a good case to demonstrate how the way of perception and visual construction of urban landscape meet and interfere.

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K organizaci venkovského zázemí středověkých měst

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Žemlička J.

Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)

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2013

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vol. 111

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issue 4

681-727

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There exists a long tradition of research into relations between the medieval town or city and the village, at present primarily linked with the names of Jindřich Tomas and Jaroslav Bakala. The dynamic development of the study of urban issues in the past thirty years and simultaneously the entry of archeology and other disciplines into the field of urban research (the work of Jan Klápště about the transformation of the Czech Lands in the Middle Ages being of especial importance) offer new opportunities to capture the role of the medieval town and its rural environs in new dimensions. Undoubtedly, there is no need to emphasise that the relationship between the town and village was one of the determining factors of both economic and social development in the „Czech“ and also European Middle Ages.

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